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Saturday, February 16, 2013

City Hall Move, Dog Lawsuit Top Easton News

Other Easton news stories include Tombler's reopening, a rise in 'open carry' cases.

Mayor Sal Panto announced a plan by his administration to move the city's offices to the planned intermodal building, and then sell the Alpha Building, which have been city headquarters since 1996. Council members say they need more time and information—and want to hear more from residents—before taking a vote next month. Tombler's Bakery in Glendon had a grand reopening this week following a 2011 fire that destroyed its Industrial Drive building. Owners Karen and Skip Drake had a lot of people to thank. Customers. Firefighters. Builders. Zoning officers. Temple Covenant of Peace, which donated temporary space. The Easton Farmers' Market, which organized a benefit to help the bakery. There's no law against carrying a legal gun in the open …

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Gun Owner 'Open Carries' On the Rise in Easton

Man with rifle in bank parking lot leads to police response, but his actions were legal.

There's no law against carrying a legal gun in the open in Pennsylvania. It's referred to as an "open carry," and it's something Easton police say is on the rise in the city.  But what if your open carry takes you past a bank's drive-thru window? Well, that's when the police show up. This isn't a hypothetical situation. It's what happened to West Ward resident Andy Novick Wednesday when he purchased an old .22 rifle in downtown Easton and then walked it back to his car, which just happened to be parked in the Sovereign Bank lot on N. Third Street. Novick -- who occasionally blogs for this publication -- admits that he hadn't thought things through. "All of the sudden I realized, 'We're in a bank parking lot. This is definitely not cool,'" …

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Ronnie DelBacco

8:05 am on Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Sponge_bob, Perfect answer! Thanks for that. I use a similar response with fire extinguishers. Logic and critical thinking are becoming extinct in our society and it is such a pleasure when I hear them deployed so responsibly.   more ›

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