The Express-Times reports that bridge repair on route 191 in Lower Nazareth near Bethlehem Township will result in restrictions to one lane and at times road closures in 2011 (read the article here).
Work is scheduled for weekend nights and is expected to last two years.
Bushkill Township has enacted an ordinance according to an article in the Express-Times (read it here) that will require homeowners to purchase approved house numbers to assist emergency vehicles in finding their homes.
The signs will cost between $15 and $20 and will be available beginning April 1 at the Bushkill Township Fire Company.
Selvaggio Enterprises has plans for a new shopping center in LNT between 946 and 191 according to an article in the Express-Times (read it here).
The center would be anchored by a home improvement store and grocery store with a restaurant, pharmacy and other retail outlets, names were not provided.
The Township will need to make a zoning change to approve the center.
The Express-Times reports that Lower Nazareth Township is exploring the building of a new municipal building (read the article here). The intent is to build on a 90 acre tract of land owned by the Township at Georgetown and Newburg Roads and to keep the cost of building to $1M.
There is no timetable according to the article.
The Williams murder case was closed yesterday and the sentence was life in prison without parole.
Again, several articles leading up to the verdict:
The Williams murder trial continues with both the Express-Times and Morning Call reporting on a t-shirt that links Williams to O’Brien.
The Morning Call has a post on Tyler Grady, who he’s pulling for on Idol, what he learned from the show, and what’s next (read it here).
Both the Express-Times and Morning Call have multiple posts online regarding the Williams’ Murder Trial:
I came across this blog post from a Google Alert, and thought with the nice weather we’ve had the past few days it was as good a time as any to post it.
The post is about Jacobsburg Park in Bushkill Township and has some photos as well as copy (read it here).
Both the Morning Call and Express-Times have articles on the start of the Mark Williams murder trial.
Mark Williams is on trial for the murder of Patrick O’Brien, which took place in Nazareth in June of last year. It was the first murder in Nazareth since 1978.
Local coverage included:
Andy Weaver told me I had to let everyone know about the state playoff schedule and the Morning Call had a full listing (read it here).
The Girls will play at Parkland on Friday, 6 p.m. vs. Frankford.
The Boys will play at Hersheypark Arena on Saturday, 7:00 p.m. vs. Hempfield.
The Express-Times reports that waitresses at the Copiers Inc. Internet Café are donating half their tips to the Nazareth Area Food Bank (read the article here).
Two new entries this week: Nazareth Daily News and World of Patrice. If you know of a Nazareth area based blog, forward me the link (editor@newsovercoffee.com) and I’ll add it to the sidebar of NewsOverCoffee.com and include it in the round-up. The round-up includes sites that made a post during the week so be sure to check the full list of sites on the home page, left sidebar.
Andy’s Fan Page has plenty of coverage of basketball and wrestling as both seasons are in the post-season and teams and individuals are trying to qualify for states.
Center for the Arts announces an open mic session on Wednesday and Magic Bean on Saturday (tickets $10 online or at the door).
Clonehenge continues its theme of movie and tv sightings and includes European Vacation’s Clark Griswald who topples Stonehenge when leaving.
House to Home aka The Yellow House explains an ingenious use for those who collect doorknobs and has an aside featuring penguin cupcakes.
Steaming Cup has a few posts related to baseball (it is about that time) and another on reason and public education, wherein he makes several points about the system that seem to frustrate taxpayers on an ongoing basis.
Lehigh Valley Ramblings features the best coverage anywhere on county level government and doesn’t disappoint this week. In addition to standard coverage he also has a post on County web cast of Council meetings. I’ve added a link to the NOC sidebar for people to be able to access these meetings.
Nazareth Daily News launched on February 21, 2010 and in its initial post described itself as follows: “This blog is dedicated to Nazareth, PA and it’s surrounding communities. Here you will find all the news that’s fit to print (or type) relating to our town. This will be your one stop to keep up with what’s going on whether it be local sports, meetings, politics, or even yes our American Idol candidate.” I know, sounds a lot like NOC, but people like choices: The Express-Times and The Morning Call, The Us and The Key, and now NewsOverCoffee and Nazareth Daily News.
Weird Nazareth has the registration for the upcoming Soap Box Derby race on May 1. This event shouldn’t be missed! I understand there have been a huge number of entries including a group of people from Connecticut coming down to compete.
World of Patrice another new edition to the blogosphere round-up, this blog features the photography and clothing designs of Nazareth-based, Patrice Mitchell. Not sure how long the blog has been up, I connected with Patrice through FB and when I joined her fan page I found the blog, and am sharing it with everyone. She has two contests going on right now so be sure to visit her blog!
Quite an active online community in Nazareth! Have a great week everyone and best of luck to boys and girls basketball along with those wrestlers who are all competing in the PIAA State Championship Tournaments this week!
