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Soon-to-be Wilson Area High School grad takes over iconic hot dog shop. Here’s what patrons can now expect.
Eighteen-year-old Meena Muddu on May 30 is set to graduate from Wilson Area High School. She’s already more than halfway done earning a bachelor’s degree in business management. So when the opportunity came early to become an entrepreneur, Meena Muddu told lehighvalleylive.com she jumped at the chance. It...
Florham Park Students Make Lehigh University's Dean's List
FLORHAM PARK, NJ - Five students from Florham Park attained the Dean's List for the Spring Semester from Lehigh University. This status is granted to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Congratulations to the following students: Daniel Batrachenko Ava Lorette Charlie Petro Peyton Sward Andrea Zeien For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Softball: Fifth Seed Elizabeth Powers Past Phillipsburg
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Winning pitcher Makayla Lecky tossed an eight-hit shutout with seven strikeouts and also provided the only two runs of the game with a two-run homer in the fourth inning to power fifth-seeded Elizabeth past No. 12 Phillipsburg High School in a North 2 Group 4 first round game at Elizabeth High School. Elizabeth (12-11) moves on to play at fourth-seeded Hunterdon Central in the quarterfinal round.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Four-year starting catcher Paige Randazzo and classmate Sara Segeda each went 2-for-3 for P’burg, which finishes the season with a 9-12 record. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
Preliminary schools budget with tax hike, cuts through attrition approved in Easton area
Easton Area School District’s Board of Education has granted preliminary approval to the district’s 2024-25 budget, which includes a 2.25% tax increase and staff position cuts. Superintendent Tracy Piazza presented the budget to the board on Tuesday, She said it has not changed since the board’s budget workshop...
Wilson baseball’s championship season ends in district semifinals
Wilson Area High School’s baseball team cooled down under the hot sun at DeSales University’s Weiland Park. The second-seeded Warriors fell to sixth-seeded North Schuylkill 4-2 in the District 11 Class 4A semifinals on Sunday. The Spartans (13-9) advance to meet the Tamaqua/Bethlehem Catholic winner in the district...
Freedom softball uses 20 hits, 4 homers to rout Parkland in D-11 quarterfinals
Freedom High School’s offense was just as powerful against visiting Parkland in the District 11 Class 6A softball quarterfinals late Thursday afternoon as the destructive storm that swept through the Lehigh Valley earlier in the day. The fourth-seeded Patriots (17-5) advanced to Tuesday’s semifinals with a 15-5 mercy-rule romp...
Phillipsburg School District Advised To Shelter In Place, Then Rescinded Once Deemed Safe
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School and Phillipsburg Primary School were advised to shelter in place on the morning of May 22, 2024. At approximately 9:45AM, both schools were advised to shelter in place due to an active police investigation, according to school officials, who responded immediately to our request for information. After a short amount of time, it was determined that the shelter in place was no longer needed. School officials verified that it was safe to resume the normal school day.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Superintendent Dr. Greg Troxell released a formal statement on Social Media TAPinto reached out to the Phillipsburg Municipal Clerk who said that there was nothing to report at that time. A request to seek additional information from the Phillipsburg Police Department and the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office was not returned at the time of this publication. For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona talks student loan forgiveness with Bethlehem, Allentown teachers
Melanie Christopher, an English as a second language teacher at Dieruff High School in Allentown, pursued her career path because her grandmother could not. At a roundtable event Monday in Allentown with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona moderating, she recalled how her grandmother, a Puerto Rico native, never completed school past the fourth grade. Teachers held her back since she ...
Parkland baseball recovers from wild Freedom rally, wins 9-inning D-11 quarterfinal
Parkland High School’s baseball team was cruising on its trip to the district semifinals. The Trojans, however, hit major turbulence as a two-out, two-strike rally erased a three-run lead in the seventh inning. Third-seeded Parkland, with the help of Will Dobil’s game-winning hit, defeated sixth-seeded Freedom 4-3 in nine...
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