Palmer Planning Commission Approves Clothing Manufacturer

The Express Times is reporting that the Palmer Township Planning Commission last night approved a 360,000-square-foot manufacturing plant, which township officials say will be occupied by Majestic Athletic.

The plant, which is planned to be located at the intersection of Newlins Mill and Van Buren Roads is expected to bring with it 670 employees. You can read the entire article here.

Sunday Happenings in and Around Town

I will try to post here every Sunday things that are happening in and around our area that I find useful or interesting. What would you would find helpful? Let me know and I'll add them to the weekly list!

In today's Morning Call there's a great writeup about the newly opened Rios Brazilian Steakhouse in Nazareth. You can read it here. Also in the Morning Call, there's a great summary of the weekend's storm damage. Earlier this week they had a report on the new Middle School that's being built by the Nazareth Area School District.

The Express Times also has a nice summary of the weekend's lousy weather here, along with a story about a gentleman who may or may not have had too much to drink who allegedly chose to ignore a barrier and wound up stuck in floodwaters on Zucksville Rd. They also are reporting that Northampton County's Reverse 911 system is in place and ready to be used. According to the article, Reverse 911 will enable emergency management officials to send emergency and other information via automated phone messages to listed and unlisted landline telephone numbers in the 911 database.

Officials can create call lists that target a specific location, like areas along the Delaware River, as well as by municipality, zip codes, etc.

(Northampton County Emergency Management Services Director Bob) Mateff said the system makes 60,000 calls per hour and could reach all the landline phones in the county in two hours.

That's about it for this week's summary. See you around town!

Storm Damage

Did you have any damage from the strong storms this past week? If so, please share your pictures and stories with us. You can email them to me. I'll put consolidate them and will post them here later. I'm going to be out in a little bit taking some photos on my own, so if you see me, stop and say "hi"!

I had some of my own storm damage yesterday - the strong winds last night somehow blew the center column off our front porch! We're going to shore it up later today, and I guess we'll be looking to have it fixed sometime in the spring.

Have a great day everyone! Enjoy the sunshine!

Updated River Statement

The National Weather Service has issued an updated river forecast for the Delaware River. It looks like their crest prediction has gone down a bit, which, of course, is a good thing for all of us.

HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY NJ
435 AM EDT SUN MAR 09 2008


...SPECIAL RIVER STATEMENT FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER ...

SIGNIFICANT RISES WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER
TODAY. MOST LOCATIONS ON THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS RIEGELSVILLE,
WHICH IS FORECAST TO CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON OR
EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.

SOME SPECIFIC CREST FORECASTS FOLLOW.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER NEAR TOCKS ISLAND, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 16.4
FEET AT 3 AM SUNDAY. A CREST OF AROUND 20 FEET IS EXPECTED SUNDAY
EVENING. FLOOD STAGE AT TOCKS ISLAND IS 20 FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT BELVIDERE, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 14.9 FEET
AT 3 AM SUNDAY. A CREST OF AROUND 17 FEET IS EXPECTED SUNDAY
EVENING. FLOOD STAGE AT BELVIDERE IS 22 FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT EASTON-PHILLIPSBURG BRIDGE, THE LATEST STAGE
WAS 18.4 FEET AT 3 AM SUNDAY. A CREST OF AROUND 20 FEET IS EXPECTED
SUNDAY EVENING. FLOOD STAGE AT EASTON IS 22 FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT RIEGELSVILLE, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 18.4
FEET AT 3 AM SUNDAY. A CREST OF AROUND 22 FEET IS EXPECTED LATE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. FLOOD STAGE AT
RIEGELSVILLE IS 22 FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT FRENCHTOWN, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 11.5 FEET
AT 3 AM SUNDAY. A CREST OF BETWEEN 14 AND 15 FEET IS EXPECTED
SUNDAY EVENING. FLOOD STAGE AT FRENCHTOWN IS 16 FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT NEW HOPE-LAMBERTVILLE BRIDGE, THE LATEST STAGE
WAS 9.1 FEET AT 4 AM SUNDAY. A CREST OF AROUND 11 FEET IS EXPECTED
SUNDAY EVENING. FLOOD STAGE AT NEW HOPE IS 13 FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT WASHINGTON`S CROSSING, THE LATEST STAGE
WAS 10.65 AT 4 AM SUNDAY. A CREST OF AROUND 14 FEET IS EXPECTED
SUNDAY EVENING. FLOOD STAGE AT WASHINGTON`S CROSSING IS 20 FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT TRENTON, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 16.8 FEET AT
3 AM SUNDAY. A CREST OF AROUND 19 FEET IS EXPECTED SUNDAY EVENING.
FLOOD STAGE AT TRENTON IS 20 FEET.

THESE FORECASTS ASSUME A CONTINUATION OF PRESENT RESERVOIR RELEASES.

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR
LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET.