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JUNE 12-18, 2025
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Bath Borough Racing past limits: Nazareth 16th Annual Paw Council Soapbox Derby celebrates Prints on the Canal Greenlights First female winner Brings hundreds of $5k in Pets and paw-rents to Funding for Spuds & Spurs Northampton Festival; Discusses Recent Vandalism And illegal Trespassing
Louis the French Bulldog working the Kissing Booth By KERI LINDENMUTH On Sunday, June 8, Paw Prints on the Canal returned for its 16th year, drawing hundreds of animal lovers and their furry companions to Northampton’s Canal Street Park. The beloved event featured more than 120 animal shelters, rescues, awareness groups, craft vendors, food trucks and more. Proceeds benefited the Northampton Borough Police Department’s K-9 Unit. This year’s participating shelters and rescues included Feline Good Cat Rescue, Ruff Life Rescue &
Rehabilitation, Peaceable Kingdom, Harnessed to Hope, Outcast Rescue, French Bulldog Rescue Network, Foxy’s Cradle, and many others. Visitors met adoptable pets, learned about the benefits of adoption, and could even help raise donations by sharing a kiss with a bulldog or husky. Animal hospitals and retailers like Duke’s Delights, AfFORDable Pet Center, and Pet Supplies Plus were also present, handing out free samples and selling toys, treats and Continued on page 2
By SAVANNAH BROWN At its regular monthly meeting on Monday, June 9, Bath Borough Council addressed preparations for the upcoming Spuds & Spurs Festival, infrastructure improvements, vandalism prevention and the introduction of several new ordinances. First, Terry DeGroot, organizer of the 8th annual Spuds & Spurs Festival, appeared during the courtesy of the floor segment to confirm the borough’s $5,000 contribution to this year’s event, set for Saturday, June 21. Some confusion over the amount of funding was raised, as President Frank Hesch noted the amount had not been specifically earmarked for the event in the annual budget. However, council ultimately approved the expenditure in a 4-2 vote, with Continued on page 7
Taking first place in the speed podium was Misty Yard, NASBRA’s first female soapbox derby champion in the “Lime Green #5;” photo by Gregory Morgan Photography.
Kent Fry’s “Gurney” won first place in the show podium; photo by Savannah Brown. By SAVANNAH BROWN For the third consecutive year and eighth racing season, Nazareth held its annual soapbox derby on Saturday, June 7, which was presented by The Lehigh Conference of Churches. The Nazareth Adult Soapbox Racing Association derby was originally founded by Matt Rinker and ran successfully from
2008 through 2012. However,
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