Thursday, May 17, 2012
Years in the making, the old, broken-down bridge that connects Main Street in Tatamy with Uhler Road in Forks Township is finally being demolished.
The old, broken-down bridge in Tatamy is finally coming down. Construction workers Wednesday afternoon sliced through the steel bridge supports with a torch, which then allowed the crane operator to lift bridge beams off their concrete support pillars. The beams were then gently placed on the closed roadway leading to the bridge. “It’s coming down fast," Tatamy Mayor Luke Duignam said about the bridge that spans the Bushkill Creek. "Let’s hope [the new bridge] goes up just as fast.” The bridge, which connects Main Street in Tatamy with Uhler Road in Forks Township, was closed last year when a hole in the road deck expanded, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reported. Sean Brown, a representative for PennDOT, wouldn’t give an …
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-75.24752
Uhler Rd & Bushkill Dr, Easton, PA
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A New York Times story on graduates weighed down with college debt makes the case for last week’s column.
Once again, The New York Times is playing catch-up with Patch.com. On Sunday, The Times had a front-page story about the growing burdens of college loans, three days after my column ran on the same subject. The paper did a wee bit more legwork for their gazillion-word story – my research consisted mainly of talking to a friend at the deli counter at the Giant supermarket – so I’ll leave the term “copycat” out of this discussion. The lead of The Times story was about a young Ohio college graduate who owes $120,000 in loans and is working two jobs to pay the $900-a-month bill. Her mother is taking out life insurance on her because if anything happens to her daughter, she couldn’t pay the loans for which she co-signed. A decade ago, 58 …
Township supervisors across Pennsylvania are fighting unfunded mandates from Harrisburg and Washington.
Pennsylvania’s township officials are taking aim at unfunded mandates, which they say waste millions in tax dollars every year. Close to 4,000 local leaders attended the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors’ 90th Annual Educational Conference last week in Hershey, where they launched a campaign to eliminate the mandates that Harrisburg and Washington pass on to local governments without accompanying dollars. Township officials wore green stickers, which featured a rifle’s crosshairs over the words “Unfunded Mandates” throughout the conference. In particular, PSATS members have set their sights on the state’s outdated legal advertising requirements — studies say reforming these would save municipalities $23 million a year…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Jameson, a 7-month-old pitbull, went missing in the area of Capp Road in Plainfield Township.
A Quakertown woman is asking for the public's help in locating her missing 7-month-old pitbull, Jameson. He ran away -- scared -- in the area of Capp Road in Plainfield Township. Jameson is tan and white. He is not wearing a collar. If spotted or in your custody, contact Leeann Barnes at (267) 475-0072 or Heather Gallagher at (267) 718-8971.
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-75.2419
Capp Rd & Kesslersville Rd, Nazareth, PA
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Northampton County will host an electronics recycling event Saturday, May 19, at Easton Area High School.
Do you have an old VCR in your attic? A computer monitor that's seen better days? Don't just toss them away, recycle them. On Saturday, Northampton County's Department of Community and Economic Development will hold an electronic recycling event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Easton Area High School. Whether it's an old fax machine, printer, phone or answering machine, residents can drop them off free of charge. The only cost is for getting rid of batteries (75 cents a pound) or fluorescent lamps (25 cents each). For more information, contact Tom Dittmar, the county's environmental conservation coordinator, at tdittmar@northamptoncounty.org.
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-75.25051
2601 William Penn Hwy, Easton, PA
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This 2-year-old miniature pinscher is looking for her forever home.
Editor's Note: This pet profile has been provided by Pets in Need, a non-profit animal shelter in Upper Nazareth Township. E-mail PetsInNeedInc@gmail.com or call (610) 759-6879 for more information about adopting a pet. Madison Madison is about two years old, and she is a miniature pinscher. She is quite petite and definitely pretty, with a beautiful red coat that is smooth and shiny. Madison has long, sleek legs. Madison's previous owners felt she was too much work. She arrived at the shelter scared and undernourished. Madison has since adjusted nicely to the shelter and has begun to trust again. Madison likes other animals. She is spayed and up to date on shots.
The Holy Family School Players will perform the musical 'Oliver' four times over the course of three days, starting Friday, May 18.
They’ve practiced for four months, and now they're ready for the curtain to go up. The Holy Family School Players will perform “Oliver” this weekend for four shows: The performances will take place in the Holy Family School gymnasium. Admission is $7. The show is the school’s ninth production, according to director Catherine Little. "Oliver" features a cast of 92. The story of "Oliver" is set in Victorian England. A baby boy is left on the steps of a work house, and a locket around his neck says "Oliver Twist," according to the story synopsis. As soon as Oliver is old enough to walk, he is put to work by a fellow named Bumble. Oliver, however, infuriates Bumble by daring to ask for more food, so Bumble sells him to an undertaker. Oliver …
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Holy Family School
17 N Convent Ave, Nazareth, PA
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Nazareth Borough Council sets opening date for the Nazareth Boro-Park pool, approves rate for summer recreation program and more.
Nazareth is getting ready for summer. With the Nazareth Boro-Park pool expected to open May 26 for the Memorial Day weekend, Councilwoman Cynthia Werner made several motions May 7 to get the borough prepared for the new season. Nazareth Borough Council approved a motion to hire Jeanette Hartzell as director of the summer recreation program. She will be paid $4,600. The rate for anyone attending the summer program, which will be held from 9 a.m. to noon beginning June 18, was set at $150. "At one time the rate was $90 a year," Councilman Michael Kopach said. "This year, we wanted to make the program self-supporting and not use any taxpayer dollars. It comes out to $1.66 for an hour that someone attends. Where can you drop off somebody for a…
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Nazareth Boro-Park
Broad Street Extension, Nazareth, PA
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The Upper Nazareth Township man who allegedly fired shots in the air and held a gun to his own neck early Friday evening, threatening to commit suicide, remains hospitalized.
The Upper Nazareth Township man who allegedly fired shots in the air and held a gun to his own neck early Friday evening, threatening to commit suicide, will face charges when he is released from the hospital. Prabhjit Singh, 25, of 2823 Lehigh Lane will be charged with three felony counts of discharging a firearm, two counts of making terroristic threats, and one count each of recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct, according to court records. The charges were filed through District Judge David Tidd's office in Lower Saucon Township. Singh has yet to be arraigned, and bail has not been set. Police were called to the scene shortly before 7 p.m. for reports of a man firing shots outside his home, which is across the …
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-75.3532
2823 Lehigh Ln, Nazareth, PA
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It's the Nazareth Area School District's place to make a wage-concession proposal, says the president of the Nazareth Area Education Association, which represents the district's teachers.
The Nazareth Area Education Association has responded to a letter sent by Superintendent Victor Lesky regarding potential wage concessions, but the teachers union does not plan to submit a wage proposal to the district, according to the union's president. Such a proposal should come from the district -- and if that happens, NAEA will respond, said union president Aris Asdourian. He noted it is not the union's place to initiate a wage-concession proposal. Asdourian spoke to Patch briefly after Monday's meeting of the Nazareth School Board, which he attended. He declined a seemingly impromptu offer from board President Lorin Bradley to address the board and the public during a discussion of the 2012-2013 budget. The budget proposal -- which …
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Nazareth Area High School
501 E Center St, Nazareth, PA
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Rosemary B
10:52 am on Thursday, May 17, 2012
I once figured out that in order to pay cash for a MODEST 4 yr college my family would have had to have saved $400 per child per month since the day they were born. We have 3 kids. That would have been $1200 a month for the past 13 yrs. I am sure there are families out there that could have done that, but not us. We do occasionally like to eat and 5 of us living full time in a tent would have … more ›