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East Allen Board of Supervisors Approves Eagle Scout Project By KERI LINDENMUTH “I think it is really going to add Nick Hanna from Boy Scout to the whole area,” said Deborah Troop 318 received approval for his Seiple, Township Manager. Eagle Scout Project at the East AlA plaque will be placed at the len Township Board of Supervisors spot once the project is finished, workshop meeting on Wednesday, which Hanna thinks will take April 12. The high school junior about three months if he begins from Bethlehem gave the board a this summer. Hanna’s Eagle Scout presentation on his plans to land- Project was not the only presenscape and build three Trex benches tation given at the meeting. The along the township’s Nor-Bath 2015 and 2016 Jacksonville Bridge Trail. Hanna believes that his ef- Inspection Reports were also delivforts to beautify the trail will help ered to the board. give people more of a reason to The reports show that there use it. He described his project as a has been a slow degradation of team effort, with his friends, family, the bridge, but there has been no and fellow troop members working downgrade in its safety ratings. alongside him. The township’s pubThere is “nothing critical, nothlic works department will also help. ing safety orientated, nothing high Costs, he estimates, will be less priority,” explained Township Enthan $1,000 and the project will gineer James Milot. be funded from both his personal However, the report does recomscout account and with help from mend a deck repair for the bridge, local businesses and corporations. something that could cost at least The entire Board of Supervisors $20,000, a price Milot says to be unanimously approved Hanna’s Continued on page 7 project.
By JUSTIN SWEITZER Representatives from Pennsylvania Venture Capital Inc. came before Northampton Borough planners on Wednesday, April 12 to run the planning commission over preliminary plans for an assisted living and personal care facility at 27 West 21st Street, Northampton, Pa. Pennsylvania Venture Capital is looking to develop Northampton Manor, a proposed assisted living facility that would run
similarly to other organizations run by the organization, such as Whitehall Manor and Saucon Valley Manor. The proposed two-story facility would feature 135 beds. The proposed sketch plan was presented to receive the guidance and feedback of borough planners, according to Mickey Thompson and David Harte of Pennsylvania Venture Capital.
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Looking by Back Ed Pany Seventh in a seriesChapman’s Quarries United Methodist Church
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(Originally published in 2002)
It was a brilliant sunny February morning when my wife and I drove up to Chapman’s Quarries to attend services at the united Chapman United Methodist Church. A church steeped in history, it was organized in 1868 and became the spiritual home of the borough’s slate workers. The church was dismantled in 1891 because of the quarry expansion and rebuilt at its present Main Street location. The historic edifice is bordered by stately trees, and the white building, in such a serene set-
ting reminded me of rural New England or one of those Central Pennsylvania churches seen on channel 16. You enter the church by some slate steps, which are still as strong as the memory of all the “slaters” who attended church each Sunday. The feeling there is warm and friendly, and we were greeted by and spoke to a number of people which included many parents of students I had the pleasure of Continued on page 4
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