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APRIL 6-12, 2017
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Nazareth Borough Council discusses New technology For police cars
By JUSTIN SWEITZER Multiple storylines surfaced at Nazareth Borough Council’s March 30 workshop meeting, with the police department taking center stage as they prepared to unveil newly-designed patches, symbols and uniforms for their department while looking to implement new technology in their police cars. In the police committee report, Councilman Carl Fischl noted that council has around $10,000 leftover for technology-related upgrades for the police depart-
Sean placed third in the 7-9 age group and won a gift basket. –Contributed photo
Ahart’s Market Sponsors annual Egg hunt in Bath
By KERI LINDENMUTH Children of all ages and their families excitedly gathered in the field next to Ahart’s Market in Bath for the borough’s annual egg hunt, sponsored by the market. The event was to be held on Saturday, April 1. However, the week’s heavy rain and chilly wind
forced the event to be delayed until Sunday, April 2. The new date turned out to be a much better day for egg hunting. The sun was bright, the air was warm and the turnout of area residents was impressive. Continued on page 2
ment. “We’re going to need approximately $4,600 to $4,800, and we’re hoping everyone would be in agreement to split it with the technology and the police,” Fischl said. “We’re going to put that $10,000 toward the purchase of new bright system computers for our four patrol cars,” Councilman Brian Regn said. “The nice thing about these computers is that the officers will be able to just swipe the driver’s license and Continued on page 11
Looking Back
by Ed Pany
Slate- The Miracle Stone (Originally published in 2002)
In this column, a native of Chapman’s Quarries takes us back to the old quarry. The George family came to work in the slate industry from Cornwall, England. Mr. Joseph George kindly shared some memories with me from the “Slate-Miracle Stone” article, which he wrote for the Borough of Chapman’s Historical Society. The slate deposits at Chapman’s are solid to unknown depth. The quarries were worked to a depth
of about 200 to 250 feet. Opening a quarry means removing the surface soil and shale down to the solid blue slate. Drilling holes by hand for blasting with dynamite was much improved with pneumatic drills. Core cutting machines and endless wire saws freed sides and ends, enabling blocks to be cut into more workable shapes, and blasting was eliminated. Water and sand were Continued on page 4
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