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JUNE 20-26, 2019
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East Allen Township Sued by Rock-Lehigh Valley By KERI LINDENMUTH A year after rejecting a zoning change request by Rockefeller Group, East Allen Township is now being sued by the development company. The announcement was made by township solicitor Joseph Piperato during the Board of Supervisors workshop meeting on June 12. Piperato said that Rockefeller is challenging the township’s zoning ordinance with the claim that it does not provide for a “logistic center.” In 2018, supervisors denied Rockefeller’s request for a zon-
ing change that would allow them to build a warehouse on Weaversville Road. Rockefeller filed an appeal, but then withdrew that appeal. They have since countered with a curative amendment, which will require that the township hold hearings, call witnesses, and utilize experts. The decision will be made by a judge, not supervisors. “We are now being sued for an appeal they filed and withdrew from,” said Supervisor
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Allen Township Supervisors continue Discussion on Graystone flooding By KERI LINDENMUTH trict drainage permits. Residents On June 11, several weeks af- complained of sitting water in ter residents of Graystone Circle their backyards and mud in their appeared before the board of su- basements. Seemingly ineffecpervisors to complain of flood- tive infiltration beds are located ing, the Allen Township Board of in the backyards of many of the Supervisors gave residents a new homes on Graystone Circle. update. As a result of the issues facing Township manager Ilene Eck- residents, Eckhart also spoke of hart and the borough’s engineer- possible storm water ordinance ing professionals were set to meet changes. The first change is in with the Northampton County the requirement that homeownConservation District on June ers maintain aboveground BMPs 12 to see permitting progress in (or best management practice for the Stone Ridge Development off water pollution). Eckhart said Savage Road. The development is in violation of conservation dis- Continued on page 5
Bath
Today, I continue my visit to the new Bath Museum and recall the history of a neighboring community whose roots go back to 1737. As we discussed in our last column, many of the settlers were of Scotch-Irish heritage. With the end of the Revolutionary War, many of the early Penn land deeds were in dispute, resulting in many of the early settlers moving to western Pennsylvania. A new migration of immigrants soon replaced the Scotch-Irish. The new arrivals were German. For many years Germany faced religious wars and huge taxes. Many looked to William Penn’s Pennsylvania for freedom of opportunity and religious freedom. The Germans who came are now known as Pennsylvania Dutch, but they are German by heritage. They were excel-
lent farmers and loved the land. Thankfully, today we still have some hardy Pennsylvania German farmers like Seiple, Unangst, Hunsicker, Remaley, Graver and others continuing the agricultural heritage. I know our readers wish we had more farmers to care for the land. The Bath Hotel was built in 1817 and became an early meeting place for Bath residents. The hotel still continues to serve satisfied customers. Town fathers decided the village should have a name so they selected the name Bath for their community. The name is derived from Bath, England, which had a connection to the Penn family. The name Bath was solidified when a post office was opened in 1813. New residents could send letters from their own borough, Bath, PA. Carol Bear-Heckman’s book “Bath and Its Neighbors” states the post office receipts for Continued on page 6
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