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![Faces in the crowd Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, at Musikfest in Bethlehem. (Jonathan Broady/Special to The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-Facesinthecrowd08022528_921756")
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![Faces in the crowd Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, at Musikfest in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-MusikfestNightCrawler26-e1754102915429")
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![Riley Green performs Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, at Musikfest’s Wind Creek Steel Stage at PNC Plaza in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-RileyGreen19-e1754104274453")
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![President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, near Allentown. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)]( "TMC-Z-TrumpAllentown-231951516")
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![Gary Blake of Sewell, New Jersey. talks about his 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria in mandarin orange and colonial white on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, during the 62nd annual Das Awkscht Fescht at Macungie Memorial Park. Blake, whose daughter’s name is Victoria, said he loved this car growing up and when he finally found one he and his wife bought it. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-DasAwkschtFescht-02")
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![The Lehigh Conference of Churches holds a Back to School Bash on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Allentown. The event offered school supplies such as backpacks, writing utensils and books for students in need at no cost, and featured food, games and prizes. (Oliver Lois Economidis/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-BackToSchoolBash001")
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