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In today's newsletter:

• How a Macungie native built a sports media career before graduation.
• Which Macungie-area eateries were flagged in this week's inspections?

Also on today's calendar: Wildlands Conservancy - PreK Pathfinders: Animal Yoga and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 67 and low of 46 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 68, low: 47.
• Friday: Partly sunny, breezy and nice, with a high of 74 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How Aspiring Broadcasters Are Building Careers Before Their First Full-Time Job (northpennnow.com) — A young Macungie native is turning years of local and college sports broadcasting experience into a promising early career in sports media. From covering Lehigh Valley high school games to working Penn State and national productions, he shows how students can build strong reels, learn production tools, and gain on-air confidence well before landing a first full-time job.
   

• Lehigh County food safety inspections for the week of Sept. 14-20 (spotlightpa.org) — Lehigh County's latest food safety inspections include a Macungie-based food truck, S & D Cuisine on Knight Drive, which was cited only for an expired Certified Food Manager certificate and given 90 days to fix it. Local diners can also see how nearby spots in Emmaus, Whitehall, Alburtis, and Trexlertown fared, with issues ranging from rodent droppings to clogged dish sinks.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Macungie

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Thursday September 24
• Wildlands Conservancy - PreK Pathfinders: Animal Yoga →
  Wayne A. Grube Memorial Park, 1200 Willowbrook Rd, Northampton
  10:00 am
• Away Girls Cross Country Meet
  Lower Macungie Middle School, 6299 Lower Macungie Rd, Macungie
  4:00 pm
• Away Boys Cross Country Meet
  Lower Macungie Middle School, 6299 Lower Macungie Rd, Macungie
  4:45 pm
Friday September 25
• Stream Team 2026: Gall Farm →
  Gall Farm, 711 Gall Rd, Easton, PA 18040
  8:00 am
• Girls Volleyball vs Springhouse Middle
  Eyer Middle School, 5616 Buckeye Rd #1739, Macungie
  4:00 pm
• Girls Field Hockey vs Whitehall
  Eyer Middle School, 5616 Buckeye Rd #1739, Macungie
  4:00 pm
• LMMS Field Hockey- Girls Away Game
  Orefield Middle School, 2675 PA-309, Orefield
  4:00 pm
Monday September 28
• Girls Volleyball vs Easton
  Eyer Middle School, 5616 Buckeye Rd #1739, Macungie
  4:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• Oktoberfest 2026 →
  Reading Liederkranz, 143 Spook Ln, Reading
  5:00 pm
Saturday October 3
• Free Apple Harvest Festival →
  Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W Main St, Macungie
  1:00 pm
Sunday October 4
• Bortz Log House Autumn Open House →
  Bortz Log House, 5047 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville, PA 18106
  2:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Barktoberfest Pet Fair →
  Macungie Memorial Park, 50 Poplar St, Macungie
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Trexlertown. Apply here.
• Dick's Sporting Goods posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate - Apparel in Trexlertown. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Macungie here.

🗞 Nearby News

Emmaus

• Katherine 'Katie' A. Bream-Frie 1991-2026 (fcfreepresspa.com)
• A Lehigh Valley data center plan is missing key info, planners say (mcall.com)
• 13 Things Your Vet Was Trained Not to Tell You (unbekoming.com)

Allentown

• Lehigh Valley planners raise questions about Allentown and Bethlehem data center proposals (mcall.com)
• Ithaca joins national peer network to improve homelessness response (fingerlakes1.com)

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-- 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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