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Visual Journalist

Amy Shortell

Amy Shortell is a visual journalist for The Morning Call.

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Sharon Donchez, the longtime Trees of Historic Bethlehem co-chair and Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites’ 2025 volunteer of the year, holds an ornament next to the waterworks tree she designed Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at the Moravian Museum of Bethlehem in the 1741 Gemeinhaus in Bethlehem. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)
Allen’s Tiheed Wise Jr. drives up the court against Nazareth on Tuesday, Dec.16, 2025, at William Allen High School in Allentown. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)
Rabbi Yaacov Halperin and Bethlehem firefighters light three candles Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, on a Hanukkah menorah at Payrow Plaza in Bethlehem. Monday was the second night of the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights. The third candle is the shamash, a ninth candle that is used to light other candles. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)