WITH POWER OUTAGES STILL IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY, DOES LEHIGH COUNTY'S CHIEF CLERK OF ELECTIONS THINK TUESDAY'S ELECTION WILL GO OFF WITHOUT A HITCH?  "I'M NOT CONVINCED, BUT I'M HOPING THERE WON'T BE HITCHES.  RIGHT NOW WE'RE CALLING POLLING PLACES TO GET A HANDLE ON WHO IS EXPECTING TO HAVE POWER BY TUESDAY AND WHO IS NOT REALLY SURE," SAYS TIM BENYO.  HE SAYS THEY DO HAVE SOME GENERATORS AVAILABLE JUST IN CASE SOME POLLING PLACES ARE STILL NOT BACK ON LINE TUESDAY.  THE CORBETT ADMINISTRATION SAYS BETWEEN 250 AND 300 POLLING PLACES REMAIN WITHOUT POWER JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT IT WON'T SAY WHICH ONES.  WHILE LEHIGH COUNTY MET ITS FRIDAY 5PM DEADLINE TO ACCEPT ABSENTEE BALLOTS, IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT AN ABSENTEE BALLOT HAS BEEN BUMPED BACK TO MONDAY AT 5PM.

  THE MAYOR OF ALLENTOWN SAYS HIS CITY IS STILL IN EMERGENCY MODE.  "WE STILL HAVE THE EMERGENCY CALL CENTER OPEN.  PEOPLE CAN CALL THAT UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 7AM TO 7PM IF THEY HAVE TREES KNOCKED DOWN OR SEE STREET LIGHTS THAT ARE OUT," ED PAWLOWSKI SAYS.  THE NUMBER TO CALL IN ALLENTOWN IS 610-437-7669 BETWEEN 7AM AND 7PM THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.  IF YOU NEED TO REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES, PAWLOWSKI SAYS THAT SHOULD BE DONE DIRECTLY TO YOUR ELECTRICITY PROVIDER.

  IF YOUR HOME OR PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED BY HURRICANE SANDY, STATE SENATOR BOB MENSCH SAYS YOU SHOULD MAKE PICTURES OR VIDEO BEFORE CLEANING UP OR REPAIRS ARE MADE AND DON'T MAKE ANY REPAIRS UNTIL AN ADJUSTER IS ABLE TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE FIRST.  "IF YOU HAVE ALREADY INVESTED IN ANY WORK AND IF YOU'VE ALREADY PAID ANY MONEY, SAVE THOSE RECEIPTS BECAUSE THEY SHOULD ALL BE REIMBURSABLE," MENSCH SAYS.  EARLIER THIS WEEK, GOVERNOR CORBETT ANNOUNCED HOMEOWNERS HERE WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY HURRICANE DEDUCTIBLES ON INSURANCE CLAIMS STEMMING FROM HURRICANE SANDY.

  SEVERAL LOCAL COLLEGES THAT HAVEN'T HELD A CLASS IN A WEEK HOPE TO RESTORE A NORMAL SCHEDULE MONDAY.  LAFAYETTE COLLEGE HASN'T HAD CLASSES IN A WEEK AND HAD BEEN WITHOUT POWER FOR MOST OF LAST WEEK BUT NOW HOPES TO BE ABLE TO RESUME CLASSES MONDAY MORNING.  LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, WHICH ALSO WAS SHUT DOWN LAST WEEK BECAUSE OF SANDY, SAYS IT WILL RESUME CLASSES MONDAY.  DeSALES UNIVERSITY SAYS IT WILL UPDATE ITS STATUS BEFORE 2 O'CLOCK TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

  ATLANTIC CITY CASINOS HAVE PERMISSION TO OPEN, BUT IT'S NOT CLEAR WHEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO.  GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE ANNOUNCED THAT THE ROADS TO ATLANTIC CITY ARE REOPENING AND THAT THE CITY'S CASINOS HAVE PERMISSION TO RESTART OPERATIONS.  THE 12 CASINOS HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE SUPERSTORM SANDY WAS BEARING DOWN ON THE STATE LAST WEEKEND.  IT'S NOT CLEAR YET WHEN GAMBLERS WILL BE ALLOWED INSIDE THE CASINOS.

  LIFE IS BEGINNING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL A BIT IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY.  AFTER BEING POSTPONED LAST WEEKEND BECAUSE OF THE IMPENDING HURRICANE SANDY, BOTH ALLENTOWN AND BETHLEHEM WILL HOLD THEIR HALLOWEEN PARADES TOMORROW AFTERNOON BEGINNING AT 2 O'CLOCK.  IN ALLENTOWN, THE PARADE BEGINS AT THE ALLENTOWN FAIRGROUNDS, WHILE IN BETHLEHEM THE PARADE STARTS AT BROAD STREET AND 13TH AVENUE.  UNFORTUNATELY, THE PHILLIPSBURG-EASTON HALLOWEEN PARADE SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY WAS SCRAPPED IN SANDY'S AFTERMATH.

  THE WIFE OF VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS MAKING SEVERAL STOPS IN PENNSYLVANIA IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.  JILL BIDEN WAS AT A RALLY IN MEDIA FRIDAY AND MAKE VISITS TO WEST CHESTER, NORRISTOWN AND PHILADELPHIA TODAY.  BIDEN WILL BE JOINED AT TODAY'S EVENTS BY PHILADELPHIA MAYOR MICHAEL NUTTER.  REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MITT ROMNEY IS PLANNING TO VISIT PENNSYLVANIA ON SUNDAY.  FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON IS SCHEDULED TO STUMP FOR OBAMA ON MONDAY.

  A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT HAS REJECTED A NEWSPAPER'S APPEAL OF A COURT RULING DENYING ITS REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS ACCESS TO ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLLING PLACES TO MONITOR THE VOTER SIGN-IN PROCESS.  THE 3RD U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS AGREED WITH A LOWER COURT THAT STATE RULES GOVERNING ACCESS TO POLLING PLACES DON'T INFRINGE ON THE PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE'S RIGHT TO GATHER NEWS.  THE NEWSPAPER SAYS A STATE LAW KEEPING ANYONE OTHER THAN VOTERS AND ELECTION OFFICIALS 10 FEET FROM POLLING PLACES PREVENTED IT FROM MONITORING THE SIGN-IN PROCESS, WHICH WILL DIFFER UNDER A NEW VOTER ID LAW.  THE NEWSPAPER'S ATTORNEY SAYS HE PLANS A SUPREME COURT APPEAL BECAUSE OTHER CIRCUIT COURTS HAVE FAVORED MORE MEDIA ACCESS, BUT THE ATTORNEY SAYS THE ISSUE WON'T BE RESOLVED BEFORE TUESDAY'S ELECTION.