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In today's newsletter:

• See which new safety gear is coming to Nazareth’s first responders
• Which Nazareth resident just stepped into a major bank leadership role?
• How Nazareth’s Whitefield House shaped a landmark history of Bethlehem

Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Mostly cloudy, afternoon rain, with a high of 34 and low of 30 degrees.
• Monday: Rain at times in the morning, temps: high: 51, low: 25.
• Tuesday: Windy; morning flurries, with a high of 30 and low of 24 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Northampton County awards 49 public safety grants to municipalities, agencies (lehighvalleynews.com) — Nazareth and Upper Nazareth emergency services are getting significant safety upgrades through new Northampton County grants, including funds for gas masks, firefighting equipment, an advanced chest compression device, and police speed monitors. These awards are part of $600,000 spread across 49 police, fire, and EMS agencies countywide to modernize radios, vehicles, protective gear, and other critical public safety tools.
   

• People on the Move, December 28, 2025 (thetimes-tribune.com) — A Nazareth resident, Charles Hangen, has been named senior vice president and chief risk officer at Fidelity Bank, bringing his extensive banking and risk-management experience to the regional institution. The piece also highlights other Pennsylvania professionals honored for work in immigrant advocacy, computer education, and university governance, underscoring regional accomplishments with a local Nazareth connection.
   

• History's Headlines: Bishop Levering's Bethlehem (wfmz.com) — Nazareth’s historic Whitefield House plays a key role in this look at Bishop Joseph Levering, who settled there in 1903 to write his landmark history of Bethlehem’s Moravian community. The piece traces his life, research methods, and how his work captured Bethlehem’s shift from religious settlement to industrial city, while remaining accessible today in archives and online.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 28

• NASME Model Train Show
  N.A.S.M.E. Nazareth Area Society of Model Engineers , 212 Main St , Stockertown
  1:00 pm
• Putz & Star & Candle Shoppe
  Ce Building , 73 W Church St , Bethlehem
  1:00 pm
• LKV Holiday Open House 12-28-25 (Passenger Trains)
  Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum, Inc. , 705 Linden St , Bethlehem
  1:00 pm
• Frozen Falls
  Painting with a Twist , 3650 Nazareth Pike Unit 4 , Bethlehem
  1:30 pm
• 46 - Live Music: Dina Hall — Stone Farm Cellars and Vineyard
  Stone Farm Cellars & Vineyard, Center Valley & Stone Farm Cellars 46, Easton , 5831 Vera Cruz Rd , Center Valley
  3:00 pm

Monday December 29

• OFFICE CLOSED
  Northampton Area SD Bath, PA 18014
• A Christmas Story
  Walnut Street Theatre , 825 Walnut St , Philadelphia
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Holiday Food Drive Ends
  Whitehall Township Public Library , 3700 Mechanicsville Road , Whitehall
• THE MEPHISTO WALTZ (1971) in 35mm
  The Gap Theatre , 47 S Broadway , Wind Gap
  7:30 pm

Wednesday December 31

• Open Mic Night and Jam
  Slate Belt Brewing Company , 50 Broadway , Bangor
  6:30 pm
• THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972) in 35mm
  The Gap Theatre , 47 S Broadway , Wind Gap
  7:30 pm
• New Year’s Soirée
  The Dery Mansion , 520 5th St , Catasauqua
  9:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Oh, how wondrously they shine, the lights of Lehigh Parkway,
  Like heavenly hosts arrayed in splendor on a crystal-clear night. As we drove through the shadowy paths, they did guide our way, Bright as a… (Nextdoor Lower Nazareth)
• In a humble town, a family weeps and prays,
  For their dear cat, whose path has gone astray. A friend, a cherished soul, part of their heart, Gone missing, leaving them torn apart. Yet, in… (Nextdoor Lower Nazareth)

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Team Member in Easton. Apply here.
• The High Companies posted a job opening for Part Time Breakfast Attendant- Tru Home2 Suites Easton in Easton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Nazareth here.

🗞 Nearby News

Easton

• Amid urgent need, Easton restaurant's year-end blood drive comes with freebies (lehighvalleynews.com)
• Downtown Easton bar closing for good after more than 30 years. Owners announce last call date. (lehighvalleylive.com)
• Eat, Sip, Shop: Lehigh Valley's new modern European restaurant to offer tasty eats, cozy vibes (wfmz.com)

Bethlehem

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-- The Patch AM Team

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