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1 week ago | homenewspa.com | Keri Lindenmuth

The East Allen Township Fire Department is preparing its station for the new live-in program, a recruitment and retention initiative it hopes will draw new volunteers to the department. “Having firefighters residing at the station will significantly reduce the time it takes to mobilize personnel and equipment, especially during nighttime hours and periods of limited volunteer availability,” Fire Chief Joshua Smith wrote in a letter to the township’s Board of Supervisors.

1 week ago | homenewspa.com | Keri Lindenmuth

Memorial Day services were held across Northampton County during the holiday weekend, with dozens of parades, church services and concerts. In Northampton Borough, roughly 200 residents came out on Memorial Day for a tribute at Veterans Plaza, hosted by the Northampton Joint Veterans Association, consisting of American Legion Post 353, Catholic War Veterans Post 454 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4714.

2 weeks ago | homenewspa.com | Keri Lindenmuth

Northampton Borough will have no shortage of summer help from local youths this year, something members of Borough Council and the borough administration celebrated during their monthly meeting on Thursday, May 15. Borough Manager Brian Welsko said the borough received a record-breaking number of applications from area youths interested in serving as lifeguards and as public works support for the summer season.

2 weeks ago | homenewspa.com | Keri Lindenmuth

Residents of Willow Ridge and other neighboring Willowbrook Road communities came out in full force during the May 13 Allen Township Board of Supervisors meeting. Nearly a dozen residents spoke of fumes, noises and garbage coming from a property in the 1400 block of Willowbrook Road. What was once a recycling center, as it was zoned in 1996, has since become a “garbage dump” according to residents.

2 weeks ago | homenewspa.com | Savannah Brown

During the Northampton School Board meeting on Monday, May 12, the board heard presentations from Northampton Area Public Library Director Veronica LaRoche and NASD Business Administrator Craig Neiman, which helped directors make their decisions on public library funding and the district’s 2025-26 final budget. During her presentation, LaRoche explained that the library’s request of $270,000 from the district is a flat fund, which has been the same requested amount for the last five years.