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The Home News homenewspa.com Historic Bath Hotel reborn As Red Wolf Bar & Grille By ALICE WANAMAKER The Home News

The historic Bath Hotel will reopen this weekend under new ownership, new management, and with a new name, The Red Wolf Bar & Grille. Owners Joe and Angelo Caizzo, along with General Manager Yuri Laubach, plan on opening this Friday, pending final inspection from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. The Bath Hotel, a 186 year old building that was dam-

aged in a 2005 fire, has been completed renovated over the past couple years by the Caizzo brothers. The renovation included several on site apartments. “It’s the era of corner bars and friendly atmospheres,” Joe said. “People want local watering holes and that is what we’re offering.” Joe and Angelo Caizzo are well versed in the restaurant business, their family own and operate both Campus Pizza in Bethlehem and Anna Bellas on Rt. 512. Joe recalls

Joe & Angelo Ciazzo will open Red Wolf Bar & Grille this Friday, at the historic Bath Hotel. working for their ‘Pop’ in the restaurants, which also helped to inspire the name of their new venture in Bath. Continued on page 13

Lehigh supervisors to appeal Lehigh Twp. home fire Solar verdict in Supreme Court Claims life of resident

Only a shell of this Lehigh Twsp. home at 443 Washington Dr. was left after the late Wednesday night fire in which the owner died. – Home News photo

By BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News

Harley A. Henning, 65, of 443 Washington Dr., Lehigh Township died this past Wednesday night, April 24 when fire gutted his two-story home. Lehigh Township Vol. Fire Co. firefighters, led by Chief Richard Hildebrand, were called out at 10:55 p.m., when a neighbor spotted flames under the doorway of Henning’s home. When they arrived, the fire was raging so much that they were unable to attempt any rescue. Henning’s body was recovered at about 1 a.m. Thursday morning. Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek said he apparently died of smoke inhalation, but the exact manner wouldn’t be disclosed until after an investigation by Lehigh Twsp. Fire Marshal Roger Spadt, State Police Fire Marshal Michael Booke, township police and Lysek. The victim had been sleeping on the second floor, which collapsed on to the first floor from the inferno. Firefighters from other area

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companies also responded to the blaze at the site southeast of Walnutport, and their efforts were further hampered by venting propane gas tanks and large amounts of firewood and shipping pallets on the enclosed porch. In addition, electrical power lines had melted and were live along the ground next to the house. PPL electrical crews were called to shut off power. Firefighters had water from a municipal fire hydrant, and were able to keep the blaze from spreading on a windy night, although it did cause some heat damage to a nearby home. The fire was declared under control by about 5:30 a.m. Thursday. The Henning home was along a single lane dirt road off Washington Drive. A large number of vehicles and other items were at the location. A memorial service for Henning was held last night (Wednesday) in the Schaeffer Funeral Home, Lehighton, which had charge of arrangements.

The long-standing controversial issue regarding the Northampton Area School District’s plans to have a 7000-panel, four-acre solar array at Lehigh Elementary School took another twist this past Tuesday, April 23. The Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors voted to appoint special counsel to make an appeal before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, seeking to reverse a recent decision by the Commonwealth Court that would allow the project to go through. The lower court decision upset an earlier decision in Northampton County‘s Court of Common Pleas that upheld the township zoning hearing board’s findings that said the school district failed to offer any evidence that other school districts are using solar arrays to provide electricity to their schools, and that the township’s zoning ordinance “plainly allows solar energy units as an accessory use provided they meet size and setback requirements.” Northampton County Judge Michael Koury, Jr. said it was unnecessary for the zoning

board to examine whether other schools have built energy fields to decide whether they are customarily incidental. The supervisors’ vote to launch still another appeal

came following a 35-minute executive session. Solicitor David Backenstoe went through all the details, beginning when the Northampton Area School Continued on page 13

STANDING next to a prescription drug drop-off box that residents of Lehigh Township can now use to get rid of old or unwanted drugs is Jack Bechtel, whose pharmacy donated $500 for the unit, and Lehigh Twsp. Police Chief Scott Fogel. – Home News photo

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