A typical day for Betty Hockman consists of brewing coffee for early customers rushing to work, pausing to chat with regulars who aren’t, and then closing up shop at 2 in the afternoon, only to do it all again the next day. Betty, as customers...

When Oakes Fegley, an Allentown native, got the lead role in “Pete’s Dragon,” locals were thrilled to see the young star on the big screen. Fegley plays Pete in the Disney live action feature “Pete’s Dragon,” alongside Bryce Dallas Howard,...