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JULY 13-19, 2017
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Brush fire in Moore Township
-Photo courtesy of Moore Township PD’s Facebook
by HOME NEWS STAFF On Sunday, July 9, the fire department was on scene in the 3200 block of Valley View Drive for a large, fast-moving brush fire. Officials stated a combine, a piece of farm equipment, caught fire. The road was shut down, however firefighters cleared the scene around 3:45 p.m.
Looking by Back Ed Pany Thirteenth in a seriesChapman Quarries Today (Originally published in 2002)
I wanted to question the mayor and council of Chapman Quarries, so I attended their April Council meeting. The meetings are held the first Monday of each month in the community’s historic town hall. The mayor is the amiable, Mr. Harold L. “Sonny” Kocher. Harold’s father also served as mayor for many
years. The hall contains some basic chairs and a meeting table, not the plush furniture one finds in many governmental offices. There are no fancy lighting fixtures, carpeting or ornate wall coverings, yet the people’s business is conducted in an “at home” professional manner. Mr. Curtis Fehnel, council presi-
dent, called the meeting to order. Mr. Fehnel is a former Northampton High School graduate. Other Konkrete Kids who serve on council are Franklin Siflies and two of my former students, Wayne Beal and Dana Ackerman. Other council members are Nancy Groff, Dorothy Niklos and Rev. Kenneth Klingborg. John Defassio is the borough secretary-treasurer. John married another former student of mine, Sharon Bonser. As a result, they allowed him to move into Chapman’s. All these officials were “written in” candidates in primary election, pure democracy at its best. Both Mr. Ackerman and Mr. Beal’s families were employed in the slate quarries. I was the first non-Chapman resident to visit the council in ten years, although a few county politicians have atContinued on page 2
Lehigh Township Planners send Warehouse Ordinance to Flags Supervisors
By JUSTIN SWEITZER Members of the Lehigh Township Planning Commission agreed to send a draft ordinance on township warehouse restrictions to the board of supervisors for consideration at their July 10 meeting. The ordinance is aimed toward large warehouses and would restrict warehouse development from every type of township zoning district except for those that are designated for industrial use. The ordinance would bar warehouses from being developed in any district that’s not industrial, and would set other restrictions on how they would be allowed to be built within industrial districts. The ordinance, if approved by the board of supervisors, would set a maximum building coverage of 50 percent. This limitation would mean that the physical building can only cover 50 percent of the plot of land, essentially limiting how large a warehouse can be. Additionally, the planning commission discussed maximum lot coverage percentages, which would limit how much land could be used for total development, including both the building and relevant parking lots. Planning Commission Chairman David Shulman cautioned against making restrictions too harsh, particularly pointing to the maximum total coverage perContinued on page 9
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