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MARCH 26-APRIL 1, 2020
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March Photo of the Month
Looking by Back Ed Pany
Nifty Nazareth: Watch Tower Sunset by Gregory Morgan.
Updated Borough of Bath information
Effective immediately, borough of Bath offices and the public works department will be closed until Monday, March 30. Public works will be on-call as needed. The administrative office will reopen on Monday, March 30 to staff only. The self-assist station will continue and limited public access will resume Monday, April 6. Residents can still make sanitation payments with the dropbox located outside of the borough building.
All Borough of Bath parks are closed. Anyone entering will do so at their own risk. Park facilities will not be disinfected by our public works department. All borough park rentals have been suspended from now through April 30. Updated advanced disposal sanitation information from the management of advanced sanitation company: New information from the cdc indicates the coronavirus can remain viable for hours to days on a variety of waste materials.
Advanced disposal will be requiring all waste to be in 32 gallon trash bags...Or it will not be collected. Loose trash will be left curbside. If you are using the containers - all trash inside the containers must be bagged in order to be collected. Loose trash in containers will also not be collected. This process does not include recycling. Recyclables must remain loose in containers. These procedures will begin Continued on page 6
Bath Area Fishing Contest has been cancelled by HOME NEWS STAFF The Annual Bath Area Fishing Contest has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus.
Anyone that has sent money for the fishing contest, Mr. Pete Lalik will return. Call 610-730-6737 with
questions or concerns or to get a hold of Pete as to where your donations can be returned to.
Weaver home 1935. Photo courtesy of Margie Jenkins
Weaversville Part 3 of 14
In this third column, we are visiting Weaversville in 1803 with Cornelia Anna Weaver Green. She describes a view from the Weaver house: “The wide yard with its tall trees. The race which drove the water wheel in the tannery, the wash house, the smoke house, the spring and the spring house. The row of weeping willows on the bank of the creek that rippled and furled, making music in the night. Beyond lay the lush meadow with its sweet grass odors, its violets and buttercups, its fox grape vine completely en-
closing two apple trees that ceased their own function and took to supporting ambitious vines. “Oh ye, as yet unborn! I wonder if you will have finer pleasure than coming from school on a Continued on page 4
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New PHOTO OF THE MONTH contest! See page 12 for details.