This Week: Back to School Countdown is On

Now that Musikfest is over, the countdown to the first day of school is on in Bethlehem. In the case of most students, we are two weeks away as of Monday.

Across the Bethlehem Area School District, this week, there are band camps and practices and a few orientations for parents and students, including:

·  Hanover Elementary School hosts a new family orientation on Monday

·  Northeast Middle School hosts a 6th grade parents’ orientation on Thursday

·  Spring Garden Elementary School hosts a new student orientation on Friday

The Bethlehem Area School Board is also having its last regular meeting before the start of the school year at 7 p.m. Monday at East Hills Middle School. Click here for the agenda.

Road milling projects around Bethlehem could wreak havoc with any daytime errands you may have.

The work will mean lane restrictions and some flagging along Center Street between Elizabeth Avenue and Goepp Street and Freemansburg Avenue between Washington Street and Willow Park Road on Monday.

Route 378 between Broadway and Black River Road could be affected all week.

Northampton Community College’s Fowler Family SouthSide Center will host an interactive session on casino careers on Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. A new career in the casino industry can be launched with 12 weeks of training or less.

After the information session, stick around in the mock casino to see the blackjack, craps and baccarat games, while interacting with instructors and current students to get a feel for what the training and career entails.

Classes begin September 9, 2013.  For additional information about the programs, visit http://www.northampton.edu/casino.

Have you wondered what that bump is in your palm or on the back of your hand? Why is it painful sometimes and perhaps not others? Is there something you can, or should, do about it?

OAA Orthopedic Specialists in Bethlehem Township will host a free seminar to help tackle some of these questions on Wednesday at 12:15. REGISTER TO ATTEND 

Celebrate Alfred Hitchcock’s birthday this week at the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks as they screen three Hitchcock classics on successive nights.

On Monday, it’s The Birds; on Tuesday it’s Strangers on a Train; and on Wednesday, it’s Rear Window. Show times are 7:15. Tickets are $10, less for students, seniors and ArtsQuest members.

Hard rocker Danzig’s 25th anniversary tour makes a stop at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center Tuesday at 8 p.m. Standing room general admission cost $25. Luxury seating costs $45 a ticket.

ABBA the Concert, a tribute to the 1970s Swedish pop sensations, starring Waterloo, the band, comes to the Sands Event Center at 8 p.m. Thursday. Tickets range from $25.50 to $59.50.