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Northampton Area Board Of School Directors Unanimously Votes to Require Masks in Schools

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By KERI LINDENMUTH The issue of masks in schools has been hotly debated across the nation, and that debate came to Northampton on Monday, August 23, during the Northampton Area School District Board of School Directors meeting. Despite the threats of reelection voiced to them by a small crowd of frustrated parents, every member of the school board voted in favor of requiring masks for what they say is the safety of their students. The mask mandate will be in effect for all students, staff and visitors to any of the district’s school buildings starting on August 25. It will run until October 1. At that time, the board and administrators will analyze community spread data and the advice of local health experts to determine how to move forward. Disposable masks will be available for students, staff, and visitors. Students who do not abide

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Inside this week’s issue By KERI LINDENMUTH When Moore Township sisters Madison and Paige Mitchell saw a commercial for St. Jude

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After writing all these columns and driving around the countryside, Larry Oberly and this writer lament the slow loss of the sturdy barns built on many Pennsylvania Dutch farms. So, Larry took his trusty camera to catalog some of the remaining barns in Allen and East Allen townships. (Additional barn picture on page 7.)

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