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Allen Township Supervisors review sewer Plan for proposed Route 329 elementary school By KERI LINDENMUTH During their September 13 meeting, the Allen Township Board of Supervisors reviewed the sewer planning module for the proposed elementary school on Route 329 in East Allen Township. Because the development’s sewer must run through East Allen Township, Allen Township, and Northampton Borough, the township must sign an inter-municipal agreement with the neighboring communities. Before that time comes, however, supervisors have several questions regarding the ownership and maintenance of the sewer line. The school district proposed 13 EDUs, which the township has confirmed it has the capacity for. A private pump station will be on-site, with a sewer line running 20 feet through East Allen Township until it enters a manhole on Seemsville Road. From there, the line will go through Allen Township into Northampton Borough. Supervisors have concerns over who would own the manhole, technically located in East Allen Township. “I may have a problem if we are maintaining pipes that are not in our…boundary,” said Supervisor Gary Behler. Supervisor Dale Hassler agreed. “Allen Township should only be responsible…once [sewage] is free flowing on our side of the road,” he said. Engineer Andrew Martin explained that manholes are tran-
sition points in sewer line ownership. A municipality cannot claim ownership of a sewer line in its middle, so engineers and developers use manholes, which means some towns may own lines outside their borders. Martin recommended that the township at least monitor the manhole in case there is damage or a break. Hassler said his feelings were still “mixed.” “Our crew should be responsible for just the pipe in Allen Township,” he said. Township Solicitor Lincoln Treadwell recommended that the developers and engineers return with a map so supervisors can review and discuss the line before an inter-municipal agreement is signed. In related news, supervisors passed a resolution setting the new sewer tapping fee at $1,300. Supervisors also approved the application for a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection grant to help the township pay for leaf collection equipment. Due to population growth recorded by the 2020 census, the township must provide curbside yard waste pickup by mandate. Township Manager Ilene Eckhart said the township has a good chance of obtaining the grant due to this mandate. DEP will fund 90% of the grant, while the township will match 10%. Eckhart hopes to acquire a self-contained Continued on page 3
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Bath Budget Meeting Uptown Trolley, 1940s. Photo courtesy of Northampton Area Historical Society. Dr. George R. Eichler, a graduate of Northampton High School and retired orthopedic specialist, reflects on his V-J Day memories. His father was the superintendent of Northampton schools in 1944 and served in World War I and on the draft board for World War II. He writes: “V-J Day was Aug. 15, 1945. I was 14 years old and was a newspaper carrier for the Evening Chronicle, the afternoon paper of the Call Chronicle Newspapers in Allentown. The Morning Call was the morning paper. “My paper route was mainly in the second ward of Northampton, although I had one or two
customers in the first ward. “My dad’s routine for the hot August days (no air conditioning in those days) was to come home from work about 4:30 p.m., change into shorts and a shortsleeve shirt, grab the Evening Chronicle, go into the backyard, sit under a shade tree and read the newspaper. “I would return home at about 6 p.m. from delivering my newspapers, and then we had dinner. “The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Aug. 6, and the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later - Aug. 9. Continued on page 2
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