Monday, October 8, 2012
What's open and closed in the Emmaus Patch area on today's federal holiday.
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Monday, October 8, 2012
In observance of Columbus Day, here is what's open and closed Monday, Oct. 8. Emmaus Borough and Upper Milford Township municipal offices are open. Schools: East Penn School District, St. Ann School and Seven Generations Charter School are closed; East Penn Board of School Directors will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the District Administrative Office. Lehigh County Courthouse is open. Lehigh County Government offices are open. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation driver's license and photo centers are closed. (Online services are available. www.dmv.state.pa.us) Pennsylvania Liquor stores are open. Federal offices are closed. State offices are closed. Post offices are closed, and there will be no regular mail pick up or delivery. Retail: …
The Upper Milford Youth Association hosted a Columbus Day Weekend Soccer Tournament at Lenape and Jasper parks for boys and girls in the U8, U10 and U12 divisions.
Editor's Note: The photos here primarily follow Coach Rob Mutchler's Upper Milford Youth Association U10 boys team through the Columbus Day Tournament on Sunday in Jasper Park. The Emmaus Patch editor's son is a player on the team, and, the team also won the U10 division. The boys played a total of four games between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. Were you at the Upper Milford Youth Association Columbus Day Weekend Soccer Tournament? Share your photos from the day here.
Writer's mother recalled the first time she saw the Statue of Liberty and cried as it loomed before her in New York Harbor as a symbol of hope.
To an outer-space alien, it might appear that Columbus Day has something to do with big sales at the local malls. In truth, the observance is intended to serve as a reflection of the accomplishments of Italian-Americans. The wave of Italian immigrants, which came to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, led to enclaves throughout many Eastern Pennsylvania communities. Italian immigrants were confronted with unspeakable stereotypes and harsh treatment. Many native-born Americans shunned them, associated them with the Mafia or tried to make them out to be dim-witted jesters. The success of baseball’s Joe DiMaggio, screen star Rudolph Valentino, singing sensations Enrico Caruso and Mario Lanza, physicist Enrico Fermi …
Monday, October 10, 2011
Respondents to an online Patch survey say district should make-up September "snow day" on the Monday after Thanksgiving.
Students in East Penn School District will be heading to class on the Monday after Thanksgiving if the respondents to an online Patch poll get their way. The poll question, included in an Oct. 3 Patch article about the school district's decision to make up one of two September snow days today, asked: “Should schools in East Penn be open on the Monday after Thanksgiving?” Since then 1245 Patch users have participated in the poll, with 1213 respondents, or 97 percent, selecting the answer, “Yes. The district should save its snow days for the winter months.” Two percent of those who took part in the online poll (32 respondents) chose "No, it's the opening day of deer season," as their answer. The poll results are not scientific. Class is in …
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Writer's father worked in blast furnaces at Bethlehem Steel
To an outer-space alien, it might appear that Columbus Day has something to do with big sales at the local malls. In truth, the observance is intended to serve as a reflection of the accomplishments of Italian-Americans. The wave of Italian immigrants, which came to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, led to enclaves throughout many Eastern Pennsylvania communities. Italian immigrants were confronted with unspeakable stereotypes and harsh treatment. Many native-born Americans shunned them, associated them with the Mafia or tried to make them out to be dim-witted jesters. The success of baseball’s Joe DiMaggio, screen star Rudolph Valentino, singing sensations Enrico Caruso and Mario Lanza, physicist Enrico Fermi …
Joyce12
12:10 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
Thank-you for this thoughtful article. Amidst all of the current illegal immigrant nonsense that we tolerate in this country, your parents story is refreshing and reminds us of what being a Legal immigrant once entailed. more ›