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AUGUST 1-7, 2024
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Looking by Back Ed Pany The Borough of Alliance
On Monday evening, July 29, Brownies from Troop 805 donated boxes of cookies to the Bath Volunteer Fire Department.
Member of Nazareth Fire company among Those arrested in Human trafficking Operation
By HOME NEWS STAFF On July 22, officers from the Colonial Regional Police Department and Homeland Security In-
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Fire tears Through Northampton County Restaurant By HOME NEWS STAFF
vestigations Human Trafficking Task Force conducted an undercover proactive human trafficking operation to make contact with possibly trafficked sex workers and to investigate and apprehend predatory adults soliciting sex from minors. The sex-trafficking sting led to the arrests of three individuals for soliciting sex from minors: 59-year-old Donald S. Lorish, of Bethlehem, 48-year-old Travis Barndt, of Green Lane and 38-year-old Mark A. Morella Jr., of Nazareth. Morella, previously listed as Emergency Management on the Nazareth Borough website and a member of the Nazareth Borough Fire Department, Vigilance Hose Fire. Co., was charged with the following: attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with someone less than 16 years of age, attempted statutory sexual assault of a minor who is
On Sunday morning, July 21, a fire tore through the Northampton County restaurant Nonna Sulina’s Sicilian Kitchen & Grill, located at 5000 Bath Pike, Bethlehem. Emergency crews arrived at the structure to heavy smoke and struck a second alarm. Once the fire was under control, crews remained on scene into the afternoon to conduct the investigation. The owners of Nonna’s posted to Facebook last week to express their appreciation to the public, along with an update on the business. “We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support and love we have received following the devastating fire that struck our restaurant. Your messages, kind words and offers of help have touched our hearts and reminded us of the incredible community that surrounds us. We also want to express our
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Dr. Dorney
J.H. Kleppinger Meats In 1901, the present Borough of Northampton did not exist. Instead, it consisted of three villages: Siegfried, Stemton and Newport. These villages were located in Allen Township. My friend, Larry Oberly, found this information in the newspaper The Allentown Democrat, March 5, 1902. In 1902, the three villages decided it was time to organize a borough. The village officials met in Shiery’s Hall, (the site of the former Edelweiss House) on lower Main Street, Stemton. The officials petitioned Northampton County Court to agree to the formation of a borough. The court agreed and the Borough of Alliance was created in 1902. This is the article that appeared in The Allentown Democrat at the time: The New Borough of Alliance The newly created Borough of
Alliance, comprising the former villages of Stemton, Siegfried and Newport, with intermediate territory, has a population of over 6,000. It has six churches, Zion Chapel, Reformed and Lutheran, Mennonite Brethren in Christ, United Evangelical, Holy Trinity Lutheran, Grace Reformed and Greek Catholic, eight hotels and two boarding houses, one bank, five bakeries, one jewelry store, one drug store, one hardware store, two newsstands, six barber shops, four livContinued on page 2
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