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OCTOBER 17-23, 2024
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Northern Lights visible in Pennsylvania last Thursday
30. With this in mind, the board approved an extension of time until Dec. 17. They also granted an extension to Sedler Design & Redevelopment LLC, whose recording deadline passed at the end of July. The township will conduct inspections and release their security deposit after all the work is done on a retaining wall and other projects. The extension was
Submitted by CHUCK LONGACRE Lieutenant Benjamin Longacre, a 2008 graduate of Moore Elementary School and 2014 graduate of Northampton Area High School, recently returned from a nine-month deployment with the United States Navy, aboard the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower, as part of Operation Prosperity Guardian. Ben is a pilot of the F/A-18E Super Hornet. After graduating from NAHS, Ben attended the United States Naval Academy and received a degree in engineering. He received his wings as a Naval Aviator in August 2021 and was assigned to VFA-131 Wildcats squadron, based at Virginia Beach, Virginia, attached to the USS Eisenhower. Operation Prosperity Guardian is a coordinated operation of the U.S. Armed Forces and 20 international coalition partners to protect commercial shipping in the Suez Canal, Red Sea and
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On Thursday, Oct. 10, the Northern Lights could be seen in Pennsylvania. This photo was captured by Hope Green in Moore Township.
Lehigh Township Supervisors receive Pushback from political banner citation By LAURA KLOTZ During the Oct. 8 Lehigh Township Supervisors meeting, Brad Rock of Lehigh Engineering addressed the board on behalf of Michael and Karen Haberern, whose subdivision plan was set to expire on Nov. 10. Rock explained that it is a minor threelot subdivision with no new buildings being planned, and provided maps for the supervisors to review. The Habererns are still waiting on a permit, and
were requesting that recreation fees be deferred until the permit is issued, to which the supervisors agreed. They further consented to a conditional preliminary approval of the plan as long as all stipulations in the documentation are met. The surveyor for the Blue Mountain Subdivision Lot 2 Land Development Plan was unavailable to attend the meeting, but sent word that he hopes to have everything ready by Nov.
Naval aviator from Moore Township returns Home from deployment
Lt. Benjamin Longacre
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