tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78469124947107053952024-03-19T06:28:02.838-04:00Neighbors of EastonYOU HAVE REACHED THE ORIGINAL NEIGHBORS OF EASTON SITE. PLEASE CLICK THE WOODEN DOOR ON THE RIGHT TO ENTER THE NEW SITE, AND DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE RSS FEED WHEN YOU GET THERE...WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1002125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-78463794723570160452011-09-10T01:30:00.000-04:002011-09-10T01:30:28.533-04:00Neighbors of Easton Has Moved to a New and Expanded Site!Posted by: Noël Jones
Special thanks to all who have read and supported Neighbors of Easton over the last three years. The blog has moved to a brand new location and will continue to provide the local and national news--and discussions around that news--that you have come to expect!
Please check out the new blog at: www.neighborsofeaston.com and drop a comment--as always, it's our community andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-51292669885911571272011-09-08T10:40:00.000-04:002011-09-08T10:40:58.592-04:00Come to the Launch Party! The All New and Expanded Neighbors of Easton Launches Friday, September 9thIt's almost here...Posted by: Noël Jones
After almost a year in the works, the new and expanded Neighbors of Easton will finally be launched, featuring 12 pages of news, information and forums for public discussion both for
neighbors already living in our area, or people new to Easton who are considering moving here. Special thanks to the Apple store trainers, as I practically lived at the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-30658814486133494122011-09-08T09:59:00.000-04:002011-09-08T09:59:55.541-04:00Easton's Redevelopment Authority and Merchants Bank Team Up to Accelerate Green Rehabs672 Pine Street is one of the homes currently being rehabbed in Easton's West Ward
Posted by: Noël Jones
Phenomenal news: Ed Sieger reports for the Express-Times that Easton's Redevelopment Authority has just been granted a $500,000 line of credit from Merchants Bank in Bangor to help continue and accelerate the rate the of green rehab de-conversion projects in the West Ward and
on South Side.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-46523515612427124452011-09-07T13:05:00.002-04:002011-09-07T13:07:39.322-04:00SEC and NY Attorney General Subpoena Marcellus Shale Gas DrillersPosted by: Noël Jones
There is this intrepid mystery man, Brendan O'Conner, who has tirelessly been (ok, he gets tired sometimes, says he's has to take a break to focus on his job and family, and then comes back again with a vengeance) aggregating articles that have to do with fracking for natural gas, and sending links out to anti-fracking activists. This gem that he sent out recently, is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-88998943726201298192011-09-07T10:02:00.000-04:002011-09-07T10:02:32.008-04:00New Flood Watch/Warning for Our AreaScott Park after Hurricane Irene passed--note what is in this picture that we do not have right now: sunshine to dry it up
Posted by: Noël Jones
According to this Express-Times article, there is a new flood watch and warning out for Northampton and Lehigh counties due to all this rain and Hurricane Katia brewing south of us. Keep in mind that the
threat, like with Irene, is not so much thatUnknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-59058335993422270652011-09-06T11:31:00.000-04:002011-09-06T11:31:46.686-04:00Merchants Bank Joins Easton's Movies at the Mill Film FestivalGershon Hinkson, the man behind the magic, speaking at a recent press conference at the Old Simon Silk Mill, with the mayor, and a representative from the festival's newest sponsor, Merchants Bank, in the background, in front of the building that has now been approved for demolition to provide vehicle access to the site from 13th Street.
Posted by: Noël Jones
"The sponsorship of Merchant's is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-31761003750015432242011-09-03T22:39:00.000-04:002011-09-03T22:39:01.914-04:00Black and White Photography Event at Mercantile Home: Saturday, September 17thFeaturing the photography of Larry Fink
Posted by: Noël Jones
West Ward residents, Ken Jones and Ron Morris at Mercantile Home are hosting a new exhibit entitled "THE MOMENT" featuring black and white photography by Larry Fink, with additional work by Diane Stiglich and Ian Sumners, on Saturday, September 17th from 4-7pm, so make sure to stop by their store at 140 Northampton Street after the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-50321191770006549792011-09-03T12:16:00.000-04:002011-09-03T12:16:08.735-04:00Riverside Festival of the Arts Features Plein Air Painting Contest September 17th and 18th
Posted by: Noël Jones
The 15th Annual Riverside Festival of the Arts will run Saturday and Sunday, September 17th 10am-5pm and September 18th 10am - 4pm this year, in Easton's Scott Park at the convergence of the Lehigh and Delaware rivers. Shaughnessy Law Offices is sponsoring another plein air painting contest (paintings done outdoors, and of the outdoors, in the "open air") and there is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-42893047338357907262011-09-01T20:40:00.001-04:002011-09-03T22:56:14.863-04:00Easton's School Board Can Fire Superintendent
Posted by: Noël Jones
I have been hearing a lot of complaints in the community about Easton Area School District's Superintendent, Sue McGinley for two straight years now, from the decision to fire 72 teachers last year, to her taking home $324,000 this year (her new salary of $170K + tuition reimbursement for finishing her doctorate and unused vacation over the last three years, accordingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-33829625244770865932011-08-31T14:21:00.001-04:002011-09-01T12:51:02.919-04:00Still Waiting for Superman: The EASD Fails to Meet Exam Standards AgainIf you have a Netflix account, please "Watch [this] Instantly" on Netflix today, to understand what we're up against as a community--and a nation--with regard to education in our schools: Click here
Posted by: Noël Jones
I finally had the opportunity to watch Waiting for Superman, and what a powerful and deeply upsetting film it was. I really had no idea. Please see this film as soon as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-40907028991882718472011-08-30T21:06:00.003-04:002011-09-07T12:52:01.549-04:00Can We Please Put These Wall Street Crooks in Jail Where They Belong?Please sign this petition: No Sweetheart Deals for Wall Street Banks on Mortgage Fraud
Posted by: Noël Jones
Matt Taibbi--the same reporter for Rolling Stone who broke the story on the SEC document-shredding scandal--now brings us this report on a deal that the Obama administration and major Wall Street bankers responsible for the crash of our economy are trying to strike with the attorneys Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-51345134606919983692011-08-30T20:50:00.003-04:002011-09-05T10:18:37.492-04:00Major Anti-Fracking Conference in Williamsport, PA Saturday, September 17th
Posted by: Noël Jones
Attention all residents against drinking water contamination from fracking for natural gas--this is the event you won't want to miss--here's why:
Ban Fracking at Municipal Level Conference
Sept. 17th 10am - 4pm
Genetti Hotel & Suites, Terrace Room
200 West 4th Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
For more info contac: info@celdf.org (717) 498-0054
1. CELDF (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-70782127117623446192011-08-30T18:39:00.001-04:002011-08-30T18:40:02.343-04:00Meet Janet Matthews, Easton School Board Candidate for Region IIIJanet MatthewsPosted by: Noël Jones
The Easton Democratic Committee has chosen their candidate to run for the remaining two years of the school board seat vacated by Jen Holzberger in Region III, which covers part of Lower Mount Bethel Township, Forks Township and Easton's West Ward and College Hill neighborhoods. I had the opportunity to sit down with Janet Matthews in her Forks Township home, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-28019923088280030622011-08-28T09:11:00.001-04:002011-08-28T09:58:04.233-04:00Major Flood Threat Along the Delaware
Posted by: Noël Jones
According to Tony Rhodin of the Express-Times, the threat of flooding along the Delaware has now been elevated to a major threat, with projections on par with the flood of 2004. The high water
mark is expected to reach 32 feet by 6pm on Monday. It's important to remember that floods usually happen after rainfall is over, as water continues to run off over already Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-74610337867117689702011-08-27T18:27:00.000-04:002011-08-27T18:27:49.670-04:00Schools Closed on Monday, August 29th in Easton Area Due to Hurricane Irene
Posted by: Noël Jones
SCHOOL CLOSURE:
Due to Hurricane Irene and likely flooding of the Delaware River in the Easton area, Easton area schools will be closed on Monday, August 29th.
Continue to check the NOAA web site for hazardous weather and flood
warnings, and be sure to have an evacuation plan in place in case your home experiences flooding. Remember to NEVER DRIVE on flooded roads--it Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-72034478083758341182011-08-25T20:23:00.000-04:002011-08-25T20:23:30.034-04:00Easton Tags Six Properties for Initial Phase of New Anti-Blight InitiativeThe old armory at 687 Northampton Street is on the priority list.
Posted by: Noël Jones
Ed Sieger of the Express-Times reports that the Vacant Property Review board has chosen six of the 38 properties that it originally designated as either blighted or vacant, for the first phase of the city's new anti-blight initiative. The hope of the city is that the owners will remediate their properties now,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-68061701647756848292011-08-25T18:28:00.000-04:002011-08-25T18:28:44.489-04:00If the Storm Doesn't Get You Friday, the Music WillBrought to you by the Main Street InitiativePosted by: Noël Jones
If Hurricane Irene hasn't hit our area by tomorrow night (which should be the story, since our area isn't supposed to get hit until Saturday) then by all means, get down to Centre Square from 7:30 - 9:30pm and
hear the funk/jazz/R&B ensemble, The Doug Hawk Proposition in a free live concert. This is one of the better bands inUnknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-89381283668654946202011-08-25T17:42:00.001-04:002011-08-25T19:04:16.150-04:00The Latest on Fracking in Three States: PA, NJ, NYNew York State Senator Greg Ball describing fracking in PA and calling for moratorium.
Posted by: Noël Jones
Now that the drinking water contamination resulting from the process of fracking for natural gas has been raised in the mainstream consciousness, and Ian Urbina of The New York Times has reported in his recent article that the U.S. Geological Survey has cut its estimates of natural gas Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-54099089855228239822011-08-25T08:51:00.005-04:002011-08-27T16:05:01.408-04:00Hurricane Irene Headed Our WayThis sucker is HUGE...Posted by: Noël Jones
UPDATE: THE DELAWARE IS EXPECTED TO FLOOD BY 6PM TODAY. Click here for NOAA flood watch in NJ/Eastern PA.
Hurricane Irene, a Category 4 storm, has already ravaged the Bahamas and is headed straight up our eastern seaboard, due to hit the Carolinas on Saturday and then travel up the coast. So far the word is that
all preparations for our area should be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-36599867365812508412011-08-24T21:22:00.002-04:002011-08-24T21:23:40.404-04:00Genesis Bikes to Host Annual "Bike to Brunch" on September 11th: Register Now!However, the Genesis event will not be clothing-optional.
Posted by: Noël Jones
According to Kelly Huth's article in the Express-Times, Genesis is expecting hundreds of cyclists for their annual Bike to Brunch event to be held on September 11th this year. Riders can check in at 10 a.m.,
and escorted rides begin at 11 a.m. Cyclists will ride to Hugh Moore Park for a free brunch, live music,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-25264586374089203732011-08-23T15:17:00.001-04:002011-08-23T15:42:19.352-04:005.9 Earthquake Rocks East Coast
Posted by: Noël Jones
Being that I'm from Alaska, I grew up with frequent earthquakes, as well as the lore of my parents' generation, who were around for the Great Alaskan Earthquake of '64, which was 9.2 on the richter scale--the largest quake ever recorded in North America, and the second
largest in the history of the world. It ripped streets and buildings apart within four minutes. It Unknownnoreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-80036534431003663662011-08-21T14:43:00.001-04:002011-08-21T23:42:29.636-04:00SEC Whistleblower Exposes SEC Document Shredding on Maddoff and Wall Street Bankers
Posted by: Noël Jones
Again--why isn't this all over the news?
According to Matt Taibbi's article for Rolling Stone Magazine, a Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) whistleblower, SEC attorney Darcy Flynn, has reported to Congress that the SEC shredded over 9,000 documents in 2008, at the height of this country's financial collapse, some of them having to do with the Bernie Maddoff ponzi Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-88056318734000943382011-08-21T11:14:00.000-04:002011-08-21T11:14:17.619-04:00How Jimmy Carter Saved Beer
Posted by: Noël Jones
I have to give a shout-out to another local blogger, Jon Geeting, who's blog Lehigh Valley Independent is great if you've haven't read it already. I'm linking one of my favorite posts of his here--on how Jimmy Carter saved microbrews from extinction in America. Our local pubmeisters are sure to find this interesting...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-41897245137945609722011-08-21T10:56:00.001-04:002011-08-21T10:56:50.905-04:00Analyst Blows Whistle on Moody's Rating System
Posted by: Noël Jones
This article by Henry Blodget of Business Insider on line, a former Senior Vice President at Moody's has blown the whistle on the rating agency's irresponsible practices with regard to rating financial products that eventually led to the crash of our economy.
William J. Harrington, an employee of Moody's for 11 years, starting in 1999, worked his way up the ranks of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846912494710705395.post-52512895339663343922011-08-21T10:04:00.000-04:002011-08-21T10:04:41.284-04:00Genesis Bikes Offer Cash for Clunkers
Posted by: Noël Jones
This deal seemed to good not to post--Genesis Bikes is offering a "Cash for Clunkers" program where you will get $25 - $100 for turning in your old bike when purchasing a new one and you can combine this offer with their ongoing clearance sale.
Click here for details and turn in that clunker!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2