BUY A BRICK CAMPAIGN
Proceeds benefit the Borough of Bath Trailhead and Bath’s commemorative project to celebrate America’s 250th Birthday Pricing through 2025: All bricks will be placed in a commemorative area of the park 1 engraved brick $50 or 2 for $90 Pricing January-April 2026: Each engraved brick $60
Be a part of the history of Bath’s park system for years to come!
Visit bathborough.org or the Borough building for an order form Deadline to order April 1, 2026 • Call 610-837-6525 with questions
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JUNE 5-11, 2025
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Crews respond to Dwelling fire in Bath
Looking by Back Ed Pany Dredging the Lehigh River: Part 3 of 3
Dam building along the canal; photo courtesy of Larry Oberly
Photos courtesy of Upper Nazareth Fire Dept. 54, by Jack Mehlbaum By HOME NEWS STAFF On Thursday, May 29, emergency crews responded to the
100 block of Old Forge Drive in Bath for a reported dwelling fire. Crews worked together quickly
to extinguish the fire, containing it to the attic area/second floor ceiling.
Lehigh Township Supervisors Appoint interim zoning officer; Accept another resignation By LAURA KLOTZ Lehigh Township Supervisors began their May 27 meeting by reviewing a proposal for a recreation consultant. Some suggestions for alterations to the wording were made, so Township
Manager Alice Rehrig will implement the changes and provide updated copies for the supervisors to review before voting on the document at their next meeting. The resignation of the town-
ship’s zoning officer, Elizabeth Amato, was accepted at the previous meeting. Supervisors voted to approve her remaining as interim zoning officer and building code Continued on page 10
In this concluding column, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Putt continue to share their memories of dredging the Lehigh River. The Putts wrote the following. The dredging provided employment for many local residents. Mr. Putt remembers Otto Hontz, who lived along the Lehigh River; Albert “Abie” Bachman, who lived in Walnutport and drove a dump truck that hauled the coal to Palmerton; Senator Smith, who ran a tugboat; and a man called Brownie, who worked the vibrating tables screening the debris from the coal. When pumps wore out, Dieter’s Foundry in Cherryville had molds to make new pumps. The foundry provided the new
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large pumps and other parts that were needed. Suction pipes were attached to the pump and there was a big propeller in the pump. The back of the pump boat held the controls to get the coal from the river bottom. There were ropes tied to trees and the ropes allowed the scow to move back and forth down the river. Continued on page 10
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