🌱 When and how can you apply for Walnut Square’s new apartments?
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In today's newsletter:
- When and how can you apply for Walnut Square’s new apartments?
- See where Allen and Allentown Central Catholic landed in this week’s rankings.
- How viral rehearsal clips are bringing South Arcade and Haku to Allentown.
Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Warm with some sun, with a high of 78 and low of 56 degrees.
- Saturday: Pleasant with periods of sun, temps: high: 78, low: 54.
- Sunday: Showers; breezy, cooler, with a high of 57 and low of 37 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Walnut Square: A look inside Allentown's newest affordable housing project (wfmz.com) — Allentown residents struggling with housing costs will soon have a new option downtown, as the 38-unit Walnut Square Apartments on South 8th Street moves toward an October opening. The income-restricted complex, heavily funded through Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and city and county American Rescue Plan dollars, will offer one-, two-, and three-bedroom units, with applications expected to open by late summer. 
2. High school baseball rankings for April 16: The shuffle continues (lehighvalleylive.com) — Allentown’s baseball fans can celebrate as Allen holds the No. 2 spot and Allentown Central Catholic stays in the Top 5 of this week’s regional high school rankings. The list tracks recent wins, losses, and big scoring outbursts for EPC and Colonial League contenders, including Northampton’s surge into the Top 12.
3. Fame From the Practice Space to the Stage: South Arcade and Haku. (ハク.) (hypebot.com) — Fans in Allentown can catch South Arcade and Haku at Archer Music Hall on July 8, part of a broader international tour built on their viral rehearsal-room videos. The story explains how these bands turned raw, behind-the-scenes clips into global buzz and major festival bookings, showing how short-form video can turn a scrappy practice space into a launchpad for real-world tours.
4. Proposed bill aims to boost economy for small breweries in Pennsylvania (wfmz.com) — State lawmakers came to Allentown’s Sherman Street Beer Company to promote a bill that could make Pennsylvania’s Malt Beverage Tax Credit more useful for small breweries. The proposal would extend how long credits can be used and allow breweries to sell unused credits, potentially helping local beer makers grow.
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★ Featured events ★
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Saturday, 4/18, West End Yoga, Allentown — LV Drum Circle
West End Yoga Center, 2313 W Highland St, Allentown
1:30 pm
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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HS - Indoor Colorguard Competition
Springhouse MS -
Lucky Malone's Not So Lucky Night
Pines Dinner Theatre , 315 S Cedar Crest Blvd , Allentown
6:00 pm -
You Are the Light
South Mountain Middle School , 709 W Emaus Ave , Allentown
3:45 pm -
Committee-of-the-Whole School Board Meeting & Regular Board Meetings
Allentown City SD , 31 S Penn St , Allentown
6:00 pm -
Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
250 S. Nursery Ave. , Purcellville
12:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Tuesday April 21
Thursday April 23
Saturday April 25
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🗓 Events Nearby
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LMMS TRACK AND FIELD- Meet
Millersville University of Pennsylvania , 40 Dilworth Rd , Millers
3:30 pm -
NEMS Softball vs Nitschmann @ Home
Northeast Middle School Bethlehem, PA 18018
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LMMS Boys Volleyball- Game- Away
Southern Lehigh Middle School , 3715 Preston Ln , Center Valley
4:00 pm -
Softball (Home) Orefield MS
Broughal Middle School Bethlehem, PA 18015
4:00 pm -
Co-Ed Soccer (Home) South Mountain MS
Broughal Middle School , 114 W Morton St , Bethlehem
4:00 pm -
NEMS Soccer vs Trexler @ Home
Northeast Middle School Bethlehem, PA 18018
4:00 pm
Friday April 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The usual neighborhood Kat has come around and I’ve noticed her ear is completely swollen and I don’t know what to do about it!
This is our cat, but if y’all know whose it is, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give us a call at 972–7 40–1004. This is definitely a vet visit! (Nextdoor Lone Lane) - I’ve been with Astound for 15 years, and they’ve recently updated their cable and TV service.
Now, they’re requiring you to get the new boxes, which means the old ones are being phased out. A woman from Astound mentioned that my bill would… (Nextdoor The West Watch)
- Redner's Markets, Inc. posted a job opening for Dairy Clerk in Allentown. Apply here.
- Redner's Markets Inc. posted a job opening for Meat Clerk - Airport Road in Allentown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Allentown here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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