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A new chapter at My Place: Ribbon cutting Ceremony honors legacy and Celebrates the future
By SAVANNAH BROWN My Place Pizza was filled with emotion, applause and the aroma of fresh cooking on Monday, Nov. 10 as the community gathered to celebrate a milestone, decades in the making. After 15 years of working his way from cook to pizza maker to trusted right-hand man, Ernesto Rangel officially stepped into his new role as owner of the
beloved Bath eatery. The ribbon cutting ceremony, hosted jointly by The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and The Greater Northampton Area Chamber of Commerce, marked not just a business transition, but the passing of a family legacy from one pair of caring hands to another. Assistant Vice President of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber
of Commerce, Caitlin HamlinMyers, welcomed attendees and community leaders before introducing previous owners Emanuel “Manny” Mirabito and his wife, Mayor Fiorella “Fi” Reginelli Mirabito. Hamlin-Myers described the Mirabitos’ lifetime of service to the Bath community with Continued on page 2
Lehigh Township Supervisors Welcome new zoning officer
By LAURA KLOTZ The Nov. 11 meeting of the Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors was called to order with the observation that it was Veterans Day. Board President Michael Jones thanked all veterans, particularly those of the township, for their service. The board reviewed their con-
tract with Pennoni Associates, which had been tabled from the prior meeting. Township Manager Alice Rehrig and Township Solicitor David Backenstoe had reworded the questionable section of the contract and sent it to Pennoni, who approved the new wording. The board agreed to pay Pennoni no more than $3,488
for their work on updating the zoning ordinances. The members of the ad hoc committee have received information packets about the work, but Pennoni is assigning a new engineer to the project, so it is unlikely that they will be holding their planned meeting in Continued on page 14
Looking by Back Ed Pany Life during the Great Depression: Part 1 of 9
The Northampton Mercury; contributed photo I recently found a copy of a anteed circulation was 5,000 copweekly newspaper from June ies; the price was five cents. 1935. 1935 was a challenging The editorial was very interesttime to launch a newspaper, as ing. The paper favored constructwe were deep into the Great De- ing a community swimming pression. pool, stating, “Now is the time to The paper was named the build as with the aid of the govNorthampton Mercury. It was ernment the expenses for the conpublished by the Northampton struction of the pool will not be Mercury Publishing Company. as large as if we wait and have the The editor was Louis Rosenstein, community spend all the money the advertising manager was Continued on page 16 Charles E. Berg, and the telephone number was 2459. The 84th Year, Issue No. 47 following are articles from the Mercury. www.homenewspa.com Distribution of the paper was guaranteed to every family in Coplay, Cementon, Catasauqua, Hockendauqua, Egypt, Howertown and Northampton. Guar-
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