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MARCH 14-20, 2024
Northampton Area High School Theatre Company Performs magical ‘Cinderella’ musical
By SAVANNAH BROWN is thoughtfully approached and Over this past weekend, the carefully crafted as she transNorthampton Area High School forms Ella throughout the perTheatre Company put on four formance from someone unsure magical performances of “Rod- of who she is and her place in gers & Hammerstein’s Cinder- the world, to a confident young ella” with enchanting melodies, woman inspired by love and memorable characters and pow- friendship despite attempts erful themes of love, kindness, from her stepmother, Madame, hope, morality and believing in to darken her light. yourself. Upon learning he will become In the production’s playbill, king soon, Prince Topher, played Director Christine Marto refer- by senior Michael Seidick, is also ences the talented cast, dedicated unsure of who he is as he considcrew and exceptional pit orches- ers what kind of king he will be, tra, noting that the “countless but unlike Ella, he has a kinghours of rehearsals, set construc- dom full of subjects to boost his tion, costume fittings and musi- confidence. cal arrangements” fill her with Lord Chancellor Sebastian, immense pride as she reflected played by senior Will McMahon, on the hard work and dedica- takes advantage of the prince’s tion of everyone involved in the trust by taking land from the production. poor in the name of the prince. From the romantic "Ten Min- Nevertheless, the prince doesn’t utes Ago" to the hopeful "In My know of Sebastian’s treachery, so Own Little Corner," each song he believes that he has his best captured the essence of the char- interest at heart. acters and the emotional depth If there was one good thing of the story as the cast, crew and that came from Sebastian’s medpit orchestra brought the en- dling, it was his suggestion to chanting tale to life. throw a ball to find the prince Ella, played by senior Rachel a bride, which Prince Topher Kemmerer, is a wholesome and agrees to. sweet girl that you can’t help Continued on page 4 but root for. Kemmerer’s role
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Moore Township Supervisors Swear in Klecknersville Rangers Officers; adopt ordinances
Fire officers (from left to right): Captain Erik Resch, Assistant Fire Chief Lenny Salines, Assistant Fire Chief Austin Kocher, Fire Chief John Hofacker and Lieutenant Ryan Andrukaitis By SAVANNAH BROWN The Moore Township Board of Supervisors met Tuesday, March 5 to swear in fire and fire police officers, consider waivers, discuss reports and vote on various ordinances. First, the following Klecknersville Rangers Volunteer Fire Company fire officers took their loyalty oath when swearing in: Fire Chief John Hofacker; Assistant Fire Chief Lenny Salines; Assistant Fire Chief Austin Kocher; Captain Erik Resch and Lieutenant Ryan Andrukaitis. The Klecknersville Rangers fire police officers that also took their loyalty oath when swearing in included: Fire Police Captain Jason Harhart; Fire Police Lieutenant Ray Reeder; Brian Radcliffe; Charles Green; Dave Tashner and Rafael Shkembi.
During regular business, the following waivers and conditional approvals were voted on: James and Frances Miller’s waiver request and minor lot line adjustment conditional approval were unanimously approved to add six-tenths of an acre to one of the parcels of land on the property; the Jeff, Nancy and Laura Deloglos’ minor subdivision’s two waivers and conditional final approval were approved based on an indemnification hold harmless agreement that would absolve the township of liability for a proposed well being 100 feet from the property due to the proximity of active agricultural fields on all sides; and the Arthofer solar panel land development was granted approval for the waiver request to review the plan as a final plan instead of a preliminary plan, but
supervisors denied the deferral request for street improvements to Grouse Drive based on the Public Works director’s recommendation to provide an overlay on the road when the project is complete since the solar panels will require significant equipment brought in by heavy tractor trailer traffic during construction. During reports, Patrolman Michael Hunt stated that the police department had 256 total incidents for the month of February, Continued on page 3
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