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OCTOBER 18-24, 2018
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Complaints of FedEx traffic Prompt supervisor response In Allen Township By KERI LINDENMUTH Allen Township supervisors addressed growing concerns about FedEx truck traffic in the township during their October 9 meeting. Specifically, concerns that truck traffic has increased on roads explicitly closed to tractor trailers. Township manager Ilene Eckhart said she has been in contact with the Pennsylvania State
Police, but they “can only do so much.” She has also called the FedEx corporate office to voice residents’ complaints. She said FedEx blamed the GPS map that the drivers use. They gave a timeline of three to five days to have the issue resolved. Resident complaints, she said, are being transmitted. However, residents are not
convinced that the issue will be resolved so quickly. Many of the drivers for FedEx are not FedEx employees, but independent subcontractors who are not able to afford the advanced GPS equipment a company like FedEx may supply employees. As a result, drivers are relying on phone GPS devices that Continued on page 7
Northampton Area High School Theatre Company presents
‘The Diary of Anne Frank’
By KERI LINDENMUTH On October 12 and 13, Northampton Area High School’s Theatre Company brought the true and moving story of Anne Frank to life on stage in their production of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Based on the best-selling book “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl,” the play gives audiences a glimpse into the more than two years Anne and her family spent hiding from the Na-
zis in an Amsterdam annex during World War II. The play opens after the end of the war, with Otto Frank, Anne’s father, returning to the empty annex where his family and their friends, the Van Daans, once hid. There he finds Anne’s diary and the play transports audiences back to 1942 and the Frank’s arrival to the annex. The play follows the Franks and Continued on page 2
Back row: Dean Donaher, Tarah Probst, Jason Ruff. Front row: Vicky Woodard, Susan Wild.
Moore Township Democrats held Meet the Candidates Night submitted by LINDA WASHBURN The Moore Township Democrats Meet the Candidates Night held on Thursday, October 11 was a wonderful success. The four very passionate candidates who spoke to a packed house were Dean Donaher, candidate
for PA House Dist. 138 (Moore Twp. East), Jason Ruff, candidate for PA House Dist. 183 (Moore Twp. West), Tarah Probst, candidate for PA Dist. 40, and Susan Wild, candidate for US House Dist. 7. Each candidate was given 15 minutes to talk followed Continued on page 2
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