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Concrete Busters, Part 1 of 2

Nazareth Borough Council Votes on Art center’s Mural

By SAVANNAH BROWN

The Nazareth Borough Coun cil met Monday, October 3 to vote on the approval for the Naz areth Center for the Arts mural, which will be painted by chosen artist, Matt Halm from Allen town.

Jenny Swanker from Nazareth Center for the Arts (NCA) pre sented council with an updated sketch of the proposed mural after receiving feedback from the council and residents at the Thursday, September 29 work shop meeting.

NCA secured three grants to taling $10,200 for the mural to cover the majority of the costs and is responsible for the remain ing balance.

Taylor Roasted CoffeeHouse Celebrates 14 years With grand re-opening

Recently, Ms. Chris Damore, a 1965 graduate of Northamp ton High School, visited the Atlas Cement Company Memo rial Museum and presented a rare football program from 1946 to Larry Oberly and this writer, who was her teacher in 1965.

It was an opening-day program between the Allentown Buc caneers and the Northampton Concrete Busters. Her father, Phil Damore, was co-captain of the Busters.

He resided in Northampton’s first ward, on Washington Av enue. His father, Angelo, and many of his neighbors walked each day to the Dragon Cement Company, whose roots dated back to 1898.

Young Phil loved football. He wanted to play for Coach Al Er dosy’s Konkrete Kids. The year1940. Unfortunately, war clouds were gathering. On Dec. 7, 1941, with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, we were at war. Instead of graduating from high school, Phil enlisted in the U.S. Navy.

He wondered, “Will I ever play football again?”

After intensive training, he was

soon at sea.

In July 1943, he was assigned to the U.S.S. Charles J. Badger DD657. On a local note, the ship was launched by Bethlehem Steel, Staten Island, N.Y. The ship saw considerable action during the war, from the Aleutian Islands, Philippines, to Okinawa.

The Badger was involved in Gen. MacArthur’s return to the Philippines in action, driving off Japanese air attacks. Some of the action was against Japanese kami kaze aircraft.

Phil Damore was a gunner’s mate on the Badger. One can only imagine the stress and dan ger these brave young sailors ex perienced.

The ship was even hit by an 18foot Japanese suicide boat, which forced the Badger to dock for re pairs before returning to action.

After the war ended, he re turned home.

In 1946, the Concrete Bust ers, a semi-pro football team, was organized. Mr. Damore was a co-captain of the team. After the season, he received a scholarship

Swanker has been working with local Lehigh Valley artist Matt Halm for the past month.

“This will positively impact Nazareth and promote more mu rals in town,” Swanker said.

NCA was given a grant exten sion through October to finish the 12x16-foot mural on the side of their building and required council’s approval to move for ward.

“Our artist grew up in Al lentown, he lives in Bethlehem, and he married his wife at Mar tin Guitar. He has ties here, and we are lucky to win the heart of this mural artist that has national recognition. He has done a lot of murals in the area in Bethlehem and Allentown, and we would like to add Nazareth to that list, and it will open up the door to other mural artists going for ward,” said Swanker.

Councilman Carl Strye Jr. stated that everyone is entitled to their opinions and that he doesn’t want to see NCA lose their grants.

Councilman Christopher Crook expressed his opinion that

By SAVANNAH BROWN

On Saturday, October 1, Tay lor Roasted CoffeeHouse held their grand re-opening after a year-long hiatus due to a vandal flooding the coffee shop with a garden hose. Although Taylor Roasted CoffeeHouse held their soft re-opening in July, Septem ber 21 marked 14 years of busi ness for owners John Weber and Jackie Livermon.

On June 22, 2021, a home less man took the high-flow hose from Northampton’s Uptown Park, turned it all the way on, and placed the hose directly into the coffee roaster vent on the side of the building. The hose had been running for six hours when Liver mon arrived that morning to see the extensive damage.

Everything in the coffee shop’s basement, a large portion of the upstairs area, and the roaster was beyond repair.

Weber shared that it took a week to dry everything out, and by then, all of the shop’s equip

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ment had rusted and their inven tory had grown mold from the humidity, causing them to have to throw everything out.

Livermon and Weber expressed that it was an exhausting roller coaster to get everything back up and running but that the outpour of community support helped get them through it.

More than 14 years ago, Weber began roasting coffee on his back porch and in his garage in halfpound increments as a hobby and immersed himself in the environ ment, which fueled his passion for coffee.

“It started on that small roaster and giving somebody a half of

Dragon Cement Company, 1949. Photo courtesy of Larry Oberly.

Owners Jackie Livermon and John Weber.

Northampton Senior Center holds Country jamboree

Submitted by KIMBERLY GANGAWAY

On Tuesday, September 20, a country jamboree was held at the Northampton Senior Cen

ter. Our seniors have a great time every day and love to cel ebrate life. We serve a hot meal at noon and have different activi ties scheduled each day including

exercise, bingo, pokeno, and arts and crafts. We would love to have new members. Please contact our center at 610-262-4977 for more information.

Northampton AARP announces October meeting

Submitted by JEAN RUNDLE

Northampton AARP Chapter 3915 will meet on Wednesday, Oc tober 12 at the Northampton Ban quet and Events Center, 1601 Lau

bach Ave., Northampton. Doors will open at 11 a.m. The guest speaker will be Maria Santacoloma on health coverage that can be changed at this time. We will also have a mini expo if

it can be arranged. Please bring your favorite cake or cookies for treats for all members. Visitors and new mem bers are most welcomed. Trips will be on display at the meeting.

Bath Borough Council approves 2023 budget for advertisement, With tax increase

By KERI LINDENMUTH

During their October 3 meet ing, the Bath Borough Council approved its 2023 budget for ad vertisement. The budget estimates roughly $2.6 million in expendi tures and includes a General-Pur pose mills increase from 13.50 to 15.20. The debt service millage of 1.25 and the fire tax rate of 0.50 mills will remain the same, bring ing the total millage for 2023 to 16.95 mills.

This is the first General-Pur pose millage increase since 2016. Last year’s fire tax increase was the first tax increase of any kind the

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borough had implemented in six years.

In an online memo to resi dents, the borough administra tion explained that the borough has seen cost increases of up to 30% due to the current economic conditions. Trash collection alone has gone up between 20-30%. The borough also has a $480,000 commitment required for storm sewer facility improvements over the next five years to maintain compliance with the DEP/EPA Pollution Reduction Plan. Council approved this budget for public advertisement.

6 for 13, with HR’s from Al Nesbit and Jeff Hof fert. Bryan Frankenfield was 7 for 13 with HR’s from Tyler Franken field and Zoie Coronado for Star

of Bethlehem. After a 4-3 loss to Dryland, St. Paul’s came back to win 9-2 and 5-4. Hitters for St. Paul’s included Paul Slimmon 7 for 13, Rich Kern 7 for 14, Jennifer Erkinger also 7 for 14, John Hoysan 5 for 13, Kevin Gross 5 for 14, with HR’s from Larry Kneller and Amber Gross. For Dryland, Bernie Yurko was 6 for 12, Jim Goldman 4 for 10, Butch Silfies 4 for 12 and Shawn Sigley 4 for 12. We fine Light of Christ losing the ‘night cap’4-3 to Ebenezer after winning 5-3 and 5-1. Top hitters for Light of Christ were Andy Mickelson 5

Accreditation certificate

By LAURA KLOTZ

The Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors met at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, September 27 to begin reviewing the 2023 budget.

Before the review began, a representative of the Turkey Hill project at Blue Mountain Road and Route 248 spoke to the board about the project’s current status, and change orders were presented for the board’s consideration. It was noted that one of the change orders is about the township re ceiving a credit for materials that were not needed for the project, which will ease the cost of the other change orders. PennDOT has provided a list of things they require to be adjusted or fixed, and the contractor hopes to get these completed in short order. All of the nearby road work has impacted progress, but the plans are “close to the finish line.”

Supervisors then began their discussion of the 2023 budget.

The township’s office computers will need upgrading within the next few years; board member Cynthia Miller proposed that this be done sooner rather than later.

The possibility of adding moni tors to the meeting chamber was proposed, as a means of allowing

plans and presentations to be better shown to those attending meetings. Rehrig will look into organizing a formal proposal about this. There will also be an evaluation made of the heating and cooling needs in both sides of the municipal building, as that system is in need of repair.

The squad car discussed at the September 13 meeting has been successfully purchased through the auction website. The depart ment will look into repairing their existing radios and will only pur chase replacements if necessary; five body cameras are also due for replacement in the coming year. Some planned projects will hinge on the township receiving grant money and COVID-19 re lief from the state, as they are still waiting for the results of some applications. Miller pointed out that there is grant money avail able for recreation and the town ship should pursue some of it in order to speed up the timeline on some improvements to the area parks. The budget was tabled to continue discussion at the next meeting.

After approving the minutes of the previous meeting and bills regarding general fund checks,

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the board discussed the change orders brought before them by the Turkey Hill project represen tative. Miller requested adding a contingency to the motion, stat ing that the two change orders for increased expenses would be approved provided that the credit in the third was received by the township, and the board agreed, passing the motion with that contingency in place.

Police Chief Scott Fogel then took the floor to introduce James Adams of the Pennsylva nia Chiefs of Police Association, who explained to board members the importance of accreditation with the Pennsylvania Law En forcement Accreditation Pro gram. This program, established in 2001, was created to help law enforcement agencies evaluate and improve their overall perfor mance. Earlier this year, Lehigh Township’s police department ap plied for this accreditation, which requires them to comply with approximately 370 best prac tices of police procedures and to

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Antoinette "Toni" Calabrese Godiska

Antoinette Godiska, 87, of Bath, Pa., passed away peacefully on September 28 at Sacred Heart Senior Living in Northampton. Toni was born on Sept. 13, 1935, in Easton, Pa., to the late Salva tore and Margaret Calabrese. Toni's joy of life did not end with her death, as she joined her loving husband, many fam ily members, and most impor tantly Jesus. She worked at Dixie Cup in Easton and the Old Mill

Clothing Outlet in Bethlehem, while being a loving mother to her two boys. She served as a Eucharistic minister and lector at Sacred Heart Church in Bath and led the Rosary prayer group at Sacred Heart Living. She had a great love of life and Nature, and the smallest things brought her joy and smiles. For decades, her family could always count on a phone call or an in-person serenade of “Happy Birthday” on her flute. She was a devoted and loving wife; wonderful and sup portive mom; loving sister; and playful grandmother. She will be remembered by her fond nick names given to her by the super amazing staff at Sacred Heart Senior Living in Northampton: Toni Roni, Toni Bologni, Roni and Toni Rice a Roni.

She is survived by her sons, Frank and his wife Michele, and Ron and his wife Jennifer; grand

children Sadie, Thomas, and Jo seph; sisters Virginia Beltz and Jenny Padula; brother Santo; and many nieces and nephews. Antoi nette was predeceased by her hus band, Joseph Godiska, brother James Calabrese, and sisters Rosie Hunt, Josephine Marakovits, and Susie Argentati.

Services: A Mass of Chris tian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 10:30 a.m. in Queenship of Mary Church, 1324 Newport Ave., Northamp ton. Family and friends could call Tuesday night from 6 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday morning from 8:45 to 9:45 a.m. in the Reichel Funeral Home, 326 E. 21st St., Northampton. Interment fol lowed in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Bath. Online condolences may be offered at www.reichelfuner alhome.com. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be presented to the Alzheimer's As sociation c/o funeral home in lov ing memory of Toni to help fight Alzheimer’s disease.

George B. Wuchter

Emanuelsville; two sisters, Bar bara Cremeans and husband, Bill, of Colorado Springs, Colo rado, and Susan Wuchter of Bethlehem; nieces and nephews.

In addition to his wife, Carolyn, he was predeceased by a brother, Franklin “Gooch” Werner; and two sisters, Judy C. Wuchter and Jane E. Schmalzer.

Services: A graveside service with Military Honors will be held privately with the family at Indi antown Gap National Cemetery in Annville. There will be no call ing hours. Arrangements have been entrusted to the George G. Bensing Funeral Home, LLC, in the Village of Moorestown –Bath. Contributions: In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be offered to mypitbullis family.org.

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for 12(HR), Norm Schoenberger 5 for 12, and Eric Harper 5 for 13. Vic Pacchioni and Paul Yoder each were 5 for 12, Joe Kish 4 for 8, Jim Voortman 4 for 12(hitting the cy cle for the night), Brendan Blevins 4 for 12 for Ebenezer. The final match of the night saw Farmers ville beating Christ UCC 3-2 and 2-0, losing the ‘opener’ 5-4 in 13 innings. Leading hitters included Sue Grim 6 for 13, Dave Campbell 5 for 13, Kyle Campbell5 for 15, Tom George 4 for 13 and Gene Grim 4 for 14(HR) for Farmers ville, while Eric Yocum was 5 for

Bath Vol. Fire Fighters Halloween Parade

George B. Wuchter, 75, of Kre idersville, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, at Lehigh Valley Hospital Inpatient Hospice in Allentown. He was the husband of the late Carolyn E. (Seubert) Wuchter, with whom he shared 49 years of marriage prior to her passing in 2019. Born in Bath, he was a son of the late Clif ford C. and Grace E. (Smith) Wuchter. A 1965 graduate of Northampton High School, George honorably served in the United States Air Force during Vietnam. He was employed at the Northampton School District as a supervising custodian in the maintenance department for 28 and a half years, until retiring in 2002. George enjoyed hunting and was a member and treasurer of East Bath Rod & Gun Club as well as a life member of Petersville Rod & Gun Club. He was also a life member of VFW Post 729 in Egypt and a member of American Legion Post 470 in Bath. In ad dition to hunting, George also enjoyed gardening.

Survivors: He is survived by two sons, Gregory J. Wuchter and wife, Jacqueline, of New Braunfels, Texas, and Matthew C. Wuchter of Slatington; four grandchildren, Jack, Hattie, Evan and Grace; a brother, Ga len Wuchter and wife, Linda, of

of Oct. 10, 2022 to Oct. 29,

Borough Authority Staff will be flushing Fire Hydrants in the Borough of Bath and Redcliff in Upper Nazareth Township, some temporary pressure loss and/or

of water may be experienced.

Old Home Week committee makes Donation to Bath-Allen Youth Club

By KERI LINDENMUTH

Following a successful Old Home Week, the event’s com mittee made a $300 donation to the Bath-Allen Youth Club. The donation was raised from the registration fees for the event’s inaugural softball tournament.

“We want to support youth programs, youth sports…and give the kids in Bath opportu

nities,” said Councilman Frank Hesch, who was instrumental in bringing Old Home Week back to the borough.

Hesch added that the softball game will return next August.

Hesch also announced that Old Home Week in 2023 will be Old Home Weekend. Thanks to community participation and excitement, the event will return

on a smaller scale next year. The week-long celebration will be held in 2026 and continue every four years.

In other news, council ap pointed Steven D. Brown, Esq. to the Borough Rental License and Inspection Board of Appeals for five years commencing on Jan. 1, 2023, ending Dec. 31, 2026. They also appointed Su san Simon to the Borough Rent al License and Inspection Board of Appeals for three years com mencing on Jan. 1, 2023, ending Dec. 31, 2024.

The Volunteer Fire Depart ment also gave its monthly re port during the meeting. In Sep tember, there were 32 fire calls, bringing the total for 2022 to 252.

The fire department and so cial hall’s joint basket social will be Saturday, October 8 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday, October 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bath Fire Social Hall. Drawings will begin on October 9 at 3:30 p.m.

There are over 200 baskets and 50 gift cards. There will also be a drawing for a $1,000 cash prize and a 50-inch television.

Finally, Diane Lager of the Bath Museum spoke before the board, asking the borough to confirm whether it is addition ally insured to allow the museum to staff the Siegfried Log Cabin

three times a year. The borough will review with its insurance company and confirm its costs.

The board also appointed Councilman Hesch as a liaison to the museum. Finally, the board approved a lease with the museum, which operates out of the municipal building, which commenced on October 1. This lease includes a key to the bor ough building to access the fa cilities.

The next Bath Borough Coun cil meeting is Monday, Novem ber 7 at 6 p.m.

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extensive assessments,

interviews and ridealongs. Only about 36% of po lice departments in Pennsylvania

this accreditation,

has been conferred on Lehigh Town ship’s police force unanimously by the association. Adams then presented Fogel with a large cer tificate

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The board also reviewed the township’s 2023 pension obliga tions, which Rehrig noted have been included in the budget.

Four resolutions were presented for the board to adopt; the first regarded the fire department’s ladder truck, which was stated at the last meeting to need re placing. The township is apply ing for a grant in the amount of $750,000. The second resolution was to apply for a grant to fund an above-ground fuel storage sys tem. The third was to authorize the execution of a traffic signal maintenance agreement with PennDOT, and the fourth was to amend various line items in the 2022 budget. All of the resolu tions were approved.

Board President Michael Jones reported that the township in tends to purchase turkeys for the full-time employees and the members of certain committees as their annual appreciation gift. The amount of $1,700 was al located for the purchase of forty 16-pound turkeys.

A small tax parcel of land has been offered as a donation, but Township Solicitor David Back enstoe stated this would provide no benefit to the township and would become a maintenance requirement. The current own er will be thanked for the offer and advised to sell the land to a neighbor instead. Backenstoe also stated that the Northwoods project is progressing well; they are still in phase one and work ing to secure private roads. He expects to bring details to the board for approval soon.

As the floor opened for public comments, one resident brought it to the board’s attention that there is a fallen tree in Indian Trail Park near the playground. Rehrig promised to alert public works director Frank Zamadics.

Fire Commissioner Richard Hil debrand informed the board that one of the trucks is out of service,

a cracked head in the engine is re sponsible, and a replacement part is being installed.

Supervisors will next meet on Tuesday, October 11 at 6 p.m. in the municipal building, located at 1069 Municipal Rd., Walnut port.

Northampton Area Public Library October Events

Submitted by

VERONICA LAROCHE

Join Northampton Area Public

for their Autumn Basket

on Friday, October 7 at 6

p.m. This event will be held at the Northampton Banquet and Event Center. Tickets sell for $10 per card and will be available for purchase at the door. Ticket pre sale is going on from now until October 6. The presale special is buy three cards, get one free. Bake sale items, 50/50 tickets and food will also be available for purchase. This is a drop and go event. There will be no live drawing. Winners will be notified beginning Mon day, October 10.

Registration for our fall chil dren’s programs has begun. Pro grams will run from October 24 through December 8. Pro grams include: Lapsit Storytime (0-24 months), Toddler (18-36 months) and Preschool Story

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Allen supervisors discuss parks and rec board, Proposed Route 329 school building

By KERI LINDENMUTH

During their meeting on Sep tember 27, the Allen Township Board of Supervisors authorized

the advertisement of a Parks and Recreation Board Ordinance.

This ordinance would establish a permanent Parks and Recre

ation Board consisting of nine members serving one to five-year terms. The ordinance language, said township solicitor Lincoln Treadwell, is “pretty standard.”

All spending would need to be approved by the Board of Super visors.

Currently, the township has an ad hoc committee, consisting of four members and two supervi sors. After reviewing ordinances from neighboring municipalities, they have helped establish this draft ordinance.

In other news, supervisors con tinued their discussion of the proposed Route 329 elementary school sewer plan. During their previous meeting, the board asked to review maps of where a proposed manhole would be placed.

Engineer Andrea Martin ex plained that the last manhole owned by the township is roughly 100 feet outside township prop erty on Seemsville Road. Plans from the Northampton Area School District are proposing a gravity line from that manhole, stretching 159 feet to a manhole on school property in East Allen Township.

Because the line runs beneath a PennDOT road, a municipal ity must take ownership, not the school district. This leaves Allen Township or East Allen Township as the only options.

The board’s concern at this meeting and their last was main taining sewer lines and manholes outside their municipal boundar ies.

“If Allen Township does decide to accept the gravity portion…we could figure out what a reason able surcharge would be…that would cover any maintenance concerns,” said Martin.

“There have to be serious ne gotiations with this whole thing,” said Supervisor Dale Hassler. “I don’t want to see our township taking over a lot of piping that we won’t be using.”

Martin explained that prec edent dictates the township owns up to the first manhole outside their municipal boundary, as they do with a manhole in Northamp ton Borough and the manhole on Seemsville Road. In this case, supervisors said East Allen Township and the school district should do the same, thereby tak ing ownership of the 159 feet of gravity line and the manhole on school property.

East Allen Township owns no sewer lines within its boundaries, according to Martin. This would mean Allen Township still may be needed to assist with mainte nance, as their neighboring town ship may not have the resources in an emergency.

In this case, Allen Township should be charging for time and

materials like any contractor, said Treadwell.

Martin will take these recom mendations back to the school district planners and East Allen Township. No official action can be taken until an inter-municipal agreement between Northamp ton Borough, the school district, East Allen, and Allen is estab lished.

Finally, supervisors also autho rized the advertisement of the township’s 2023 budget. No tax increase is proposed.

The next Board of Supervisors meeting will be Tuesday, October 11 at 7 p.m.

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times (age 3-5), as well as book club, games club and STEAM craft club (for grades 3-5). Regis tration is required for most pro grams.

For teens (grades 6 through 12) we are offering a Bandana Pumpkins take-home craft, be ginning October 10 and a Sugar Skull decorating take-home craft October 24. You must be regis tered for these events to receive the craft kits.

There is now an official office within our government to study Unidentified Aerospace-Under sea Phenomena. And there is

Andy’s Corner

By ANDY WEAVER

The Nazareth Football team won their homecoming game against East Stroudsburg North on Sept. 30. Sonny Sasso was named King and Lyla Arfanella was named Queen. The football team will play at Central at 7 p.m. on Oct. 8.

The Nazareth Girls Volleyball team hosted Pleasant Valley on Sept. 28 and won, then lost to Liberty the next day. The girls hosted Freedom on Oct. 3 for Senior Night, then hosted Di eruff on Oct. 5. They’ll travel to Stroudsburg on Oct. 8 and Beth lehem Catholic on Oct. 11. On Oct. 13 the girls will host Easton.

The Nazareth Field Hockey

team defeated Northampton on Sept. 27, then defeated Pocono Mountain West on Sept. 29. They hosted Freedom on Oct. 5, will travel to East Stroudsburg South on Oct. 7, then host Easton on Oct. 11.

The Nazareth Girls Soccer team defeated East Stroudsburg North at home on Sept. 26, then defeated Liberty on the 28th. The girls’ Senior Night versus Dier uff is on Oct. 6. They’ll travel to Parkland on Oct. 10 and Easton on Oct. 12.

The Nazareth Boys Soccer team won against Liberty at home on Sept. 28, then went on to defeat Pleasant Valley on Oct. 1. They’ll compete at Dieruff on Oct. 6, host Parkland on Oct. 10, and host Easton on Oct. 12.

The Nazareth Girls Tennis team was defeated by Parkland on Sept. 26 at home, then lost

to Easton during Senior Day on Sept. 27.

For up-to-the-minute sports news, visit https://nazarethsports. webador.com/.

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October 7, 8, and 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 5061 Moun tain Rd., Slatington. Numerous household items, toys, tools, hardware, scaffolding, washer/ dryer, cookbooks, storage bins, freezers, etc. (10/6)

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Advertise your garage/yard sale in The Home News and save $1 by mentioning this ad. Call 610-923-0382 or email cstroh@homenewspa.com to place your ad. (10/6)

UPCOMING EVENTS

BOY SCOUT TROOP 50 SPAGHETTI DINNER

Saturday, Oct. 8 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Salem UCC, 2218 Com munity Dr., Bath. AYCE. Adults $12, Children ages 5-9 $7, un der age 5 free. For tickets call Megan 484-239-5763. (10/6)

THANKSGIVING PUMPKIN ROLL SALE

$16 whole roll, $9 half roll. Proceeds benefit Chapman Quarries UMC. Order deadline Saturday, Nov. 12. Call 484623-4545 or 610-837-6276 to order. Pick-up Saturday, Nov. 19 between 9 and 11 a.m. at 1433 Main St., Bath.

FREE

FREE HOME ORGAN

Bench, music books, great condition. Pick-up in Bath. Call 484-541-2600. (10/6)

WANTED

FIND N SEEK SPONSORS

Calling all businesses- The Home News is currently seek ing sponsors for our popular Find N Seek contest. Want your logo in the paper and custom ers walking through your door, for free? Contact us today! Call 610-923-0382 or email cstroh@ homenewspa.com.

(10/6)

PUBLIC NOTICE-LEGAL

NORTHAMPTON BOROUGH ZONING HEARING BOARD

PUBLIC MEETING

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Northampton Borough Zoning Hearing Board will hold its public meeting on Thursday, October 13, 2022, in Council Chambers, 1401 Laubach Av enue, Northampton, Pennsyl vania, at 7:00 P.M. to review the following appeals:

1. Mr. Brandon Cenchitz, P.O. Box 183 Northampton, Pennsyl vania, for the property located at 44 West 4th Street, Northamp ton, Pennsylvania. This prop erty is located on Tax Parcel No. M4-5-1E and is located in an R-4 Residential Zoning District.

There are current use vari ances on this property for the storage of HVAC parts and in ventory with light fabrication for Beach HVAC and the operation of Sain-Mellner Auto Repair.

Mr. Cenchitz is seeking a variance to:

Northampton Borough Zon ing Ordinance pages 250:2324, Article V – Supplementary Regulations, §250-15. Noncon forming Uses and Buildings, A. Enlargement.

All interested parties are invit ed to attend. The applicant and property owner must attend.

Juliann Edelman Zoning Officer (9/29 & 10/6)

NORTHAMPTON BOROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Northampton Borough Planning Commission will hold its public meeting on Wednes day, October 12, 2022, at 7:00 P.M. in Council Chambers, 1401 Laubach Avenue, Northampton, Pennsylvania, to review the fol lowing:

1. First Northampton LLC, 1101 West Cedar Street, Al lentown, Pennsylvania, for the property located at 1204 Main Street Northampton, Pennsyl vania. This property is identified as Tax Map Parcel No. M4N W2D-4-19 and is located in the C-2 Commercial Zoning District.

This plan is presented for Preliminary and possible Final Plan Review. First Northamp ton LLC would like to redevelop this property into 15 efficiency apartments.

All interested parties are in vited to attend. A representative or the applicant must attend.

LeRoy Brobst Borough Manager (9/29 & 10/6)

PA, 18088 has filed an applica tion for zoning relief from rear yard setback requirements to construct a new single-family dwelling (replacement from fire). The applicant is seeking relief from the following, requesting a variance from Section 180-16. E – Design Standards. The par cel I.D. No. is H3NW1-5-2-0516 and is located in the Agriculture/ Rural Residential Zoning Dis trict.

WILLIAM J. JONES III

The applicant/owner of 1170 Municipal Road, Walnutport, PA, 18088 has filed an applica tion requesting variance relief as a result of a proposed minor subdivision. The owner is pro posing to subdivide an existing parcel into three lots, which in cludes a new flag lot contain ing an existing business. The applicant is seeking relief from the following. Requesting vari ances from Section 180-31. B and Section 180-31. D – Flag Lots, and Section 180-16. E –Design Standards. The parcel I.D. No. is H3-16-3C-0516 and is located in the Agriculture/Ru ral Residential Zoning District.

EDWARD & ROBERTA CHERKIS

The applicants/owners of 1070 South Cottonwood Road, Walnutport, PA, 18088 have filed an application for zoning relief from rear yard setback requirements to construct a new single-family dwelling on a vacant lot. The applicants are seeking relief from the following, requesting a variance from Sec tion 180-16. E – Design Stan dards. The parcel I.D. No. is H413-17-0516 and is located in the Agriculture/Rural Residential Zoning District.

Meetings are open to the public and all interested parties are welcome to attend and will have an opportunity to be heard.

Liz Amato, Lehigh Township Zoning Officer (9/29 & 10/6)

ESTATE NOTICE

Estate of Raymond T. Em bardino, Deceased, late of the Borough of West Easton, Northampton County, Pennsyl vania. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Testamentary have been granted to the un dersigned, who requests all per sons having claims or demands against the Estate of the Dece dent to make known the same, and all persons indebted to the Decedent to make payments without delay to John M. Em bardino ℅ John E. Kotsatos, Es quire, 717 Washington Street, Easton, PA 18042. (9/29-10/13)

ESTATE NOTICE

Estate of Thomas R. Sherer, Jr., late of the Township of East Allen, County of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, de ceased

WHEREAS, Letters Testa mentary in the above-named estate have been granted to Pamela Jean Stocker, Execu trix of the Estate of Thomas R. Sherer, Jr. All persons indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands to present the same without delay to

Pamela Jean Stocker

℅ Alfred S. Pierce, Esquire

124 Belvidere Street

Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 18064

PUBLIC NOTICE MOORE TOWNSHIP

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WORKSHOP

MOORE TOWNSHIP, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Moore Township Board of Supervisors will hold a budget workshop meeting and discuss any other business that comes before the Board at the Moore Township Mu nicipal Building, 2491 Commu nity Drive, Bath, PA 18014 on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 5:00 PM.

Moore Township Board of Supervisors

Nicholas C. Steiner Township Manager (10/6)

PUBLIC NOTICE

MOORE TOWNSHIP RECREATION COMMISSION OCTOBER MEETING DATE CHANGE

MOORE TOWNSHIP, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Moore Township Recreation Commission will hold the October regular meet ing on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 7:00 pm at the Moore Township municipal building, 2491 Community Dr, Bath, PA 18014. All interested persons are invited to attend.

Moore Township Board of Supervisors Nicholas Steiner, Township Manager (10/6)

ESTATE NOTICE

Estate of Victor M. Sisolak, deceased, late of Wind Gap, County of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, Let ters Testamentary have been granted to the undersigned, who requests all persons hav ing claims or demands against the Estate of the Decedent to make the same, and all per sons indebted to the Decedent to make payments without de lay to:

Executor: Wayne Richard Searfoss

℅ Joshua D. Shulman, Es quire

SHULMAN LAW OFFICE PC 1935 Center Street Northampton, PA 18067 (10/6-10/20)

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a pound of coffee, and it spiraled into this!” Weber boasted.

Unfortunately, that roast er was also damaged by

the water, but Weber kept it for sentimental value. Now, their new roaster is even bigger than the last one they had and can roast 20 pounds of coffee in a single batch. Weber plans to get into wholesale with the new roaster, which is the focal point of the cof fee shop upstairs.

Although their untimely business closure from the water damage was disas trous, Weber and Liver mon were able to grow their garden during the hiatus, which has allowed Livermon to expand the baked goods selection of the CoffeeHouse that sells out fast.

The CoffeeHouse has seen an influx of customers since they re-opened, and patrons seem to love Tay lor Roasted CoffeeHouse’s lattes, cold-brew coffee, and blueberry muffins the most.

“We have been slammed, which I hope keeps up. It’s been amazing. We’re scrambling to keep up and we’re selling out of every thing,” Weber expressed during their soft opening.

Weber shared that their closing was an eye-opening experience, but that there have been a lot of positives to their re-opening.

“I thought we had regu lars, but I never knew how far it reached!” Weber said.

Taylor Roasted Coffee House now offers shipping for their roasted and fla vored coffee, as well as on line ordering through their website, taylorroastedcof feehouse.com.

Taylor Roasted Coffee House is located at 1924 Main St. in Northampton and their fall hours are Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. More information can be found on their Face book page.

PHOTOS

The Home News is seeking photos for the October photo of the month contest- the theme is “Autumn.” Email autumnal pho tos to cstroh@homenewspa. com along with your name, de scription of photo, and date and location taken. Deadline is Mon day, Oct. 24. The winner will be featured in the Oct. 27 issue of The Home News.

(10/20)

LEHIGH TOWNSHIP ZONING HEARING BOARD PUBLIC NOTICE

The Lehigh Township Zoning Hearing Board will convene on Thursday, October 13, 2022, at 6 p.m. to hear the following ap peal. The hearing will be held at the Lehigh Township Municipal Building located at 1069 Mu nicipal Road, Walnutport, PA 18088.

TODD DREISBACH

The applicant/owner of 1323 Deer Path Road, Walnutport,

Alfred S. Pierce, Esquire Pierce & Steirer, LLC

124 Belvidere Street

Nazareth, PA 18064

Attorneys for the Estate

I.D. No. 21445

(9/29-10/13)

from the University of Tampa. He spent a year at the school and then decided to return to Northampton.

His daughter Chris said, “He was asked, ‘Why did you leave Florida?’ His answer was simple: ‘I just love Northampton.’ He missed his friends and the Wash ington Avenue neighborhood.”

Like his father, he walked a few blocks and would work at

the Dragon Cement Company. In 1961, the company was pur chased by Martin Marietta. Phil sadly saw the company close in 1983 - the last operating cement plant in the Konkrete Borough, ending the cement era in the community.

Phil, in retirement, was a bar tender at both the Alliance Hotel and Kovach’s Tavern. The busi nesses are also now but pleasant memories.

Chris said, “My father was a humble man. He was a home body and was also a fan of Navy football, especially Roger Stau bach.”

In two weeks, we will join the Concrete Busters. Bring your football!

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growing interest within the sci entific community to seriously investigate UFOs/UAPs traveling through our skies and underwa ter. Join us Tuesday, October 18 at 6 p.m. for this fascinating presentation that will highlight current developments in our cul ture’s exploration and acceptance of the UFO phenomena.

Join us Tuesday, October 25 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. for a Medi care open enrollment community meeting hosted by Toni Schaller, a licensed insurance agent with UnitedHealthcare and AARP. Learn about all of the things you can accomplish during the open enrollment period and what op tions might be best for you.

Adult programs include a Paper Roll Pumpkins take-home craft, beginning October 10. Stitch & Chat will meet Tuesday, October 11 from 6 to 7 p.m. Well Read, Badly Behaved Book Club will meet on Tuesday, October 25 at 6:30 p.m. This month’s selection is “The Lost Apothecary” by Sar ah Penner. Copies are available for check out.

The Friends of the Library are running a strudel fundraiser through Mattie’s Strudel Haus.

They will be selling 12” strudels for $15 each for sweet varieties and $17 each for savory varieties. Flavors being offered are: apple, cherry cobbler, butternut cheese, chicken, bacon ranch, chees esteak, pastie and taco. You can place your orders at the library. Payment is due at time of order. The last day to order strudels is Saturday, October 29. Strudel pickup will be on November 14 at the library.

The Friends are also selling 25% off Boscov's Saving Passes for $5 at the help desk. These passes are for Boscov’s Friends Helping Friends Day, Wednes day, October 19.

For more information on ser vices and programs visit us at www.northamptonapl.org or call the library at 610-262-7537.

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the chosen artist should have been a resident of Nazareth or have ties to NCA.

Nazareth resident Becky Butz offered her insight, stating she is a supporter of NCA and thinks the mural is a wonderful idea, but that there was contention about not using an artist from Nazareth.

Councilman Carl Fischl shared that he believes this mural will enhance the town for younger

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people and the new generation.

“You can’t always keep it in Nazareth, and as much as every one wants to keep it local, you just can’t,” said Fischl.

The motion to approve the mural was put to a vote and all council members except Coun cilwoman Kayla Green voted to move forward with the proposed artwork.

In other business, council vot ed unanimously to approve the hiring of Theresa Fedele as the full time Borough's Head Clerk and Assistant Borough Secretary/ Treasurer. Ms. Fedele's annual salary will be $57,500 for a 40hour work week. Ms. Fedele will receive a contract for the balance of 2022 and a new contract for 2023 at the same salary.

Council also voted unani mously to approve the request of the Greater Valley YMCA to conduct the 15th Annual Pump kin Pie 5K Race on Thanksgiv ing morning, November 24 from 9 a.m. to noon and to approve the request of The Nazareth Area Chamber of Commerce for day long "Free Parking" in the me tered zone on Small Business Saturday, November 26.

Next, council voted unani mously to acknowledge the re ceipt of the 2022 Borough's State Pension Aid in the amount of $50,376.57.

Council also unanimously vot ed to renew the dog rescue and pickup agreement with the Naza reth COG contracted with Pib bles Paws Safe Haven for 2023 at a cost of $12,000 annually.

Additionally, council voted to bill the Nazareth Memorial Li brary for liability and contents insurance for the period June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023 in the amount of $6,236.37, to ap prove the hiring of Steven Seely as a part-time police officer pending passage of all background checks and necessary certifications, and to approve a three-year contract with Police Chief Randall Miller.

Nazareth Borough Council also voted to direct the Treasurer to turn over the recently received Fireman’s Relief state aid in the amount of $36,049.23, to ap prove making Schoeneck Road one-way during the operating hours of the upcoming Fall Fire man’s Carnival, and to direct the secretary to place an ad in the Nazareth Key that advises residents of the borough’s proce dures for the fall 2022 collection of leaves.

Last, the monthly police re port for September listed 436 total police calls with: 33 crimes reported and investigated, 17 criminal arrests, four drug-relat ed crimes, two Part I offenses, 120 traffic citations, 53 warnings issued, two reportable traffic ac cidents, 17 non-reportable traffic accidents, 288 Parking Enforce ment Officer violations, 51 Of ficer Issued violations, and 339 total parking tickets issued. The Nazareth Borough Police De partment collected $13,885 in fees for the month of September.

Celebration held for

Distinguished Alumni Award honorees

Submitted by CLAUDIA SHULMAN

Seven Northampton Area High School alumni were publicly recognized as this year’s Distin guished Alumni Award honorees on September 25 at a celebration sponsored by the Northampton Area Konkrete Kids Educational Foundation. The honorees are:

Thomas C. Becker, Ph.D, Class of 1981; Larry A. Kemmerer, Class of 1965; Stephen J. Ker bacher, Class of 1983; Edward R. Novogratz (deceased), Class of 1949; Thomas D. Reenock, Class of 1958; Peter P. Schneider, Jr., Class of 1966 and Timothy Te pes, Class of 1986.

In 2018 the Foundation, in partnership with the Northamp ton Area School District, estab lished the Distinguished Alum ni Award to help increase the awareness of Northampton High School students, graduates, and community members of the out standing graduates and role mod els produced by the District. The Foundation’s goal was to establish the Distinguished Alumni Award Wall of Honor, which now ex ists in the main lobby of the high school. For each of the twentytwo DAA honorees already select ed since 2018, a plaque has been installed on the wall. The plaques include the professional achieve ments, as well as each honoree’s individual commitment to com munity service and volunteerism, a recent photo, and a graduation photo. The plaques of this year’s honorees will be installed on the Wall of Honor later this fall, and like the other plaques already displayed on the Wall of Honor, will serve as an inspiration to all students and as a source of pride for the entire community of Northampton Area School Dis trict’s proud education tradition and commitment to serve others.

The celebration, held at Wood stone Country Club and Lodge, was attended by family, friends, and colleagues of the honorees, as well as community members and local business leaders.

Nominations for the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award are

due by Friday, March 24, 2023. Nomination information/forms are available at www.konkrete foundation.org or by calling

610-767-7824. The 2023 Distin guished Alumni Award celebra tion will be held on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023.

Seated from left to right: Larry Kemmerer, Thomas Reenock and Stephen Kerbacher. Standing from left to right: David Novogratz, Stella Novogratz Ferry, Peter Schneider, Jr., Thomas Becker and Timothy Tepes.

Naz.

The borough has multiple events in October, including a Fire Pre vention Carnival presented by Vigilance Hose Company No. 1 in the Nazareth Borough Park on October 6 and 7 from 6 to 10 p.m. and Saturday, October 8 from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The borough’s Environmental Steering Committee is sponsor ing a “residents only” electron ics recycling day and shredding event on Saturday, October 15 from 10 a.m. to noon and the annual Halloween Parade will be later that day at 1 p.m., followed by the Nazareth Chamber of Commerce’s annual Fall Festival from 2 to 6 p.m. on South Main Street between Belvidere and Walnut streets and in the Bor ough parking lot at 128 S. Main St. The borough council meeting will be held Monday, November 7 at 6 p.m. in Council Cham bers.

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