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OCTOBER 22-28, 2015

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Prized pumpkins at Sacred Heart

Car crashes into Front of Point Phillips Hotel by BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News

by KAREN GABRYLUK Sacred Heart Student Council members have been busy. Members decided that the school should have a pumpkin-decorating contest. Pumpkins were donated to every student. Mrs. Bazzett oversaw students who created funny, scary and goofy pumpkin faces. Student Council members chose winners from each grade level. The winners were the following: (back) Anna Dormarunno—Kindegarten; Cara Dormarunno—3rd grade Isabella Derhammer—1st grade; (front); Michael Hodgskin—5th grade; Trent Talipan—8th grade; Clayton Basile—7th grade; Olivia Basile—4th grade; Maria Lees—6th grade. Parker Tatum, grade 2, was absent. Each of these students received a prize.

Deadline Oct. 29 for people To oppose PennEast pipeline by BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News

The proposed PennEast natural gas pipeline is not a done deal, some 50 persons were told at a public meeting in the Klecknersville Rangers Vol. Fire Co. hall on Thursday. The company has filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to construct the 118-mile pipeline, but residents along the proposed route have until October 29 to file as an intervener. Representatives of Food & Water Watch, an organization that is joining together to re-energize

landowners about the pipeline, called the meeting. Tara Zrinski said they are trying to get Pennsylvania communities united. Thirty percent have denied permission for surveys in Pennsylvania, while there are over 70% opposed in New Jersey. The 36-inch pipeline is planned to go from Luzerne County in Pa. to Mercer County in N.J., with the route going through Northampton County. “It’s where our water is, it’s where we live,” she said. PennEast had to get an extension of time when they failed to

meet the Sept. 25 deadline, and it was granted by the FERC to Oct. 8. The Bethlehem Water Authority with its 2,300-acre watershed and 10 billion gallons of water serving the Lehigh Valley, is concerned because the pipeline is within 1,000 ft. of the Wild Creek reservoir. Ms. Zrinski said in New Jersey every legislator and senator is against the pipeline, and every town along the proposed route is as well. Mike Spille of West Amwell, Continued on page 7

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For an unknown reason, a local man behind the wheel of a car crashed into the front of the historic Point Phillips Hotel on Monday afternoon, Oct. 12. The driver, James Conroy, 64, apparently lost control as he was headed southwest on Point Phillips Rd. in Moore Township, mounted a curb and went airborne into the dining room of the hotel at 943 Pt. Phillips Road & Scenic Drive. Deputy Chief James Cavallo of the Moore Township Police said the man was disoriented, but not hurt in the crash. He was taken to a hospital for examination, and police said that neither drugs nor alcohol were involved. There were some employees in the building at the time of the accident, but in a back room because the hotel was closed on Mondays and they were not hurt. The accident happened at approximately 12:25 p.m. On Tuesday afternoon, workers were seen repairing the damages. It was not known the extent

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