Nine candidates seek three vacant seats on the Lehigh County bench
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Candidates for Lehigh County judge in the May 2021 primary election. From left to right, top row: Tom Caffrey, Tom Capehart, Zac Cohen. Middle row: Eman H. Jarrah, Patricia Fuentes Mulqueen, David Ritter. Bottom row: Carlos Rodriguez, Rashid Santiago, Maraleen Shields.Courtesy photos
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Voters will have nine candidates from whom to choose the next three judges in Lehigh County.
Each of the candidates has cross-filed to run as a Republican and as a Democrat for the seats. The top three vote-getters on each ballot will appear on the general election ballot in November.
Brief disappearance of boy with Down syndrome prompts change at Lehigh Valley high school
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
Posted Apr 01, 2021
Ian Foerst, who has Down syndrome, was greeted Nov. 11, 2015, by the Lehigh Valley chapter of the Nam Knights motorcycle club as he got off the school bus at home in Emmaus.Courtesy Megan Foerst
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Her son, Ian, never got on the school bus and nobody knew where he was.
The 16-year-old has Down syndrome and attends a life skills class at Emmaus High School.
The boy was found an hour after he went missing Thursday. He was found by a member of a family search party quickly dispatched by Megan Foerst. She said the high school didn’t realize he went missing until police showed up.
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