September
11, 2019
BAPL
opens township branch
If Bethlehem Township residents ever
wished that the public library were nearer by, they got their wish Aug. 24,
with the grand opening of Bethlehem Area Public Library Coolidge, a satellite
library at 2740 Fifth St. Once upon a time the Coolidge Building was a
schoolhouse, and as this school year was only days away, the theme of the event
was “Kickin’ It Old School.” Photo: Steve Samuelson, Pa. House of
Representatives, 135th District; Jake Glessner, representative of Lisa Boscola,
Pa. State Senate, 18th District; John Merhottein, Bethlehem Township
Commissioner; Marcia Hahn, Pa. House of Representatives, 138th District; Josh
Berk, executive director, BAPL; and Regina Kochmaruk, outreach librarian, BAPL.
By
Dorothy and Dennis Glew
The
Old Guard
Editor’s Note: This is the first in an
irregular series called “Faces of Northampton County.” It attempts to explain
what county government does, as revealed by the rank-and-file people there. One
of its core functions is the back-end of crime. Police make the arrests. What
happens next is up to our judicial system.
When a new Northampton County District Attorney takes
office in January, there will be no part-time prosecutors left. All 20
assistant DAs will be fulltime. The last two part-timers, John Obrecht and
Richard Huntington Pepper, are calling it quits after a combined 64 years of
service under John Morganelli and before him Don Corriere. They will be
replaced by a single full-time prosecutor in an office far different than the
one in which they started. Photo: Assistant district attorney John Obrecht, with
criminal defense lawyer Phil Lauer and assistant district attorney Richard
Pepper, reflects on their years of service in the county judicial system.
By
Bernie O’Hare
On
their way to school
Five Crossing Guards serve the
neighborhood around Thomas Jefferson ES. The crossing guards are employees of
the Bethlehem City Police Department. Many of Thomas Jefferson’s students walk
to and from school, and the crossing guards keep them safe at some of North
Bethlehem’s busiest intersections. Some of the guards also cross students from
Northeast MS and other local schools. They know many of the students by name,
and with almost 95 years of combined
experience, they know some of the students’ parents and grandparents
too. Photo: Sue Schmidli has the longest tenure of all of Thomas Jefferson’s
crossing guards. She has been on the job since 1971. Her area is the
intersection of North and Linden streets. Sue also trains Seeing Eye puppies
with her sister. She brings pup Pepsi every afternoon. Readers may also have
seen Sue and her sister at Musikfest, where they volunteer.
By
Lani Goins
Hawks
tip-toe to a win
Joe Henrich said that high school football can
be a crazy game. If you saw last week’s Bethlehem Catholic-Liberty affair, that
sentiment would be justified. The Golden Hawks escaped with a 27-22 win at BASD
Stadium, thanks to Matt Stianche’s 30-yard TD grab in the final minute of the
fourth quarter to catapult Becahi (2-1) to the win and rip the hearts out of
their city rival Hurricanes (2-1). Stianche’s tight rope TD saw him slide one
foot in the end zone next to the pylon, saving Becahi’s night from a result
that could have handed them its second-straight loss to city rival in
consecutive weeks.
By
Peter Car
Something
old, something new
“Something old, something new, something
borrowed, something blue.” I remember when I got married, this was the saying
that everyone followed in order to ensure a good and happy marriage. Well, I am
coming up on my silver anniversary, 25th years, as music director and conductor
of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, and I think we’ve had a pretty happy and
successful relationship. During this time, we’ve grown the orchestra
artistically, expanded the classical concert season to double performances,
added a four concert pops series, founded the Allentown Symphony Chorus,
started the El Sistema Lehigh Valley Program for underserved youth, started a
new chamber music series, and increased educational and community engagement
programs.
By Diane
Wittry
Another
view: Fighting for 9-11 first responders, volunteers
Bethlehem:
Crampsie Smith joins council
Bethlehem:
Crampsie Smith replaces Martell
Bethlehem
HCC: Molly’s retruns for awning approval
Bethlehem:
St. Anne’s, Knights of Columbus’ annual fiundrasier
Bethlehem:
Back to school at St. Anne’s
Lehigh
County: Court allows county seal to be displayed
Lehigh
Valley: Toomey give D.C. update to LV Chamber
Saucon
Valley: Celebration, optimism major themes
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