🌱 What’s still happening at the Great Allentown Fair through Labor Day?
Allentown, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 5 min readMorning Allentown! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What’s still happening at the Great Allentown Fair through Labor Day?
- How will Allentown Central Catholic handle Nazareth’s explosive offense next week?
- How new grid tech in Allentown could shorten your next outage
Also on today's calendar: Upper Milford Township 250th Anniversary Parade and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: Where do math teachers go on vacation? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and delightful, temps: high: 76, low: 57.
- Monday: Partly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Allentown Fair on Friday (mcall.com) — The Great Allentown Fair is in full swing this Labor Day weekend, continuing through Monday, Sept. 7, with plenty of food, rides, and entertainment still ahead. Photos from Friday night show big crowds enjoying the classic fair atmosphere, giving Allentown residents a good sense of what to expect if they head over before it wraps up. 
• Lehigh Valley high school football roundup: Northampton survives thriller, top teams bounce back in full slate of action (mcall.com) — Lehigh Valley high school football teams kicked off Week 2 with big wins and bounce-back performances, including Northampton’s late thriller over Delaware Valley and Nazareth’s rout of Whitehall. For Allentown fans, Nazareth now heads home next week to face Allentown Central Catholic, setting up an early-season showdown to watch.
• PPL, DOE demonstrate smarter grid technology (dailyenergyinsider.com) — PPL’s Allentown training center just hosted U.S. Department of Energy officials to showcase new “grid of the future” technology aimed at cutting outages and speeding restoration for Pennsylvania customers. The visit highlighted federally backed upgrades like smart sensors, underground improvements, and modern control systems that could directly improve reliability for homes and businesses across Allentown and the wider region.
📸 Around Allentown
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Upper Milford Township 250th Anniversary Parade →
Upper Milford Township Building and Lenape Park, 6102 Kings Hwy S, Zionsville
12:00 pm -
Elvis Tribute Sunday Supper at 1812 Piano Lounge →
1812 W Allen St, Allentown
4:00 pm
Saturday September 5
Sunday September 20
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Other local events
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Local Legends Live →
The Allentown Fairgrounds, 302 N 17th St, Allentown
2:00 pm -
School Closed - Labor Day
Salisbury Township SD Allentown, PA 18103 -
Schools Closed - Labor Day Holiday
Allentown City SD Allentown, PA 18102 -
KR - Spirit Wear Sale Begins
Kratzer Sch Allentown, PA 18104 -
No School - Labor Day
Salisbury Township SD Allentown, PA 18103 -
No School - Labor Day Holiday
Salisbury Township SD Allentown, PA 18103 -
J&J Demolition Derby at The Great Allentown Fair →
Allentown Fairgrounds, 1850 Liberty St, Allentown
5:00 pm -
CE - Spirit Wear Sale Starts
Cetronia Sch Allentown, PA 18104 -
SES 26-27 T-Shirt Day
Salisbury Township SD Allentown, PA 18103 -
The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Show →
7736 Adrienne Dr, Breinigsville
6:00 pm
Sunday September 6
Monday September 7
Tuesday September 8
Saturday September 19
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- My name is Jennifer and I live on top of the bar on Madison and west chew st in Allentown pa and I found a white teacup Pomeranian today around 11am this morning on 09-03-2026.
If this is your dog I will need some kind of proof to show me that he belongs to you I am not going to just hand him over I need to see at least two… (Nextdoor West and Franklin Parks) - I’m currently pregnant and My due date is this month on the 23rd my job had let me go and told me come back after I give birth bc they were scared for me because of the work I had to do…and I don’t qualify for unemployment because I don’t have
enough working hours. Does anyone know of a job I can do for a few weeks until I give birth ? (Nextdoor South Side Allentown)
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🗞 Nearby News
Catasauqua
- Lehigh Valley high school football: Wilson earns first league win since 2021 behind big days from Patterson, Rapoli (mcall.com)
- Work to begin on Route 378 in Bethlehem. Here are the details (mcall.com)
- Father, Son Charged In Election Day Incident Appear In Court (iheart.com)
Emmaus
- Southern Lehigh football player, Emmaus field hockey player are Athlete of the Week winners (mcall.com)
- September 3 Playbook: Shapiro-Garrity Agree to Debate Date (politicspa.com)
Bethlehem
- Free Concert At SteelStacks Among This Weekend's Top Local Events In Bethlehem (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Times Square (Thank you Jean K. for sending it in!)
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