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JUNE 13-19, 2019
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Northampton residents sign Petition to stop train disturbances
Little Miss Strawberry 2019, Lillian Gengaro.
Chief Bryan Kadingo, Piper Malehorn, Andriana Andrews, and Council President Anthony Lopsonzski Jr. –Home News photo
By KERI LINDENMUTH During the Borough of Northampton Council meeting on Thursday, June 6, resident Brian King returned with many of his neighbors living on or near Buckingham Drive. Together, they presented council with a petition signed by residents in the area, asking for action on train traffic disturbances. “It is annoying that the train sits and idles 25 yards away [from our homes],” said King. King and neighbors said that the train, owned by Horwith Trucking, idles for up to one hour in the early mornings, sometimes
as early as 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. When King approached residents to sign the petition, only three individuals declined. “Most [residents] had a story for me regarding the train,” he said. Residents complained not only of the train’s noise, but of foundation cracks from the rumbling and of the smell of diesel. “Many comments were about the stench in the train cars,” he said. Borough Manager LeRoy Brobst said he sent a letter to Horwith Trucking and even called owner Adam Horwith. He
asked Horwith about the contents inside the train cars, but received no answer. King and neighbors worry that the trains may be carrying hazardous waste. Councilman Robert McHale wondered aloud whether the recent rise in the train’s disturbances may have something to do with a change in the rail car pattern, perhaps caused by Ninth Street bridge construction. Solicitor Steven Goudsouzian thanked residents for the petition, but warned them that “boroughs Continued on page 9
Bath Farmers’ Market crowns Little Miss Strawberry Submitted by SARAH FULTON Bath Farmers' Market crowned this year's Little Miss Strawberry on Friday, June 7, in the third annual contest. This year's winner is four yearold Lillian Gengaro of Bath. She is the daughter of Heather and Steven Gengaro. The informal pageant encourages parents to enter their daughters dressed in their berry best attire.
Lillian wore a red and white dress decorated by her aunt, Jennifer Bobynskyj. Lillian says she Continued on page 7
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