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🌱 Patch AM: Nazareth Borough Police detail arrest in 2025 domestic assault case
Be sure to catch 2026 Martin Guitar Raffle on the Nazareth Patch calendar
Good morning Nazareth! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Nazareth Borough Police detail arrest in 2025 domestic assault case
- How Nazareth golfers nearly defended their EPC title by two strokes
Also on today's calendar: Nazareth Farmers Market and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Breezy in the a.m.; some sun, with a high of 66 and low of 45 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 64, low: 46.
- Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 73 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• ARREST: Rivers, Robert Jalela - (18)2701 SIMPLE ASSAULT and 1 additional charge (crimewatch.net) — Nazareth Borough Police report arresting Robert Jalela Rivers on an outstanding criminal warrant tied to a 2025 domestic disturbance on N. Convent Avenue that left a woman with a razor-inflicted arm laceration. Officers say the victim was hospitalized and a warrant was issued shortly after the incident; they emphasize that all individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court. 
• Lehigh Valley golf: Pocono Mountain East caps off EPC season with a second title (mcall.com) — Nazareth High School's golf team narrowly missed repeating as Eastern Pennsylvania Conference champions, finishing just two strokes behind Pocono Mountain East at Great Bear Golf Club. Junior Holden Sparks still brought home the boys individual title with a steady 3-over 74, helping keep Nazareth near the top of a strong Lehigh Valley field.
📸 Around Nazareth
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Nazareth
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★ Featured events ★
- 2026 Martin Guitar Raffle →
2 South main Street, Nazareth
9:00 am
Saturday September 26
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Other local events
- Homecoming Football Game versus Emmaus
Nazareth Area SD Nazareth, PA 18064 - LNES PTA Fall Clothing Drive
LNES parking lot
9:00 am - Nazareth Farmers Market →
2 South main Street, Nazareth
9:00 am - Nazareth Center for the Arts →
Nazareth Center for the Arts, 30 East Belvedere Street, Nazareth
7:30 pm - Nazareth Farmers Market →
2 South main Street, Nazareth
9:00 am - 2026 Martin Guitar Raffle →
2 South main Street, Nazareth
9:00 am - 2026 Martin Guitar Raffle →
2 South main Street, Nazareth
9:00 am - 2026 Martin Guitar Raffle →
2 South main Street, Nazareth
9:00 am - Nazareth Farmers Market →
2 South main Street, Nazareth
9:00 am
Friday September 25
Saturday September 26
Saturday October 3
Saturday October 10
Saturday October 17
📣 Nazareth Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Roof Top Photo
Nazareth Area Intermediate Sch Nazareth, PA 18064
10:00 am - EAHS Financial Aid Night
EAHS Auditorium
5:00 pm
Wednesday September 23
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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Nazareth PatchAM possible:
- Solder and Company Plumbing and Heating — (484) 456-6679
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- cat escaped: My mother is fostering cats and (the cat laying on top pictured) escaped last night some time between 10 pm and 8:00 am.
Ear is snipped due to being feral, he most likely won't come to you, just trying locate him and get him and his brother back together!! If anyone… (Nextdoor Lower Nazareth) - I need someone to mow the lawn.
Actually, there was someone, but I can't get in touch with him anymore. I live in Bushkill, Nazareth. (Nextdoor Bushkill/Upper Nazareth)
- Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Nazareth. Apply here.
- Wawa posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate in Nazareth. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Nazareth here.
🗞 Nearby News
Bath
- Bath Borough Council advances R-3 zoning change for West Main Street site (homenewspa.com)
- Duct tape used for repairs: What Northampton County restaurant inspectors found (lehighvalleylive.com)
Chestnut Hill
- Chestnut Hill's Night of Lights returns for four nights this October (metrophiladelphia.com)
Easton
- 'The future is in your hands': 9th Annual Pa. Latino Convention kicks off in Easton (wfmz.com)
- This Weird Toad Drove a Brilliant Scientist to His Death. What If He Was Framed? (popularmechanics.com)
- General Warehouse at WALGREENS (walgreens.com)
Ok Nazareth! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: No because they can always be used as a bad example! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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