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Five Things to Know Today: April 5

April showers...

1. Weather: Fortunately, it's warm enough for the precipitation we're getting today to be rain instead of that stuff we were shoveling for months. The National Weather Service forecast for our area calls for up to a half inch of April showers today. May flowers, May flowers, May flowers...

2. In Case You Missed It: Betty Cauler learned the best way to care for a lawn when she attended the over the weekend at the Lower Macungie Community Center.  She got some great photos, too!

3. Biz Bites: built in the in the late 19th century, served as the area's first voting quarters in 1832.

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4. Coming up: Twenty-five years ago co-ed Jeanne Clery was murdered in her dorm at Lehigh University. Her parents, Howard and Connie, worked tirelessly to make sure students from then on were much safer.

5. Today in History: On this day both Howard Hughes and Charlton Heston died in 1976 and 2008, respectively.

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