November
13, 2019
Great
ride, great cause
Bikers
came from as far away as West Virginia, New Jersey and New York to participate.
The ninth annual Tucker’s Toy Run was held Nov. 2, as sunny weather encouraged
over 700 bikers to make the ride from Northampton to St. Luke’s University
Hospital’s Fountain Hill campus to deliver well over a thousand toys for
pediatric patients throughout the hospital’s system. “The success we have is because of all of
you,” said organizer Rick Nauman. The event is run through the Lehigh Valley
Community Benefit organization and honors the memory of Tucker Stuart, who died
in a motorcycle crash in 2011. Photo by Scott M. Nagy: Bikers gather on the
grounds of Tri-Boro Sportsmen Club in Northampton for the start of Tucker’s Toy
Run Nov. 2.
By
Dana Grubb
Murphy’s
Law affect Northampton Co. election
Provisions of the Elections Code are strictly followed in
every Pennsylvania election. Unfortunately for Northampton County elections
officials, another law raised its ugly head in the Nov. 5 municipal election.
Murphy’s Law, the epigram that anything that can go wrong will go wrong, was in
full force during the county’s rollout of a brand new voting system called The
Express Vote XL. In addition to hypersensitive screens, the touch screens
improperly and computed results in the judicial races. After the polls closed,
the printed results from the flash drives inside each machine had candidate Democrat
Abe Kassis behind Republican Vic Scomillio with less than 100 votes. The
voter-verifiable paper ballots, however, say he actually won one of the two
judgeships decided. This vote is currently being canvassed, which is a close
re-examination of the results in every precinct. Once results are certified, a
legal challenge is possible. Republicans have already obtained a court order
impounding all voting machines and ballots. Photo: Northampton County
Executive Lamont McClure and the Express Vote XL voting machine.
By
Bernie O’Hare
Hawks
fall to Pottsville
Bethlehem
Catholic head football coach Joe Heinrich knew it was time to break his team’s
recent skid over the past month, one in which the Golden Hawks had dropped
three of their last four games. A rematch with Pottsville in the District 11
Class 4A semifinal loomed as possible answer. The Golden Hawks thoroughly
defeated the Crimson Tide the past two seasons in the same game. Unfortunately
for Becahi, it didn’t work. The Golden
Hawks (7-5) couldn’t get on track all afternoon, and the Crimson Tide did just
enough to come away with an 18-13 victory in Pottsville last Saturday.
Pottsville will meet Allentown Central Catholic in the final Saturday night at
Northern Lehigh.
By
Jeff Moeller
‘Whose
Line’ returns to the State
“Whose
Line Is It Anyway?,” starring Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, returns at 8
p.m. Nov. 16 to the State Theatre Center for the Arts, Easton. In the comedy
show, part of their “Scared Scriptless” tour, Mochrie and Sherwood combine
audience participation and improvisation. In a recent interview, Sherwood
combines interviewer participation and improvisation.
By
Camille Capriglione
Bethlehem:
Panel explores small-city food challenges
Bethlehem:
Treasuring a streetscape
Bethlehem:
Mayor outlines $80MK 2020 budget
Bethlehem:
Muscle cars, motorcycles at Atria car show
Bethlehem:
‘A Christmas City Christmas’ comes to Moravian Book Shop
Bethlehem:
‘Day of the
Dead’ comes alive at BAPL
Dead’ comes alive at BAPL
Bethlehem
Township: Developer sues over Green Pond fees
Lehigh County: Commissioners OK tax raise
Lehigh County: Commissioners OK tax raise
Northampton
County: State gives $342K for $2.9M voting system
Student
profiles – Neha Skandan, Moravian Academy
High
school news – Moravian Academy
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