Whitehall-Coplay Press

JUNE

TUESDAY 27

Coplay Borough Planning Commission meets 7 p.m. at the borough municipal building, 98 S. Fourth St.

WEDNESDAY 28

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.

A dig at Fort Deshler — a military outpost during the French and Indian War and with now a historic plaque off MacArthur Road recognizing its place in history — will be conducted this summer in the hopes of yielding artifacts and remnants of the once-stone structure that has its place in the early beginnings of Whitehall Township.

The Fort Deshler site is near MacArthur Road and Columbia Street, partially on what is now a busy four-lane highway and on privately owned land.

Coplay Borough Council got an earful of the potential delays during its regular session June 13. Councilman Charles Sodl, along with council President Louis Bodish, grilled township Engineer Daniel Witczak on the status of Saylor Park. The borough received a grant from the state to complete a revamp of the area across from the Saylor Kilns.

Sodl’s questioning was specific; he wanted to know when the project would start and the expected completion date.

Fourteen area volunteer fire departments added 31 new firefighters to their ranks when the new firefighters completed a rigorous five-month course and received their certificates of completion June 8 at a ceremony held at Lower Macungie Township Community Center.

Robert Tully completed the training to be certified as a Whitehall Township firefighter.

This was the seventh annual Bucks County Fire Academy course, held twice a week from January to May, at Allentown Fire Academy, at the Allentown Fire Department Mack Station at 1902 Lehigh St., near Queen City Airport.

At the June 15 meeting of Coplay-Whitehall Sewer Authority, the board tossed a bid for a solar energy array that would provide power to the Eberhart pump station.

“The project was spec’d for American-made solar panels recommended by Endless Energy. The manufacturer of the panels closed up along with most of the other American solar panel manufacturers,” Solicitor Jack Stover said.

JUNE

THURSDAY 15

Coplay-Whitehall Sewer Authority meets 7:30 p.m. in the public meeting room of the Coplay-Whitehall Sewer Authority, 3213 MacArthur Road.

TUESDAY 20

Whitehall Township Zoning Hearing Board meets 7 p.m. at the municipal building, 3219 MacArthur Road.

WEDNESDAY 21

Whitehall Township Planning Commission holds a workshop meeting 6:30 p.m., followed by the regular meeting 7:30 p.m., in the public meeting room at the municipal building, 3219 MacArthur Road.