🌱 How a $14M Route 22 Fullerton upgrade could change your commute

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In today's newsletter:

• How a $14M Route 22 Fullerton upgrade could change your commute

Also on today's calendar: Purcellville Music and Arts Festival and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• 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.

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📰 News we're reading

• What will the Lehigh Valley's transportation future look like? Planners offer a preview (wfmz.com) — A major $14 million upgrade is planned for the Route 22/Fullerton interchange in Whitehall Township as part of a $545 million, four-year transportation plan for the Lehigh Valley. Residents can review the full 2027–2030 Transportation Improvement Program and submit comments through May 16, including at an in-person meeting in Bethlehem on May 5.
   

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📸 Around Fullerton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fullerton

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Earth Day in the Park
  Cedar Beach Park, 2600 Parkway Blvd, Allentown
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• “Explanation of the 40 Hadith of Imam Nawawi”
  Manarah Education Foundation , 1988 Schadt Ave , Whitehall Township
  5:30 pm

Sunday April 19

• Michael Kors & Coach Purse Bingo 2026 — Lehigh Valley Humane Society
  Fearless Fire Company No. 14 of Allentown Inc. , 1221 S Front St , Allentown
  1:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Preschool Story Time
  Whitehall Township Public Library , 3700 Mechanicsville Road , Whitehall
  11:00 am
• A Good Yarn
  Whitehall Township Public Library , 3700 Mechanicsville Road , Whitehall
  6:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Preschool Story Time
  Whitehall Township Public Library , 3700 Mechanicsville Road , Whitehall
  1:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• Toddler Story Time
  Whitehall Township Public Library , 3700 Mechanicsville Road , Whitehall
  11:00 am

Saturday April 25

• Saturday Story Time
  Whitehall Township Public Library , 3700 Mechanicsville Road , Whitehall
  11:00 am
• Purcellville Music and Arts Festival
  250 S. Nursery Ave. , Purcellville
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• 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
• Softball (Home) Orefield MS
  Broughal Middle School Bethlehem, PA 18015
  4:00 pm
• NEMS Softball vs Nitschmann @ Home
  Northeast Middle School Bethlehem, PA 18018
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Catasauqua

• Megan's Museum Minute: Week of 4/15/26 (wdiy.org)
• Local roundup: Results from April 15 (tnonline.com)

Allentown

• Proposed bill aims to boost economy for small breweries in Pennsylvania (wfmz.com)
• Research Shows Chesapeake Bay Streams Are Getting Saltier (patch.com)
• Election 2026: How much money the Lehigh Valley candidates for Congress have raised ahead of primary (mcall.com)

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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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