June 6-12, 2013 Your Local News
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Dunkin’ Donuts in Bath gets Preliminary OK from Council By BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News
Although a number of questions were posed by Councilwoman Carol BearHeckman, preliminary/final condition approval was given by Bath Borough Council on Monday to the proposed Dunkin’ Donuts land development at 107 E. Main St. Mrs. Heckman recommended that the plan be tabled until PennDOT’s approval comes through. If PennDOT makes changes, the plan would have to come back again for final approval. She said that PennDOT approval would be needed before a building permit could be issued. She also questioned if there was a variance granted by the zoning hearing board for tree plantings. The plan does include trees based on the number of parking spaces. The plan had received several variances, and Councilman John Kearns and Mark Saginario were satisfied that the developer did comply with all requirements, including impervious surface of blacktop and the number of businesses at one location. Councilwoman Katherine Roberts questioned hours and number of employees. The owner said it would be open 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., with two employees at each shift. Other Matters • The Bath 275th Anniversary Committee requested permission to have banners made for municipal poles, estimated to cost $300 each,
using the balance of funds. They suggested placing them at the entrances to the borough. While at first agreeing to keep old commemorative banners in place, it was finally agreed to take down those that are tattered. Councilwoman Jennifer George suggested American flag banners with flowers instead of green banners. Since East Allen has green they should be another color. Fi Mirabito said they could make them red, white and blue if desired. • Safety along Union St., an alley between International TV and Kicker’s Pub, was again discussed, mainly an issue in which tractor-trailers are using it. There are differences of opinion and Bath Supply believes it would hurt their business to make a change. The International TV owner said he has had $4,700 damage done to his building by trucks. Making Barber St. two-way was another suggestion. In the end, it was decided to have Colonial Regional Police provide a solution. • Borough Manager Tom Petrucci announced that there would be a construction meeting this Wednesday on the Keystone Park pavilion project. FEMA funds from storm reimbursement will go for everything except a kitchen and appliances in the pavilion, plus a sidewalk leading to the pavilion base. Work is expected to start in a week and be completed in two to three weeks. • Council adopted an ordi-
nance amending Chapter 117 of the code of the Borough of Bath to name or change the name of certain recreation places. Before they did, however, President Robert Fields called for votes on four changes: Horner St., eastwardly of Horner St.; Race St., westwardly side; Monocacy Park, northerly side of W. Main St.; and 8 a.m. to dusk rather than 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. • Petrucci said application for a CDBG grant of $247,000 had been made, but if only half is awarded, the borough would have to decide where to make road infrastructure improvements. Bath is using a $4,000 grant under the dirt and gravel program to spread road materials and improvement of embankments with soil. • Fields reported that Colonial Regional will be represented at the Police Chiefs Convention, and again seeking accreditation. Detective Mike Melinsky was recently honored. • Tax Collector Debra Mills reported $54,000 in real estate taxes still to be collected. • Saginario reported a new light was installed at Keystone Park. Continued on page 9
Top seniors named for NHS graduation
Kayla Rajsky
Darby McCall
The faculty of Northampton Area High School has announced the selection of Ms. Kayla Rajsky as Valedictorian and Ms. Darby McCall as Salutatorian of the Class of 2013. They rank first and second in their graduating class. Kayla Rajsky, Valedictorian, is the daughter of Brian and Susan Rajsky of Northampton. Kayla plans to attend Cornell University this fall with a major in Engineering. Kayla has been an active student in her high school endeavors. She is a member of National Honor Society, the Lehigh University Scholars Program where she studied Calculus II and Introduction to Psychology, the Spanish Club, the Scholastic
Scrimmage Team, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), the Math Club, and the Science Olympiad Team. Kayla also participated in a High School Summer College program at Stanford University during the summer of 2012 where she studied Calculus and Introduction to Engineering Analysis. In addition to these activities, Kayla has been a volunteer with “People to People” International. While working with “People to People,” Kayla participated in fund raising walks for Autism and Diabetes. Darby McCall, Salutatorian, is the daughter of Emmett and Marie McCall of Bath.
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