Nazareth Area Happenings

Nazareth Area Happenings: June 25-30

Meetings and agendas will fill the beginning of the week in the Nazareth area, while music and veggies will fill the end of the week.

1. The Nazareth School Board will meet tonight -- Monday, June 25 -- at 7:30 p.m. in the Walter L. Peters Board Room. 2. The Lower Nazareth Zoning Hearing Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 26. The Board of Supervisors will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 27. 3. Nazareth Borough Council will hold its workshop at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 28. 4. After all of those meetings, you'll need to let loose a little. Trivia at the Slate Quarry Hotel in Upper Nazareth Township begins at 8:30 p.m. every Thursday night. Karaoke begins after trivia. Both are provided by www.karaokegeeks.com. 5. Guitar Care Seminars are held every Friday at 11 a.m. in the lobby of Martin Guitar's Visitor Center. Customer Repair Technicians discuss proper …

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PetSmart to Join Retailers on Northampton Crossings’ Signpost

The Lower Nazareth Zoning Hearing Board votes to allow expansion of PetSmart's road sign along Route 248.

With the impending move of PetSmart into the Northampton Crossings shopping center, the size of signage became a minor hurdle that the company cleared Tuesday night. Representatives for the pet supplies and accessories store approached the Lower Nazareth Zoning Hearing Board for a variance on a 25-foot-tall sign along Route 248. Speaking on behalf of store owners Gemstone Resources L.P. and Wallingford One Holdings L.P. were Jerrold Bermingham, executive vice president for National Realty and Development Corp., and Richard Crawford, president of Mercer Sign Consultants. The variance, Crawford explained, would allow for an additional 3 feet by 10 feet to the bottom of the store's sign, which would advertise the addition of PetSmart to the …

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Supervisors Approve Liquor License for LongHorn Steakhouse

Since all of Lower Nazareth Township's liquor licenses are in use, LongHorn Steakhouse had to transfer a license from outside the township and be granted approval.

The Lower Nazareth Board of Supervisors approved the transfer of a liquor license to a proposed LongHorn Steakhouse that is planned to be built on the empty lot next to AT&T in the Lower Nazareth Commons Plaza. There was no public comment Wednesday during a brief hearing before supervisors voted on the liquor license request. According to township Manager Timm Tenges, the steakhouse had to transfer a license from outside Lower Nazareth since all of the licenses in the township are in use. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board controls the distribution of liquor licenses, Tenges previously explained, and since the restaurant is not headquartered in Pennsylvania, the PLCB asks municipalities to approve or decline liquor licenses. “It’s so …

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Zoners Approve Signage for LongHorn Steakhouse

Four signs, including a long-horned steer logo, were given the thumbs up from the Lower Nazareth Township Zoning Hearing Board.

A representative from LongHorn Steakhouse sought a variance Tuesday night at the Lower Nazareth Township Zoning Hearing Board for four signs, including a long-horned steer logo. After some discussion about size and placement, the variance was unanimously approved. According to Timm Tenges, the township's manager, the restaurant will be built on the empty lot next to AT&T in the Lower Nazareth Commons Plaza. Charley Schalliol, the director of variance for Site Enhancement Services Inc., spoke to the board on behalf of Darden Restaurants Inc. and RARE Hospitality International Inc., a company that owns, operates and franchises restaurants in the United States. Schalliol asked the board for a variance on the number of signs permitted on the …

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Snyder’s-Lance Inc. Gets Final Approval to Double in Size

The Lower Nazareth Board of Supervisors approved the plans that will allow Snyder’s-Lance Inc. to double the size of its distribution center.

No bite-sized portions here. Local snack food distributor, Snyder’s-Lance Inc., received approval Wednesday night to double the size of its distribution center by 6,000 square feet. The Lower Nazareth Board of Supervisors approved the plans, which had originally been for a 7,500-square-foot addition. Snyder’s-Lance currently operates out of a 6,000-square-foot building on a 2.2-acre lot on Selvaggio Drive. Snyder’s of Hanover, headquartered in Hanover, Pa., built its facility in 1993, Paul Szewczak, a principal at Liberty Engineering in Allentown, explained to the township's Zoning Hearing Board in December. When the company built the distribution center, it also went ahead and planned for a future 7,500-square-foot expansion, he said. The…

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