Gun license requests leap
In his Jan. 10 report to Northampton County Council,
Executive John Stoffa described a disturbing increase in the number of gun
permits, also known as licenses to carry firearms, issued in 2012. Stoffa told
council that 4,627 gun permits were issued in 2012, a 70 percent increase over
2011.
By Bernie O’Hare, Tyler Martin and Chris Parker
BIDEN PROPOSALS
State, local leaders respond
President Barack Obama’s gun control proposals announced
last week garnered support and ambivalence from a number of local officials,
but little outright argument.
By Nate Jastrzemski
HELLERTOWN
It’s really a ‘violence problem’
Mike Topping should be either a sportsman or
environmentalist. He lives at the far end of Saucon Park, surrounded by a sea
of green, even at the height of winter. As it would turn out, he is both.
By Bernie O’Hare
GUN CONTROL
What they say
Lehigh University Constitutional Law Professor George A.
Nation: “Until the recent Heller case, the Second Amendment was interpreted to
protect the right to “keep and bear arms” only in the militia (National Guard
today) context.
By Bernie O’Hare
THE ARTS
Local lawyer to debut second play
He’s a quiet presence at local board and council meetings.
He’s unassuming and stoic, with trademark short gray hair, glasses and a
sweater-vest acting as a sort of corporate-casual camouflage.
By Nate Jastrzemski
DOWNTOWN
Music, beer and llamas
A llama at the petting zoo of the Downtown Bethlehem
Association’s Harvest Festival recently in downtown Bethlehem attracts the
interest of 2-year-old Madison Althouse, who was with her father Adam, a
Fountain Hill native. Althouse said it was the first time his family was
attending the free seven-year festival and the first time his daughter had seen
a llama.
By Tim Gilman
CLASSROOM
Holiday hurricane relief effort
Northeast MS students decided to donate a variety of ceramic
and coiled yarn products made in art class according to teacher Bob Schantz, so
that sales of the products could be donated to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.
By Dana Grubb
THIS WEEK IN BETHLEHEM HISTORY
Emily Thursby: America’s Nightengale
In 1857, a 12-year-old girl by the name of Emma Thursby was
enrolled in the Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem. Her parents, John B. and Jane
Thursby, selected the school for its excellent academic curriculum and, most
importantly, for the outstanding musical training program.
By Karen M. Samuels
THIS WEEK IN BETHLEHEM SPORTS
Divers perform well
Liberty’s Rachel Steiner, left, and Brenna McCornac both
finished in the top-ten at the Lehigh Valley Conference diving meet from Jan.
12, at Emmaus.
By Katie McDonald
Bethlehem sports on the Facebook.
OTHER STORIES
Fountain Hill: Library costs concern borough officials
Lehigh County: Green Futures Fund vote delayed again
Northampton County: Cusick elected for third term
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