{"id":316311,"date":"2026-10-28T20:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/316311\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T20:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T20:16:09","slug":"69-news-at-500-celtic-classic-festival-in-bethlehem-ceases-operations-after-a-nearly-40-year-run-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/316311\/","title":{"rendered":"69 News at 5:00 &#8211; Celtic Classic Festival in Bethlehem ceases operations after a nearly 40-year run | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly 40 years, the Celtic Classic Highland Games and Festival in Bethlehem has ceased operations. Organizers have announced that this year&#8217;s festival, held last month, will be its last, but there may still be hope for saving it. Get the latest in a live report, tonight on 69 News at 5:00. Also at 5:00, we&#8217;ll show you how a special walk around an Allentown shopping center is empowering people who living with blindness and visual impairments.<\/p>\n<p>\nCopyright 2026 Maranatha Broadcasting Co., Inc.. All Rights Reserved.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After nearly 40 years, the Celtic Classic Highland Games and Festival in Bethlehem has ceased operations. Organizers have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-316311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}