Press photos by Dana Grubb

A raw and rainy April 9 morning gave way to sun and warm breezes in the afternoon making the inaugural Northeast Community Center Easter egg hunt a fun day for participants. Food, photos with the Easter Bunny, a visit from two members of Bethlehem’s Mounted Patrol, prizes and the dash by youngsters in four different age groups to collect the eggs on the lawn behind the Community Center, made for a pleasant, fun-filled and rewarding afternoon. NECC Executive Director Paula Johnson said it will become an annual event. Partners and supporters included Just Born Quality Confections, Lehigh University’s Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Edgeboro Moravian Church, Bethlehem Garden Club, First Presbyterian Church Bethlehem and Lehigh Valley Church.