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Lehigh Valley woman wins her fight to save her backyard chickens from township law

Karolina Fedoryszak's backyard chickens are safe.

Karolina Fedoryszak’s backyard chicken coop is visible from her kitchen Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Forks Township. The township says chickens aren’t allowed as pets, but Fedoryszak insists she received verbal permission in 2019. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

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People enjoy foods, sounds and the sights Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, during Musikfest on North side Bethlehem. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

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Shinedown performs Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, during Musikfest on the Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza. (Emma Reed/The Morning Call)

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The sidewalk is buckled along the base of trees on the 400 block of Willow Road in Hellertown. Some residents are upset after they recently received letters from the zoning officer telling them they need to plant or replace shade trees in accordance with a 40-year-old borough law. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

A Lehigh Valley borough is telling residents they have to plant or replace shade trees. They’re not happy.

In the last two weeks, about 90 residents have received one of two letters informing them they need to replace old trees along Willow Road and elsewhere or plant a seedling in places lacking a shade tree.

Sports

The Parkland boys basketball team poses with the tournament bracket after winning the big-school championship Sunday, July 13, 2025, in the Cedar Beach Showcase at Whitehall High School. The Trojans repeated as champions with a 63-52 win over Wilson West Lawn in the title game.
Parkland will go for another title in the summer league championship game Friday night at Whitehall. (Keith Groller/The Morning Call)

Summer boys basketball: Parkland wins games in separate events, venues; Northampton pulls out of league final

The defending District 11 6A champs look more and more like the area's best team as the summer season is set to end this weekend

Things to Do

Rock band Third Eye Blind headlines Musikfest on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, in Bethlehem. (Kylie Spinelli)

Musikfest 2025: 28 years after their first blockbuster album, Third Eye Blind still drawing crowds

“We try to do things like almost like being DJs and we kind of try to mix ourselves as a live band and weave in different things back and forth is kind of the idea. So that's how I'm looking...