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APRIL 13-19, 2023
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Moore Northampton Looking by Township Back Ed Pany Supervisors Borough receives Food bank grant, Move to Prohibition to War, Welcomes police K-9 Vacate Part 2 of 4 Trach Road By SAVANNAH BROWN
ticket, so we would climb up on box cars of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which were on a railroad siding. The field was enclosed with wooden fences. It was difficult to jump the fence.” Joe’s parents were more interested in music than baseball. They purchased a violin. It was paid for with monthly payments of $5. It took more than a year to pay for the $75 instrument. Lessons were 25 cents an hour at the Odd Fellows Hall, now the Schisler Funeral Home. Joe took lessons for one year, saying, “I didn’t have an ear for music.” Another familiar visitor to Washington Avenue was the Knights Life Insurance agent. All the families wanted insurance for their children. They were called 5-cent policies, and the premiums were collected monthly by
The Moore Township Board of Supervisors met Tuesday, April 4 to discuss a lot line adjustment, Public Works hires, pickleball courts, vacating Trach Road, a Agritourism/Agritainment Ordinance, seal coat projects, and the sale of Schiavone Farm. First, the board unanimously granted a waiver for and approved the Larry Kemmerer lot line adjustment plan dealing with the natural and man-made features of the property, which will be subdivided into two portions with no new developments on either side of the property. During reports, Police Chief Gary West shared that the police department had a total of 331 incidents for the month of March, which included 33 traffic citations issued, nine written and verbal warnings issued, four arrests made for three DUIs and one accident involving property damage (hit and run), three reportable accidents, and four non-reportable accidents. Chief West also announced that secretary Stephanie Heckman has turned in her letter of resignation, so the township and police department will be seeking a joint secretary. Fire Police Captain Jason Harhart reported that the Klecknersville Rangers Vol. Fire Co. responded to 69 ambulance calls during the month of March and 30 fire calls, which included one fire, three motor vehicle accidents, two automatic fire alarms, five ambulance assists, two carbon monoxide alarms, two smoke investigations, one gas leak, one tree down, seven wires down, and six mutual aid calls for three fires with Lehigh Township, two fire alarms with Bath, and one mountain fire
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Contributed photo: Odd Fellows Hall, at the current site of Schisler Funeral Home on Washington Avenue. In today’s column, we are all going to Miller’s Field in Northampton with Joe Tanzosh. The year is 1936. Miller’s Field today is home to numerous businesses. The popular field was located to the rear of the Roxy Theatre and the former Miller’s Department Store. The owner, Henry Miller, was a strong supporter of sports in Northampton. The Konkrete Kids played football there before Wolf Field was built by the WPA. Semiprofressional baseball was also played there. The Northampton Buffalos and Holy Name teams played on the field. Joe recalls, “Mike Lisetski was the flashy short stop on the team. He would later be my baseball coach at Northampton High School. The games were well attended with more than a thousand fans. We could not afford a
Officer Geoffrey Perry with K-9 Chico. By SAVANNAH BROWN The Northampton Borough Council met Thursday, April 6 to discuss the grant received by the Northampton Food Bank, consider various requests, appoint PSAB delegates, consider a zoning officer candidate, and to welcome a new K-9 to the police department. First, Kelly Frantz from the Northampton Food Bank announced that she has received a $300,000 grant, which will allow
the food bank to put in an additional walk-in freezer, new lighting, commercial refrigerators, and more heavy-duty shelving. Continued on page 9
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