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🌱 Patch AM: What’s next for Macungie’s disputed 49-unit Lumber Street apartments?

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  • What's next for Macungie's disputed 49-unit Lumber Street apartments?

Also on today's calendar: Oktoberfest 2026 and 8 more events.

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  • Tuesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 73 and low of 52 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Nice with periods of sun, temps: high: 76, low: 59.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Macungie Borough responds to resident concerns over 49-unit apartment complex (wfmz.com) — Macungie Borough Council is standing by its approval of a 49‑unit Lumber Street apartment complex, despite residents' concerns about a long-referenced but undocumented paper alley on nearby deeds. At a special meeting, the solicitor said borough records show no such alley and framed the dispute as a private property matter, while residents criticized the borough's due diligence and council quietly tabled a proposed police contract.
   

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    Thursday October 1
  • LMMS Cross Country Girls and Boys- Meet Away
    Bicentennial Park, 5351 Park West Lane, Bethlehem
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    Macungie Farmers Market, 99 Lumber street, Macungie
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    Grace Lutheran Church, 28 W Main St, Macungie
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