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MARCH 28-APRIL 3, 2019
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‘Mary Poppins’ Flies high at Northampton Area High School Photo by Brenda McGuire.
‘Anything Goes’ sets sail at Catasauqua High School by KERI LINDENMUTH From March 21 through March 24, the Catasauqua High School Drama Club brought the classic musical “Anything Goes” to life. The production is a 2019 Freddy Awards contender. The 1962 musical tells the story of aristocratic love triangles, onthe-run gangsters, and a flamboyant night club owner on the high seas, all set to the classic tunes
By KERI LINDENMUTH From March 21 through March 24, Northampton Area High School enchanted audiences with the theatre company’s performance of the Disney classic “Mary Poppins.” The musical is a 2019 Freddy Awards contender.
“Mary Poppins,” based on the 1964 Disney film and the series of children’s books by P.L. Travers, tells the story of the Banks family, young Jane and Michael and their two parents who do not seem to have time for their chilContinued on page 7
of Cole Porter. The show, filled for tap dancing,” she said in her with big tap dancing numbers director’s notes. Junior Noel Cruz played Reno and glittering costumes, is an old Sweeney, a nightclub owner on Broadway staple, something that director Brenda McGuire wanted her way to perform in London. to challenge students with follow- Sweeney is a character made faing their Freddy-nominated pro- mous on the stage by Patti Luduction of “Singin’ in the Rain” Pone and Sutton Foster, and Cruz was able to capture the in 2018. “We knew we wanted to con- same confidence and charm those tinue with the old Broadway feel and continue [the students’] love Continued on page 8
Northampton EMS
Photo by NAHS Theatre Company.
Tama building Raises concerns For residents
From left to right: Mark Lehman, Tom Unger, Denise Tolaj and Kyle Gibbons. A plaque was presented to Northampton Regional EMS by the Walnutport Seventh- Day Adventist Church. The plaque reads: The Walnutport Seventh-Day Adventist Church would like to thank the First Responders of Northampton Regional Emergency Medical Services, Inc. for their relentless and selfless service provided to our community. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. March 23, 2019.
By KERI LINDENMUTH During Northampton Borough Council’s public meeting on Thursday, March 21, Main Street resident Margaret Korsak appeared before the board to express her concerns in regards to the renovated Tama building. Her home is separated from the 13-unit apartment building by only a few feet. She said she and her family were initially “thrilled” by the improvements made to the di-
lapidated building and the community. However, those feelings quickly subsided, she said, when issues about the building became
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