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In today's newsletter:

  • How new Bethlehem data center rules could affect your neighborhood soon
  • How Bethlehem's new coffee plant could reshape local jobs and business
  • Heat forces early end to massive cross country meet at Lehigh

Also on today's calendar: Contemporary Issues Impacting Youth: Trends, Challenges, and Community Responses and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 75 and low of 43 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 70, low: 44.
  • Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 69 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Bethlehem data center rules pass first vote 7-0 as residents call them only a start (lehighdaily.com) — Bethlehem City Council has unanimously advanced the city's first zoning rules for data centers, adding public hearings, impact studies, and large setbacks from homes and schools, with a final vote set for Oct. 20. The rules won't affect the already-proposed Industrial Drive data center, which faces a key Planning Commission hearing Nov. 12 where residents can still weigh in.
   

• Kerry Opens Coffee-Derived Ingredients Manufacturing Facility in Pennsylvania (food-safety.com) — A new Kerry coffee extraction plant has just opened in Bethlehem, bringing the company's first Pennsylvania manufacturing site and new production jobs to town. The facility will supply coffee ingredients to East Coast customers, using technology aimed at cutting carbon emissions and supporting certified sourcing programs. Local food and beverage businesses could benefit from easier access to specialty coffee ingredients.
   

• Rowan Men's Cross Country's time at Paul Short run cut short due to heat (thewhitonline.com) — A major college cross country meet at Lehigh University in Bethlehem was cut short because of dangerous heat, after Rowan University's men's team had already completed its 8K race. The event drew hundreds of runners and big-name schools, giving young athletes experience in unusually tough conditions on a prominent local course.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Lehigh Valley Leaders to Address Contemporary Issues Impacting Youth at SAP Consortium —Tiffany Sondergaard Read on Patch
  • Does this handsome kitty belong to anyone near W Lehigh Street?
    He's been visiting me every night around 7p. (Nextdoor West Bethlehem)
  • Happy Tuesday, y'all.
    I know the world can feel heavy, so let's remember to be gentle with each other. Hope is still here. Softness is still strength. And none of us were… (Nextdoor Grandview Blvd)
  • Walmart posted a job opening for Floor Clerical in Bethlehem. Apply here.
  • Staffmark posted a job opening for Assembler in Bethlehem. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bethlehem here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Northampton County opens 10 ballot drop boxes for Nov. 3 election (lehighdaily.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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