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SEPTEMBER 30-OCTOBER 6, 2021

Shoppers can find oneOf-a-kind treasures At new Northampton Antique store

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East Allen Supervisors want Time to review LVPC letter for Airport Road commercial park By KERI LINDENMUTH During their September 23 meeting, Joseph Plunkett, attorney representing Imperial Realty Group and manager director Tom Skeans, presented the East Allen Township Board of Supervisors with a letter from the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission. Although he and Skeans were hoping to receive a signature of approval on the letter that evening so they could move forward with sewage planning for their Airport Road warehouse, supervisors said they needed more time to review the materials, having just received them that day.

Announced in 2019, Imperial Realty is planning to develop one 245,000 square foot warehouse at Airport Road and Route 329, replacing the 16 buildings currently within the Airport Road commercial complex. The LVPC provided Skeans and developers with comments on a proposed planning module for the Department of Environmental Protection. Supervisors said they wanted more time to review the comments made by the planning commission, which would mean the letter could not be approved until October 13.

“Three weeks is a lifetime with the DEP,” said Plunkett. Although township engineer James Milot said the LVPC letter is a standard letter, “it is a board’s right to have that info in front of them.” In addition, the board added that the state’s new Act 665 plan prevents any new items from being voted on if they are not present on the night’s agenda prior to it being shared publicly. In other news, supervisors approved trick-or-treat for Friday, October 29 from 6 to 8 Continued on page 5

Updated Comprehensive Plan discussed at joint Lehigh Township meeting

By KERI LINDENMUTH For over 45 years, Coplay resident Hercules Foskolos has been collecting: original paintings, vintage furniture, Depressionera glassware, retro dining sets, crystal vases, and so much more. Now, those collections are for sale at Foskolos’s new antique and thrift store, Grandpa’s Attic, located at 1204 Main St. in Northampton (the former VFW building). Foskolos hopes there are others just like him in Northampton and beyond who appreciate these one-of-a-kind treasures.

Foskolos started collecting antiques over four decades ago when he began buying abandoned storage units. Behind those locked storage unit doors were retro furniture, original paintings by Letterman, 19th-century baby cradles, authentic Norman Rockwell dishes, vintage store signs, and lots of antique glassware, pottery, and crystal. Foskolos held on to, showed off, and admired these pieces for decades. However, he says it is time to pass these items off to new owners. Continued on page 3

By LAUREN SCHUSTER On Thursday, September 23, Lehigh Township’s Comprehensive Planning Committee held a meeting with representatives from the Board of Supervisors to discuss the updated Comprehensive Plan for the township. The Comprehensive Plan encompasses intended divisions and usages of township land. Having already presented a draft of the plan at a Board of Supervisors meeting last month, the Comprehensive Planning Committee gave an overview of the current draft before opening the floor to comments.

According to David Shulman, chairman of the Township Planning Commission, the intended goal when composing the updated plan was to maintain the rural area of the township. As the size and nature of the population has seen little change in recent years, major changes to the township will be few; Shulman added that “we will not be expanding industrial areas in any way” and that warehouses “are probably not a concern at this time.” He continued, clarifying that any expansion of commercial zones within the township would be minimal as the acreage allotted for com-

mercial purposes is limited. The only major change that will affect the township, Shulman said, is the “seminary project,” referring to the redevelopment of the Mary Immaculate Center property in Northampton. Continued on page 5

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