Springtown News

A SOUPER SESSION When it comes to great soups, Pennsylvania Dutch Chicken Corn Soup with saffron and ''rivels'' is among the best.

Added traffic by the new Bethlehem Sands Casino Resort has Springfield officials looking for a slice of the profits.

Jessy Rutz of Bethlehem is looking for a recipe for Carrot Cake Roll. "The same as a pumpkin roll but made with carrot cake," she says.

Sherry Brodhead, left, and Lorraine Torrella run Springtown Farmers' Market in Bucks County.

BOOK SIGNING Sharon Sanders signs copies of ''Cooking Up an Italian Life: Simple Pleasuresof Italy in Recipes and Stories.'' She'll be at the Springtown Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m. today at Springtown Volunteer Fire Company, Rts.

Yesterday's patch of dry weather is a soggy memory this morning. Heavy rain showers and thunderstorms passed through the region this morning, causing minor flooding on some roadways with poor drainage.

Editor's note: Patrick Bowersock, a Springtown resident, shared this story after reading our Wednesday article on making bunny cakes: When I was a child, my mom had two cake molds she used at Easter .

Six ways of viewing the Moravian College exhibit of John Clem Clarke's paintings of famous paintings: 1. Clarke is an excellent draftsman and craftsman.

The main character in Christine Weiser's appealing first novel, ''Broad Street,'' is a neophyte musician who forms an all- female band in Philadelphia in the 1990s.