Catasauqua Press

At Catasauqua Borough Council’s regular meeting July 9, Arlana Corrocher asked council to address a problem she sees on Walnut Street.

“There are no four-way stop signs on Third and Fourth streets at Walnut Street. It’s hard to see because of the parked cars, and most drivers roll through the stop signs. It causes a lot of near misses,” she said.

Janice Lathrop gave her support to the problem, adding that a similar situation exists at Second and Pine streets.

Borough Manager Stephen Travers proposed adding a sign indicating that cross street traffic does not stop.

John Corello took the podium at Catasauqua Borough Council’s regular meeting July 9 to complain about maintenance on a property at 901 Bridge St. He may have inadvertently pointed out a weakness that opponents of the proposed ticketing ordinance were looking for.

Corello teamed up with his neighbor to report that the long-tenured owners of the Bridge Street property moved to a house they inherited and, after trying to sell, moved a family member into the 901 house. Since the change, the property has not been well-maintained, Corello said.

It’s not often U.S. Supreme Court decisions are cited in the chambers of the Lehigh County Board of Commissioners, but county employee Francisco Molina did exactly that June 27 when he addressed the board during the public comment portion of the agenda.

Molina, who has worked for the county since 2004 and for the Lehigh County Office of Children and Youth since 2006, said he does not want the county to provide his banking information to Service Employees International Union for automatic withdrawals of union dues from his bank account.

What event brings in the most people to Catasauqua — Christmas celebration? July 4? It could possibly be the annual borough pub crawl.

Usually held on a weekend near July 4, the event started as an offshoot of Old Home Week. Organizer Joni Elekes keeps the tradition alive with growing numbers every year.

Local taverns love it.

“The first year, we didn’t really know what was going to happen,” said Jacki Hartford, the owner of Fossil’s Last Stand, 429 Race St. “Now, we are ready. We have the Steel Valley Motorcycle Club checking IDs, so we can get everyone served.”

JULY

THURSDAY 19

Catasauqua Borough Public Utilities Committee meets 9 a.m. in the municipal complex, 90 Bridge St.

WEDNESDAY 25

Lehigh County Board of Commissioners meets 7:30 p.m. in the public hearing room of the Lehigh County Government Center, 17 S. Seventh St., Allentown.

THURSDAY 26

Hanover Township (Lehigh County) Zoning Commission meets 7 p.m. in the municipal building, 2202 Grove Road.

Catasauqua Borough Civil Service Commission meets 7 p.m. in the borough hall community room, 90 Bridge St.

The public is invited to join the D&L Trail Tenders for a July 21 cleanup gathering at the North Catasauqua trailhead.

Once a month, Trail Tenders from across the 165-mile path gather at a select portion of the trail to remove trash and brush. North Catasauqua’s trailhead was chosen for July’s cleanup.

The event is scheduled to take place 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Volunteers are encouraged to park behind the North Catasauqua Public Works Department, 1460 Main St., and to bring water, work gloves and hand tools.