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Analysts predicted that e-books would overtake print books by 2015. After all, they’re not as heavy, they don’t clutter shelves, and they don’t weigh you down. Nevertheless, it’s now 2017 and e-book sales haven’t quite taken over print the way experts thought they would. To me, it’s no surprise that people are having a hard time surrendering to the electronic press. Who doesn’t love the look, smell, and feel of a good book? The sensory—and sometimes nostalgic—experience of holding a book in your hands is just something you can’t get from scrolling on a screen. I’ve always felt that cozying up to a good book—instead of a cold, poorly-lit e-reader—sets the stage for a much deeper emotional connection to the story. I’m not the only one who believes this: The Guardian conducted a study in which it gave half of its participants a story on paper, and the other half the same story on screen. The result? E-book readers didn’t feel that the story was as immersive, and therefore weren’t able to connect with it on an emotional level. That emotional connection remains intact when parents and their kids read together. I loved to read to my kids when they were little. Story time was always special, and print books were integral in creating that bonding time. Print books are reminders of your life’s journeys. The Huffington Post reminds us that your beat-up copy of Catcher in the Rye on your bookshelf can whisk you back to your sophomore year of high school; the “read one too many times” copy of Good Night Moon holds precious memories of rocking your little one—who is now 21—to sleep every night. An e-reader is just an e-reader.

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Departments 6

GOOD TASTE

Stoke Coal Fire Pizza and Bar 12

LOCAL COLOR

Vera Pinho: Artisan Soap Maker 18

BECAUSE YOU LIVE HERE

You Know You're from the Lehigh Valley If... 22

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

The Easton Area Neighborhood Center 26

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Cozy Up with a Good Book: Local Stores are a Bibliophile's Delight

Good Reads: Staff Picks for All Moods and Interests

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Stoke Coal Fire Pizza and Bar recently celebrated its ďŹ rst anniversary on Centre Square. This unique addition to the downtown Easton dining scene has developed a strong following in its short tenure and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to see why. The chic surroundings and hospitable people make it easy on the eyes, friendly to the senses, and pleasant to the taste buds.

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Stoke The tables were filled with an eclectic mix of patrons the night I celebrated a Girls’ Night Out with two friends. Theresa, Bhamini, and I cozied up to the bar where Maurizio, who has been holding court at the bar since Stoke opened, was serving up half-priced bottles of wine, which is the norm on Tuesday nights. We enjoyed a Madonna Estate 2012 Pinot Noir while checking out the decor. The attractive bar seats around 15 and was relatively full for a Tuesday night; the restaurant itself seats around 90 people at high tops, tables, and booths. Accented by soft earthy colors, the exposed brick walls, unique lighting, wainscot, and sparkling original wooden floors create a warm and welcoming atmosphere. I spotted Executive Chef Abe Lopez (formerly of Valenca) busy at work in the kitchen. Stoke boasts a 5000 pound coal-fired pizza oven that heats to more than 750 degrees, allowing them to cook a pizza in a mere two to three minutes. Owners Rich Rosati and Jack Onorati, of Colonial Pizza and Spaghetti House fame, are no strangers to the pizza world. Colonial Pizza and Spaghetti House on Easton’s Spring Garden Street has been a city staple for over a half-century, but this new location introduces a compelling modern menu. Colleen and Roselle showed us to our table and were our very efficient servers for the evening. We started with two appetizers. First was the Spinach and Gorgonzola Salad with figs soaked in red wine, spiced pecans, and pickled onions topped with sweet onion peppercorn vinaigrette. The salad was outstanding—the mixture of savory and sweet on fresh crisp greens was delicious and perfect for sharing. Our other appetizer choice, Stoke Sticks, was unbelievable. These polenta fries were served with two spicy aiolis—garlic and sundried tomato. They arrived piping hot at the table and we devoured them. The Stoke Sticks paired perfectly with the salad, and I would not hesitate to order them again. One warning: Be sure to eat them while they’re hot. The texture and taste of the Sticks changed after they cooled off. Still good, but better hot! In addition to our choice of salad, there is also a House Salad of arugula, shaved Parmesan, Kalamata olives, cherry tomatoes, and shaved fennel with a housemate lemon vinaigrette as well as a Classic Caesar Salad on the menu. Grilled Chicken, Chicken Milanese, or Shrimp may be added to any salad for a small upcharge. For those who opt for soup instead of salad, four choices are available: Manhattan Clam Chowder, Butternut Squash, Curried Cauliflower, and Italian Wedding.

“Our other appetizer choice, Stoke Sticks, was unbelievable… They arrived at the table and we devoured them.”

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Stoke Other appetizers include Anna’s Italian Meatballs with Parmigiano-Reggiano, marinara, and herbed ricotta as well as a Fire Roasted Stuffed Pepper with Bolognese and risotto topped with a poached egg and shaved Parmesan. I have already decided to order this on my next visit. Mussels served either Samba or Fra Diavlo; Orange Balsamic Glazed Baby Back Ribs; Homemade Gnocchi with peas, mushrooms, and arugula in a truffle vinaigrette; Risotto Primavera; and a Charcuterie Plate round out Stoke’s appetizer menu that offers something for everyone. There are nine gourmet pizzas on the menu, all of which sound incredible. We decided on three individual pizzas to try. First came the Fig and Pig—balsamic ﬁg spread, prosciutto, garlic and Béchamel sauce topped with arugula. This was amazing and very different from anything we’ve had before.

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Next came Sausage and Coal-roasted Peppers with marinara, mozzarella and Romano. This was a more traditional pizza than the ﬁrst, but the sauce and spicy sausage and peppers were great. Last but not least was the Carbonara Pizza with slab bacon, sweet peas, Parmesan, roasted garlic, dippy egg, and Béchamel sauce. This was probably the most unique of the three with a wonderful blend of tastes, and the dippy egg—wow! We enjoyed all three, but here is how we voted: Theresa preferred the Carbonara, Bhamini the Sausage and Peppers, and I chose the Fig. There are still six to try next time including a Fungi Bianco, a Mar-

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gherita and an all-meat Carnivoro. Flour imported from Italy goes into the crust and is very different, with a slightly sweet and softer quality. Hungry for more? A few entrees that caught my eye include Anna’s Sunday Dinner—meatballs in marinara with rigatoni, roasted garlic and mozzarella; Shrimp and Grits in a white wine-lemon butter sauce, grape tomatoes, and asparagus over polenta; or Braised Beef and Pork Ragu with house-cut pappardelle in a rich tomato sauce. Numerous specialty sandwiches, both hot and cold, are also on the menu including Meatball, Chicken, Eggplant, or Shrimp Parmigiana sandwiches, all of which are perfect for lunch and sound delish. All desserts are made in-house by Olga, Stoke’s pastry chef. We shared the Pumpkin Panna Cotta, which was light and wonderful. Fresh hot coffee finished off the meal. Also available that evening were Pumpkin Cheesecake, Chocolate Cake, and Fresh Cannoli, which had the most scrumptious Cannoli filling that had a touch of orange zest and added a refreshing taste to the creamy filling.

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Vera Pinho’s laugh precedes her. It’s loud and contagious and frequent, punctuating her sentences and disarming, instantly putting you at ease and cheering you up all in one audible second. There’s a joke here about having whatever she’s having, but it’s just her way, radiant and carefree with an undertone of wisdom that suggests she chooses happiness and it chooses her right back. This playful nature bubbles right into her latest craft of creating artisan soaps.

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Vera Pinho Vera countered childhood boredom by drawing page after page with the same restless hands that she has now at 35, ﬁdgeting, always searching for their next project, uncomfortable with prolonged idleness. She’s not too particular about how art seeps into her life—she just knows that it will, as it always has. She has no intimidating résumé speckled with gallery shows, no midtown studio with endless sales and too-high rent. Being an artist is simply who she is, and like her warm laugh, her way of seeing the world brightens everything she touches.

ready cake with a thoughtful theme that makes him shriek with elation. When she worked a stint as a barista, she used the opportunity to perfect her latte art, causing customers to gasp and grin. And when she comes bearing gifts for her friends, as she often does, they’re handcrafted tokens that you know were made solely with you in mind. Vera is a maker, and for her, making is like breathing: half of the time, she doesn’t even know that she’s doing it. More than that, though, she’s a giver. Her art, no matter what form it takes, is pretty, yes, but that’s not the point. It exists to make people smile.

that she wasn’t always this bright spark that you can’t help but want to be near, hoping to catch a fallout ember of her creativity and passion for life. Following the birth of her son, she stopped seeing color. When she went to bed, the world was dark, confusing, meaningless. When she woke up, it was the same. She stopped making things. A blanket of dust shrouded the camera she once toted everywhere, untouched paint in tubes grew dry, the glitter in her eyes dimmed. It wasn’t her vision. It was postpartum depression that dragged on, unrecognized, for four years. Even though one in 7 women suffer from it, When her ﬁve-year-old son, William, has a it goes widely undiagnosed and untreated. birthday, she can’t help but create a camera- Meeting her now, it’s difficult to imagine It swallowed her, and it took her a long time

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Meeting her now, it’s difficult to imagine that she wasn’t always this bright spark that you can’t help but want to be near, hoping to catch a fallout ember of her creativity and passion for life.

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Until experiencing postpartum depression, Vera had always turned to art not just for fun, but also as a sanctuary. “It was my constant, my escape from difficult times,” she says. “Art puts me in a meditative state and gives me something productive to focus on.”

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Looking back, Vera says she should have realized something was amiss when days, weeks, months, and eventually years elapsed without her wanting to create anything, but she didn’t. At the height of her depression, though, she went straight to the source: meditation itself. She began meditating, and soon she started incorporating crystals into her meditation practice. (Crystals are used worldwide as an alternative medicine technique that employs the stones as conduits of healing.) “I know it sounds hokey,” Vera says, laughing. “But it’s true.” One thing was certain: the more she meditated, the more the fog started to clear. “Postpartum depression is weird because you slowly have to become confident in and learn about who you are now, because, let me tell you, it’s not the same person you were before,” Vera says. Vera may not be the same person that she once was, but her creative spirit has amplified. As soon as she emerged on the other side of depression, she dove headfirst back into making. Her

latest artistic adventure is something of a tribute to the healing powers of crystals. She started handcrafting stunning soaps in unique shapes of geodes. Vera’s process involves creating silicone molds from her actual crystal collection and then making shimmery glycerine soaps in her kitchen. “I learned that water retains energy, so I started exploring that a little bit,” she says. “I put smooth tumbled stones inside of soaps so the bar of soap gives you all of that good energy. If you don’t believe in that stuff, that’s ﬁne too—you still get a fun surprise crystal at the end when you use up your soap!”

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In addition to starting her soap business, she returned to school last fall as an adult to obtain her bachelor’s degree in Art Education from Moravian College. Again, she’s a giver who wants to help others discover the meditative and healing powers of art. “Art saved my life,” she says. “I want to help others be able to do the same.” The irony of soap being one of the most primitive versions of self-care isn’t completely lost here. Whether you’re into meditation or not, ever since Vera started her self-care practice, she’s been tackling some of life’s most challenging obstacles with grace. Best of all, her laugh is back, and it’s louder than ever. To see more of Vera Pinho’s art or order her handmade soaps, visit etsy. com/shop/handmadebyveralucy and instagram.com/handmadebyveralucy.

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You Know You're from T H E L E H IG H VAL L E Y I F... WRITTEN BY LIZ REPH

The Lehigh Valley is replete with history, culture, and long-standing traditions. For those of us who have resided here the majority of our lives, many of these things are more than just places or events—they are an essential part of who we are as people and a community. In celebration of our local history and culture, we’ve compiled a short list of “ways to know if you’re from the Lehigh Valley.” We hope you’ll take a read through and see what rings true for you and your family. Without further ado, you know you’re from the Lehigh Valley if…

You own at least one Moravian Star. There is perhaps no more ubiquitous symbol for the Valley’s Moravian heritage than this beautiful celestial image. Although they are perhaps most popular during the holiday season, many Valley residents—particularly those living in historic Bethlehem and Nazareth—display their Moravian stars year-round.

Someone in your family worked for Bethlehem Steel at one time. For much of the 20th Century, Bethlehem Steel played an integral part in national affairs. Its furnaces churned out the warships and armaments that helped win World War I and II, the beams that built skyscrapers like New York’s Woolworth Building, and the structural steel that supported critical infrastructure such as San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge.

You remember watching the very first headliner at Musikfest. Today, the annual Musikfest celebration attracts more than one million people. On average, these guests come from 40 different states and more than 10 different nations. But back in 1984, only about 182,000 people attended the ﬁrst Musikfest—and the vast majority of them hailed from the Lehigh Valley. Do you remember who the ﬁrst headliner was? Here’s a hint: the singer-songwriter is best known for his ballad “American Pie."

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You’re not that into music, but you know all about Martin Guitar. Founded in the early 1830s, C. F. Martin & Co. is a world-renowned maker of high-quality stringed instruments. Over the years, legendary artists such as Eric Clapton, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, and Eddie Vedder have all famously performed with Martin guitars. But while a knowledge of “celebrity” instruments is usually only reserved for those with a special interest in music, you don’t have to be plugged in to pop culture to know about Martin guitars. Most of the area’s long-term residents are very familiar with the Nazarethbased company and view C. F. Martin & Co. as a longstanding icon of the Lehigh Valley.

You’ve never had a shopping experience that even remotely compares to the Hess’s department store on Hamilton Street. If you lived in the Lehigh Valley before the early 1990s, chances are you took at least one shopping trip to the Hess’s department store in Allentown. With approximately 410,000 square feet of merchandise space, it was a veritable “retail heaven” designed to make shoppers feel as if they had been magically transported into the heart of Fifth Avenue. Celebrities such as Zsa Zsa Gabor, Sonny and Cher, and Johnny Carson promoted the store’s annual ﬂower show each spring. During the holiday season, Hess’s Christmas displays, toy exhibitions, and children’s programs like “Pip the Mouse” drew visitors from up and down the East Coast. When shoppers needed a break from browsing the seemingly endless selections of high-end goods, a stop by the store’s signature Patio Restaurant—where Hess’s models would display the latest high-end fashions—was the perfect treat. Indeed, a trip to Hess’s was an experience few could forget. Check your basement or attic to see if you still have a gift box with their signature red, green, and blue writing. We’re sure it will bring back some wonderful memories.

You know the Yocco’s theme song by heart. For nearly 100 years, Lehigh Valley residents have been enjoying Yocco’s signature “dogs” and “Secret Sauce.” But if you’re a true Valley native, the food is only part of Yocco’s appeal. The company’s catchy theme song is practically impossible to forget. (Go ahead and sing the jingle—we know the tune is running through your head right now!)

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The Nazareth Speedway may have closed more than a decade ago, but in its heyday, it was a major Lehigh Valley attraction. Fans ﬂocked from up and down the East Coast to watch drivers including Mario and Michael Andretti, Al Unser, Bobby Rahal, Matt Kenseth, Elliot Sadler, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. compete. The races at Nazareth were so popular that in the late 1990s, celebrities such as Donald Trump, daughter Ivanka Trump, and actor Tim Allen (who was starring in the highly popular “Home Improvement” television series at the time) even attended. Maybe you remember seeing them?

Billy Joel’s song “Allentown” holds special significance for you.

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Released as the lead song on his 1982 album “The Nylon Curtain,” Billy Joel’s song about the decline of the steel industry was quickly embraced as somewhat of a national anthem for working class people throughout America. Today, the song still holds special meaning for anyone who lived in the Lehigh Valley and experienced the decline ﬁrsthand.

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Neighborhood Center each of us can put in our own piece and inﬂuence the picture. How exciting is that?” With just four full-time employees and one part-time clerical worker, services are possible through volunteers, donations, and Northampton County funds. Each program has different eligibility requirements and a strong focus on the Northampton County community. Most families receiving assistance are at or below 150 percent of the poverty level. “When an agency is as small as we are with such limited access to funding, we appreciate all of our friends who keep us in mind throughout the year,” Matthewson says. In a typical year, EANC provides varying levels of assistance for roughly 3,000 people, including a minimum of 5 working families in the Roof Over program and around 20 pregnant or parenting teens in the ASPIRE program. The organization also offers a community room for free use by 12-step programs.

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With the winter winds blowing outside, nothing says cozy like being curled up in your favorite chair with a hot beverage and a good book. Instead of trying to compete with the big chain stores, independent Lehigh Valley booksellers have carved out their own niche in the used, antique, and hard-to-ďŹ nd book market, while still maintaining their own unique vibe.

Now and Then Books 56 S 4th St • Emmaus 610.966.3114 • nowandthenbooks.com The Emmaus-based bookstore Now and Then Books centers its operation on its customers. “The most interesting stories don’t come out of the books, but the people that come in the store. We have a well-curated store, it’s clean, it’s well organized, and the books are on the computer—our inventory is always fresh,” says Thomas Christian, who co-owns the store with Dennis Corcoran. Christian says that cozy mysteries, literature, and youngadult fiction are currently popular. General fiction is big with his senior customers, and college students come in looking for the classics for their upcoming classes. The store carries general fiction, mysteries, collectible first editions, literature, local history, travel, biography, science fiction, and a large young adult section. They also have a kids’ room with bean bag chairs for little readers. The average price of their books runs from $4 to $7, roughly half the cover price. The store is unique in that they accept trade-in books for store credit. Christian says that customers may use their store credit toward half the cost of their purchased books. How have they fared against the dawn of e-books? “We noticed that some of our customers disappeared,” Christian says. Maybe in the last three or four years, we have seen the complete opposite—they’ve come back. With the e-books, when you’re done, you can’t do anything with it; you can’t turn it in or trade it. Now, too, the price of e-books has gone up to where they almost cost as much as the print edition.” The store has been at its current location on the corner of South Fourth Street in Emmaus for four years now, and Christian says, “The store has found where it belongs; even if the books we sell have changed.”

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Cozy Up Quadrant Book Mart and Coffee House 20 N Third St • Easton 610.252.1188 facebook.com/ quadrantbookmartcoffeehouse The Quadrant Book Mart and Coffee House has operated under its name for more than two decades. “We are pretty much a shop for browsers," says Andris “Andy” Danielsons, who co-owns the North Third Street store with his wife Joanne Moranville. “I can generally tell people if we have speciﬁc books. I do keep a database, so I can tell them if I have it. We have a fairly well-stocked bookstore here with approximately 50,000 titles.”

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“In general, although we have [a] whole room full of fiction, we tend to look for scholarly materials in almost any subject area. Right now we’re strong in philosophy, math, science, biography, lots of non-fiction,” Danielsons says. The median price range is between $5 and $50, although they have a $1 table and a book set for $4,500. What also makes the two-story shop special is that it has a coffee shop where customers can get breakfast and lunch until 2 p.m. Even the coffee house area is lined with popular fiction books. Nearly every room contains chairs and tables for perusing book spines. The store’s more fragile and hard-to-find books are available online. Christian says, “As far as I’m concerned, there’s a whole lot to be offered by the texture and feel of a real book—the printed page that you can curl up with and read.”

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Cozy Up The Old Library Bookshop 1419 Center St • Bethlehem 610.814.3434 • oldlib.com The Old Library Bookshop on Center Street in Bethlehem is co-owned by the mother and daughter team of Margaret Capozzolo and Mary Taylor. Capozzolo says they get requests for books with fine bindings, such as a collection of Easton Press books they recently acquired with leather covers and ribbon bookmarks. Popular selections also include classics, signed first editions, nostalgia, and books on religion and war, as well as children’s books. With an eye on providing full service, the shop also sells a few antiques and framed and unframed prints. “When couples come in and one likes to look at books and one doesn’t, there is something for them to do,” says Taylor. The Old Library Bookshop doesn’t specialize in paperbacks or current fiction by authors such as Danielle Steel and James Patterson. Capozzolo says: “We cater to clients that are looking for special items that you can’t find at big bookstores. We try to preserve things that people are interested in that you can’t find.” Their average price range is $6 to $10. “People say that kids don’t read these days, but we don’t find that here. Young adults just out of college . . . like to come in and buy the more collectible things,” Capozzolo says. The store also has a children’s section with a basket of books for 50 cents each.

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Ignite a love of learning that will last a lifetime Taylor says what she enjoys about the book business is getting to talk to the people that come in and ďŹ nding out what they like to read. Capozzolo echoes that feeling: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of our customers have become friends. We do have a book group that meets here; we look forward to the Friday when they meet.â&#x20AC;? Whether you are taking a quick trip out to ďŹ nd your next book or are making a day of it, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll want to check out these bookstores. Be mindful that these bookshops do have limited hours, so check with them before setting out. Here are some additional Lehigh Valley bookshops to include in your book hunt.

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Has our preferred method of media consumption shifted so much in the digital age that books no longer have a place on our shelves? They certainly should: research indicates that the beneﬁts of reading literature for pleasure include increasing social capital at all ages as well as a reduction of depression and dementia symptoms as an adult. Perhaps we should all resolve to read more this year. Whether you’re an avid bookworm looking for a new title or you want to ease back into reading with an illustrated work, classic, or contemporary bestseller, here are a few book recommendations from around the office.

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Insurance. If you’re like most people, that word elicits a good solid “blech!” whenever you read it or hear it. But that’s unfortunate, says Jane O’Malley, a co-owner of Coringrato Insurance Agency, because everyone will need some type of coverage sooner or later. She should know. O’Malley and her sister/co-owner Joan Shafer practically grew up in their father’s business. Ettore “Ed” Coringrato founded his eponymous agency in 1953 as a side business; his regular occupation was that of toolmaker. “He sold insurance during evening hours and on weekends,” O’Malley says. “For many years, his customers came to our home to make insurance payments, report claims, or just to talk with him. We’d often ride in the back seat while Dad drove around on Saturdays, delivering insurance policies to his customers.”

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PICKING AND CHOOSING That gives clients plenty of flexibility in choices. Exclusive agents— employed by a single carrier such as John Hancock—are naturally limited to that company’s products. Independent agents don’t operate under that restriction. “Every insurance company has different underwriting guidelines and different pricing structures,” O’Malley says. “Because we deal with so many, we can help our clients find the specific coverage they need. We even work with a company that insures DUI violators.” From its founding, Coringrato Insurance built solid relationships

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with its clients, treating them as much more than just policy numbers. And it’s a tradition that still holds. “We make sure they understand what their policy covers and what it doesn’t; answer all of their questions; review their current life situations; discuss how their circumstances might change in the future; and suggest ways to be prepared for those changes. It isn’t a ‘write the policy and be done’ operation,” she says. Customers appreciate Coringrato Insurance’s old-school approach, as evidenced by its numerous long-term clients. “We often have fun challenging their memories,” O’Malley says. “For example, I mentioned to a client that he bought an auto policy from us in 1966. When I asked if he remembered that car, he quickly replied that it was a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air which he’d purchased in 1961 for the grand sum of $800!”

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“You can direct the payout to be a lump sum to a beneﬁciary, who can then use the money as desired. Some people will use it to pay off a mortgage or ﬁnance a trip. You might specify that the funds will be applied to your children’s college expenses, or leave them with a nest egg,” O’Malley says. Of course, there are other options as well, which you can explore when you purchase the policy.

HOMEOWNER In addition to protecting your dwelling and personal property, a homeowner’s policy will include liability coverage for accidents involving other people. But your personal circumstances might indicate more protection from sinkholes, ﬂooding, or earthquakes, and not all companies offer those options. “Renters should consider having insurance, too,” she says. “If there’s a ﬁre and you have no coverage, you’re done. But the right policy will protect your belongings and provide some living expenses until the claim is settled.”

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The Lehigh Valley has thirsted for locally produced beer since the 18th century when the Moravians built breweries in Bethlehem and near Nazareth.

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From that tradition, the taps will open and glasses will be joyfully hoisted at more than 50 restaurants, bars, distributors, and breweries from Spinnerstown to Easton and many places in between to feature more than 150 beer and multicourse food pairings, brewing classes, musical performances, tap takeovers, beer dinners, bar crawls, and rare beer releases. “It’s been crazy and it’s just blown up—we have ﬁve times more breweries in Lehigh Valley than we had since we started this event ﬁve years ago,” says Jesse Albertson, acting president of Lehigh Valley Beer Week and one of the event’s founders. “Our local culture is just more aware of good beer, and with more high-end restaurants in the Lehigh Valley and

a desire to drink better beer, we now have all the driving factors to bring awareness to what we have in the Lehigh Valley,” says Albertson, general manager Bar Louie in the Promenade Shops in Upper Saucon Township and former general manager of Fegley’s Brew Works.

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“You never know if there’s interest until you put it out there,” says Albertson, noting that the Lehigh Valley had just a handful of craft breweries when Lehigh Valley Beer Week started. “We have at least eight today, and that’s a lot,” he says. Since last year’s event, three more local breweries have opened: Lost Tavern Brewing in Hellertown, Bonn Place Brewing Co. in Bethlehem and Yergey Brewing in Emmaus, which was inspired after owner Jim Yergey won Lehigh Valley Beer Week’s Be Our Brewer for A Day Competition in 2014. Craft brewers from outside the Lehigh Valley will also have products for sampling at various locations. Besides raising the Lehigh Valley’s proﬁle as a beer destination, Lehigh Valley Beer Week also provides a boon to sales.

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Scott Adams, outgoing Lehigh Valley Beer Week president and assistant brewer at Funk Brewing Co. in Emmaus, estimates a 30 to 40 percent increase in beer sales during the event

and describes the number of gallons of beer consumed since the event started in 2013 as “dizzying.” “Every year, the popularity of Lehigh Valley Beer Week seems to increase,” Adams says. “Young professionals with no kids and good jobs are moving and staying here and enjoying the variety of craft beer appearing throughout the unique communities in Lehigh Valley. It’s really brought the region together and uniﬁed it through this annual celebration.”

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