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MARCH 7-13, 2019
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Private $10,000 grant available For historic properties in Bath By KERI LINDENMUTH During the Borough of Bath’s monthly council meeting on Monday, March 4, Councilwoman Carol Bear-Heckman discussed a new grant opportunity available to property owners in the borough’s historic district. A private $10,000 façade renovation grant has become available through the HARB, or Historical Architectural Review Board. Interested applicants can pick up an application at the borough building. If eligible, recipients can receive up to 50 percent of their project costs up to $2,000. They can use the grant money to cover construction expenses, labor, materials, and design fees. “I am really proud that the committee was able to find somebody to [offer] $10,000 to do this,” said Bear-Heckman. Barry Schlosser
Cement worker of the Month- Barry Schlosser By ED PANY Mr. Barry Schlosser was raised in Stiles, graduating from Whitehall High School in 1993. He started his cement career at LaFarge in 2000 working on the tire dock. On each shift a tractor trailer load of tires is unloaded and used to fuel the plant kilns, thus removing them from the environment. Barry was promoted to work as a packer in the packhouse. He recalls, “I worked with Jerome Nederostek and Robert Taniser who helped me learn the job.” In 2008 he became the packhouse supervisor. He said, “We have a 13-man crew working
two shifts each day. We pack bags Monday through Friday and bulk load trucks around the clock. We have a solid group of men who load flat bed trailers in 10-12 minutes and tank trucks in eight minutes. I am on call 24 hours a day.” Mr. Schlosser enjoys the interaction he has with all the truck drivers getting to know them personally. He stated, “I enjoy knowing where our cement goes and what project it is used on.” LaFarge Cement is shipped throughout the northeast from New York to New Hampshire Continued on page 2
Council President Mark Saginario said he is glad a grant opportunity has become available to residents. A public workshop meeting about the grant will be held at the borough building on March 20 at 7 p.m. Applications will be due April 10 at 4 p.m. Recipients will be notified by April 19. The HARB is looking to award five eligible applicants. In other news: • Borough of Bath office administrator Marena Rasmus has been named Northampton County’s Outstanding Municipal Employee. Mayor Fiorella Mirabito made the announcement during council’s monthly meeting. She praised Rasmus’s commitment, her professionalism, and her positive attitude. She called Rasmus a “true asset” to the bor-
ough, its residents, and its businesses. Rasmus, who is enrolled in a local university to continue her studies in municipal government, will receive her award on May 25 at the Northampton County Memorial Day Festival. • The borough has received a $34,000 grant from the disbanded Northampton County Gaming Authority. This grant will be used to pay for ADA upgrades to the sidewalks on South Walnut Street and Center Street. These funds have to be spent by the end of May. The borough will continue to look for grant opportunities for LED streetlights. • The Bath Farmer’s Market has scheduled its children’s craft nights. They will be held from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on June 28, July 19, and August 16.
Allen Township Supervisors grant conditional Approval to Jaindl-Watson Development By KERI LINDENMUTH During their February 26 meeting, Allen Township Supervisors granted preliminary plan conditional approval to JaindlWatson’s warehouse development between Seemsville and Howertown Roads. “We think we have the best possible project for the land that we own,” said David Jaindl. Jaindl addressed residents’ concerns about traffic before the board approved the plan. He said estimates that there will be an additional 3,000 trucks are high estimates, about “three times” what actual numbers will be. He also addressed concerns that supervisor Dale Hassler expressed during the supervisors’
last meeting. Hassler said the warehouses were so far removed from major highways that he did not understand why Jaindl would build them there. “The warehouses go where the land is zoned for it,” said Jaindl. He said 80 percent of warehouses come and go onto twolane roads, and 95 percent of their warehouse space is occupied. “Unfortunately, [the land] was zoned like that by a previous planning commission and board,” said Hassler. “Shame on them.” “You answered questions, but you did not satisfy anybody,” he added.
Jaindl also listed a series of improvements to the plan he believed would benefit the township. He said berms are “above and beyond” what is required. A southbound turning lane onto Route 329 was voluntarily added. Buildings, he said, are going to be “visually appealing” and will feature overnight parking Continued on page 9
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