BIRTHDAY STAR: Actor Jaime King was born in Omaha, Nebraska, today in 1979. This birthday star portrayed Rose on the series “Black Summer” from 2019-2021. She also played Lemon Breeland on “Hart of Dixie,” and she’s appeared on episodes of “Love Advent,” “Comedy Bang! Bang!” and “Love Bites.” On the big screen, King’s film work includes roles in “The Resurrection of Charles Manson,” “Sin City,” and “My Bloody Valentine ..read more

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Please let me know your thoughts on a neighbor who “kindly” advised that although we will not be invited to her daughter’s baby shower, we should still purchase gifts for her soon-to-be-grandchild (using the provided link to a baby registry ..read more

Finally there’s a big shakeup to the girls lacrosse rankings. Southern Lehigh’s 12-9 win over Emmaus on Saturday means the Spartans are due for a bump up, so for now they’ll jump from No. 5 to No. 2 on our list ..read more

Tyrese Johnson-Fisher held the football in his right hand, looking intently as a scout from the Giants set up dummies on the William Paterson University turf for a drill. For Johnson-Fisher, a British national and third-generation Jamaican, it was not a typical Tuesday morning. Forty-eight hours ago, he was in Houston, working remotely for a London-based financial system sales firm. But after getting a call that he had a tryout, he hopped on a plane and onto the field, trying to prove that he deserved a shot at playing in the NFL ..read more

Four years ago, the prospect of a competitive Presidential primary led to some relatively strong voter registration reports for Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party. Yet as 2020 progressed that contested primary never came, and the summer and fall registration reports were far more encouraging for the Pennsylvania GOP. Nevertheless, Biden was ultimately able to win back the Keystone State in November ..read more

DEAR READERS: Periodically, I publish “updates” to previous questions and answers published in this space. The following was published in 2018. The update follows the original Q&A ..read more

With just two days left until the first round of the NFL Draft, the thinking remains that Eagles general manager Howie Roseman will use one of his two second-round picks to move up in the first round ..read more

The median sales price for a home last month in the Lehigh Valley was $335,000, a record-tying figure for this market, according to Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors. In its monthly report for March 2024, GLVR said the last time the median sales price hit that mark was June 2023 ..read more

The Freedom softball team overpowered opponents with its offensive fireworks to produce an 11-0 start to the season ..read more

I consider myself to be an authority on loony left-wing ideas ..read more