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Benjamin Longacre receives congratulations from President Donald Trump during the graduation and commissioning ceremony at the

United States Naval Academy.

Benjamin Longacre of Northampton graduates

U.S. Naval Academy

submitted by CHUCK LONGACRE

Benjamin Longacre, a 2014 graduate of Northampton Area High School, has graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD and received his Commission as an Ensign in the United States Navy.

Ben was inducted into the Naval Academy on July 1, 2014

and graduated on May 25, 2018 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. Featured speaker at the graduation and commis-sioning ceremony was President Donald Trump.

Ben is temporarily assigned to the SAPR office at the Naval Academy, and will report to Na-val Air Station Pensacola in No-vember to begin flight training.Bomb squad called

To Main Street Northampton

Submitted by JEN GIBBSThe inaugural Cancer Support

Community of the Greater Le-high Valley’s Dragon Boat Festi-val took place at Evergreen Lake in Bath, PA on Saturday, June 16. This Dragon Boat Festival was the first of its kind in the Lehigh Valley.

Men and women competed side by side towards the same goal, being the fastest boat to cross the finish line. Six Dragon Boat Teams consisting of 20 pad-dlers, a steerer, and a drummer participated in the event. No ex-perience was necessary and teams were given a practice day to pre-pare for the competition.

Quadrant Private Wealth, the festival’s presenting sponsor, was the overall winning team for the day with a time of one minute and three seconds. Second place went to Jen Sinclair’s Misfits Dragon Boat Team. Highlights

Benjamin Longacre

by HOME NEWS STAFFNorthampton Borough police

were called to the 1800 block of Main Street in Northampton around 10 p.m. on Monday, June 25. Shortly after the Bethlehem Fire Department’s bomb squad was called to the scene.

They were seen removing something from a home on the 1800 block. At this time it is un-known what was removed from the home.

The investigation shut down Main Street overnight into Tues-day, June 26.

Paddles up…So that no one Faces cancer alone

of the day included plenty of sunshine, a gorgeous day at the lake, an eye dotting ceremony to awaken the Dragon, eight Drag-on Boat races, DJ, vendors, Red

Robin and an award ceremony.The proceeds from the festival

benefitted the Cancer Support Community of the Greater Le-high Valley.

DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

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by KERI LINDENMUTH

Forty-two members of the con-

gregation of the Queenship of

Mary Church in Northampton

returned from a 12-day pilgrim-

age through Spain, Portugal, and

France. The immersive, spiritual

tour, coordinated by Diane Cor-

tazzo of Go Ahead Tours, fol-

lowed in the footsteps of medieval

pilgrims and visited Christianity’s

holiest sites. Father Patrick Lamb

served as Spiritual Director of the

tour. He directed masses and led

the group in prayer.

"Having a priest like Father

Lamb, guiding our pilgrimage,

concelebrating, giving homilies,

stopping in Cathedrals to say a

prayer as a group, praying the Ro-

sary on the bus as we went from

shrine to shrine...everything he

did, stressed the fact that this was

a true pilgrimage," said Cortazzo.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime op-

portunity for members of the

Queenship of Mary Church to

join Father Lamb on this journey.

“We feel blessed that we were

able to have this opportunity to

join Father Lamb on this pilgrim-

age,” said Mike and Mari Grego-

ris. “It was such an amazing trip.

We received many blessings and

graces along the way.”

The tour started in Barcelona,

where pilgrims explored the spiri-

tual sites and architectural won-

ders of the city. They traveled via

cable car up to the secluded Santa

Maria de Montserrat Abbey.

There pilgrims had the chance to

see the Black Virgin of Montser-

rat and explore the monastery.

School RulesIt seems each week one reads

articles regarding school prob-

lems, state and federal regula-

tions and various social issues

facing teachers, administrators,

students and parents. My friend

Larry Oberly found school rules

that were applied in early Allen

Township schools. I wonder what

would occur today if they were

enforced. What do you readers

think about them?1. School hours between 8:30

to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. us-

ing Lehigh Valley Railroad Stan-

dard time.2. Morning exercises shall

commence with the reading of

scriptures, prayer and singing. (I

recall having students read the Bi-

ble for morning exercises when I

started teaching at the senior high

school. No student ever refused.

The Bible was not an issue at the

time.3. Teachers shall be punctual

and have their rooms warm at

least 30 minutes before the open-

ing of school.4. Teachers shall influence the

minds of students, inspire rever-

ence and love for the name and

will of God, respect old age and

superiors.5. Teachers shall suspend stu-

dents who may be exposed to

contagious diseases until the dan-

ger has passed.6. Teachers shall pay attention

to neatness of their rooms and

ventilate the room properly, be-

ing careful to have none of their

scholars exposed to a draft.

Halloween and your Pet

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Queenship of Mary Church

Returns from 12-Day

Pilgrimage through Spain,

Portugal, and France

by Ed Pany

Pleasure GardenPage 15

Moorestown Garden ClubPage 8

Christmas TourPage 4

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Bath’s history takes on newBeauty with artifacts shown At re-opening ribbon cutting

by BILL HALBFOERSTERThe Home NewsA large crowd saw a mag-nificent transformation of the Bath Museum on Saturday af-ternoon. The countless hours spent in arranging artifacts

that reflect the history of the Borough of Bath drew high praise from all those who at-tended the ribbon cutting cer-emony marking the re-opening of its quarters in the new Bath Municipal Building at 121 S. Walnut Street.After a moment of silence

in memory of Evelyn Hartz-ell, one of three founders who passed away recently, remarks were given by her granddaugh-ter Annemarie Hartzell of the Museum Committee, and then Diane Lager introduced

the other members: Yurii Bar-tholomew, Darrin Heckman, Blaine Hoffmeister, Agnes Me-linsky, Peggy Moser, and Mar-jorie Rehrig. In addition to the committee, volunteers include Brian Daugherty, Chris Erdo, Allen George, John Kearns, John Kortz, Tom Lager, and Mark Roth. Special thanks were given to Carol Bear-Heckman, councilwoman and Linda Kortz, retired profes-sional exhibit designer, for all

Blaine Hoffmeister, Annemarie Hartzell and Marjorie Rehrig help Agnes Melinsky hold the large scissors after

she cut the ribbons. Darrin Heckman and Diane Lager also shown. -Home News photo

Small BuSineSS Saturday monopoly Board Special SectionSee page 10

Allen Township Moves to fill Willowbrook sinkholeBy KERI LINDENMUTHDespite debates over property lines, the Allen Township Board of Supervisors motioned to fill in an ever-expanding sinkhole locat-ed on Willowbrook Road. Super-visors made the motion during their November 13 meeting after township engineer Bob Cox de-scribed the worsening conditions of the sinkhole. Cox said a long-lasting fix

would close Willowbrook Road for up to two days and cost be-tween $10,000 to $20,000. How-ever, some supervisors were not happy with this solution, as who exactly owns the property is still under debate. While Northamp-ton County says Allen Township owns the property, Allen Town-ship says the county does. In ad-dition, UGI owns utilities that run through the property.-----------------------We are bearing something here that some of us feel is not our responsibility. Supervisor Dale Hassler-----------------------

“We are bearing something here that some of us feel is not our responsibility,” said Supervi-sor Dale Hassler. However, with public safety

at stake, supervisors agreed that something has to be done. “[Either] do what is correct

for public safety and fix it ver-sus arguing with the county,” said township solicitor Lincoln Treadwell. Hassler proposed the solution

of filling the sinkhole with dirt every few weeks throughout the winter until spring arrives. “[Then] maybe something will

change,” he said, referencing the property dispute. “We owe something to the

taxpayers of this township,” he added.

Treadwell seemed to agree. He added that the danger of the sinkhole is not the utility lines, but the possibility of a car driving into it. Filling the sinkhole with dirt would eliminate this hazard. Supervisors voted 4-1 to fill the

sinkhole.

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by Ed Pany

LookingBack

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70th Annual Jack Frost Parade Marches through Northampton

Allen Township Memories

Today, I am writing a column for our friends in Allen Town-ship. As you know, the township is home to Catasauqua High School. The township dates back to 1720 with the Scotch-Irish Settlement, the first settlement in Northampton County. The leader was James Craig, so it was called the “Craig Settlement.”

Tradition has it that when the first settlers arrived a Native American provided them with some cool spring water. This led to the discovery of a fine spring, the finding of which led them to

select a location for their future homes.

Later the village was named Weaversville.

A number of years ago “Woody” Kleppinger, former owner of the Weaversville Hotel, restored the stone building where the spring was found, however the spring no longer flows. The Weaversville Inn today contin-ues to serve area residents in a structure that dates back to the American Revolution.

During the French and In-dian Wars, Benjamin Franklin and daughter Sally stayed there. He was inspecting the system of forts in the area and organizing a

primitive early postal service. Few of the original, if any, of their de-scendants remain.

Names from the past who made their home there were the Craig family, Thomas Armstrong, James King, John McNair, Rob-ert Gregg, Robert Walker, James Ralston, John Hays, Arthur Lat-timore and James Horner.

All were staunch Presbyterians and soon after their arrival erected a small log church. The church is gone but their second church still remains as a house of worship, God’s Missionary Church.

The most famous traveling

by KERI LINDENMUTHThe Jack Frost Parade, a

Northampton tradition since 1948, marched through the bor-ough on Thursday, October 18. The weather was chilly as chil-dren sat bundled in blankets and coats, their candy buckets at the ready. The parade was led by the Northampton Fire Department’s new Piece Enforcer Pumper. Lights flashing and sirens blar-ing, it led a group of fire trucks from in and out of the borough, including fire trucks from Laurys Station, Coplay, and Allen Town-ship. Northampton’s clubs, orga-nizations, businesses, and sports

teams all showed off their spooky floats. Football teams and Scouts threw candy while dance teams opted for backflips down the parade route. Zombies, ghouls, and clowns from Dorney Park and Whitehall’s Haunted Park-way had some young parade go-ers hiding behind their parents, while a much friendlier Cinder-ella and Princess Belle danced, sang, and waved to their fans.

The sounds of snare drums, trumpets, and tubas wafted through the borough and brought energy to some chilly parade go-ers. The Northampton Area High School Big N Band, as well as

the Northampton Middle School Marching Band, performed. The Allentown Hobo “Almost” Marching Band also made an ap-pearance before the parade con-cluded with a Mummers band strutting down Main Street.

Back row (left to right): Julie Unangst Bartocci holding Henley Bartocci (5 weeks old), Sue Unangst, (of Unangst Tree Farms) Mark Bahnik.

Front row: Harper Bartocci (2.5 years old). Story on page 10.

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