Dad goes to China

March 11, 2020

COVER STORY

Dealing with virus panic

As the coronavirus continues to spread worldwide, a former Bethlehem Press summer intern living in Hong Kong hopes things return to normal in the coming months. Brandon Taylor has been in China for roughly 10 years. Following his 2009 graduation from Penn State, he spent three years in Beijing before moving to Hong Kong. The past couple of months have been stressful. Photo by Neha D’Silva: Brandon Taylor, regional editor and content producer for an international financial news and data firm, has been working in Beijing and Hong Kong for about 10 years. He was an intern at the Bethlehem Press for two summers during his Penn State undergraduate days. He is the son of BP editor George Taylor.

By Justin Carlucci

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COMMUNITY

Empowering women of today;

celebrating women of the past

The National Museum of Industrial History in South Bethlehem began its month-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which recognized women’s right to vote, with a two-day International Women’s Weekend on March 7 and 8. Events ranged from talks on women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship by local leaders to re-enacted portrayals of scientists Emma Allison and Rebecca Lukens to a movie, Hello Girls, about the women who served in the US Army Signal Corps during WWI. Photo: Emma Ackerman, portraying Emma Allison, with Dr. Louise Krasniewicz, professor of anthropology at University of Pennsylvania, who is the leading authority on the real-life Emma Allison. Ackerman is an actor with the Touchstone Theatre in Bethlehem; after being cast as Allison, she collaborated with museum director Amber Emory to create the script for her re-enactment of Allison’s appearance at the 1876 Centennial Exposition.

By Theresa O’Brien

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SPRING MUSICALS

Moravian Academy’s ‘State Fair’

A farming family finds love and adventure in Des Moines, Iowa, during 1946 with Moravian Academy’s production of “State Fair” which ran from Feb. 28 through March 1 in Dyer Auditorium. While parents Abel and Melissa Frake seek to win blue ribbons, their children Margy and Wayne look for romance on the midway. Photo: From left, Lem (John Marmaras), Hank Munson (Ethan Buck), Abel Frake (Will Bingham) and Clay (Franco Zelada), sing “More Than Just a Friend” outside the Hog Pen.

By EdCourrier

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SPORTS

State Champions!

You can say that Kenny Herrmann and Cole Handlovic are pretty good friends. The two senior wrestlers have went through their shares of trials and tribulations over the years, but their triumph in Hershey over the weekend made everything worth it in the end. Both wrestlers came off the mat of their final high school matches with their hands raised high, as the Bethlehem Catholic duo ended their careers as state champions Saturday night at the Giant Center.

By Peter Car

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FOCUS

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Emmaus: ‘Hello Dolly!’

Northampton; ‘Cinderella’

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Catasauqua; ‘Crazy for You’

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OTHER STORIES

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Lehigh Valley: Groups offer veterans clothing

Lehigh Valley: Second Harvest Food Bank reaps Dunki’ donations

Mama’s Musings: Precious and missed (snow)

Northampton County: ICE arrests spark executive order

Northampton County: Correction officers graduate

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