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In early 2011, Doug and Jen Serfass contacted local realtor Ron DeCesare, owner/broker of Great American Real Estate in Wind Gap, to discuss purchasing their first home. After meeting with Ron and looking at many properties they selected the one they now call home. The home was for sale as a "short sale" which means a property that is for sale at a lower price than what is actually owed on it. "Buying a
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short sale home is a very trying process. In a short sale the lender who holds the current mortgage says that they want to sell the property, however their actions do not always express the same idea. They usually are very difficult to get to settlement for numerous reasons," says Ron. For Doug and Jen the process of buying their home took nine tedious months. They encountered many obstacles along the way and faced each tirelessly to make their dream of home
ownership a reality. Doug, who proudly serves our country in the Air Force National Guard, received word that he would be deployed to Afghanistan before finalizing the settlement of their home. At this point many couples may have given up. Jen continued on in the pursuit of purchasing their home while Doug was in Afghanistan. Finally, in late November the day of settlement arrived. When Doug returned home in April of 2012
We would like to wish Sarah and Kevin Loren a very Happy Anniversary! They will be celebrating on June 27th. Liz Ruggiero will be celebrating her birthday
on June 29th. Have a wonderful day, Liz! The Bangor Area High School Class of 1945 will be holding a reunion on September 15th, 1pm, at Broadway Pub, Broadway, Bangor.
For more information, please call Elizabeth Stenlake at 610-5881712. The Bangor-Roseto Presbyterian Parish on Kennedy Drive, Bangor, is cancelling their annual Peach Festival this year, but plan on resuming next summer. Break out your hula skirts and coconuts because the 2nd Annual Family Luau will take place at the Bangor Memorial Park Pool on Friday, July 6th from 7pm9:30pm. The event includes pool admission, DJ, games and contests with prizes and 1 family luau souvenir photo. Snacks such as cold drinks, nachos and popcorn will be available for purchase. Don't forget to bring your
towels and beach chairs. Grace United Methodist Church of Pen Argyl invites your children to join the Vacation Bible School program "SonRise National Park." The program begins Monday, July 9 and runs through Friday, July 13 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. each night. VBS is offered to all children in the community from ages 3 through 8th grade. If you have any questions about VBS, please contact the church office at (610) 863-0387. We love hearing from you! Send your birthdays, anniversaries, and other tidbits of information to us at: The PRESS 1 Broadway, Bangor, PA 18013
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Here is a list of the new items added to the collection of the Library during the week of June 7th through 13th, 2012. Adult fiction: Child, Lincoln, The third gate; DelaCruz, Melissa, Serpents kiss; Deaver, Jeffrey, XO; Ellis, David, The wrong man; Lindsey, Johanna, Let love find you; McCall Smith, Alexander, A conspiracy of friends; Moning, Karen, Darkfever. Young Adult fiction: Bunting, Eve, The pirate captains daughter; Crockett, S.D. , After the snow; Feldman, Jody, The seventh level; Kitanidis, Phoebe, Glimmer; Landon, Kristen, The limit; Mass, Wendy, The candymakers; Mklusch, Matt, Jack Blank and the imagine nation; Park, Linda Sue, A long walk to water; Watson, Geoff, Edisons gold; Williams, Avery, The alchemy of forever. Young Adult nonfiction: Fleming, Candace, Amelia lost; Newquist, H.P., Here there be monsters. Junior fiction: Buyea, Rob, Because of Mr. Terupt; Cameron, Ann, Spunky tells all; Deedy,
Carmen, The Cheshire cheese cat; Dezago, Todd, Hulked-out squaddies!; Dezago, Todd, Love is in the air!; Dezago, Todd, Super hero safari!; George, Jessica Day, Tuesdays at the castle; Holm, Jennifer, Squish #1: super amoeba; McElligott, Matthew, Benjamin Franklinstein lives; Phelan, Matt, Around the world; Tashjian, Janet, My life as a book; Warner, Sally, EllRay Jakes is not a chicken!; Wight, Eric, Frankie Pickle & the mathematical menace. Junior non-fiction: Conklin, Thomas, The Titanic sinks!; Krull, Kathleen, The boy who invented TV. Easy fiction: Bottner, Barbara, Miss Brooks loves books!; Isaacs, Anne, Dust devil; Novak, Matt , The everything machine; Scillian, Devin, Memoirs of a goldfish; Sierra, Judy, Tell the truth, B.B. Wolf; Stevens, Janet, The little red pen; Wardlaw, Lee, Won: a cat tale told in haiku. Easy non-fiction: Gourley, Robbin, First garden; Krull, Kathleen, Jim Henson. DVD: The Saint.
Sunday Stroudsburg Aglow Welcomes Worship Heartsong Singers for Christ Service You are invited to tion. They are dynamic expanded from the region to energetic with a of across the fresh progressive Bus Trip attend the meetingLove andsound pepperedcoun-a northeast entire nation. Faith, Hope and Heartsong is a housewith with Stroudsburg try especially Aglow, on Thursday, contemporary. By The July 12th, 10am, at St. They have been able to hold ofname,Mississippi. east the find them the edges of counOcean Peters United Method- blurcontemporarygospel,a You canonLord Show, singing TBN, the ist Church, Route 115 in try, southern Praise the and into Saylorsburg.
There will be a Sunday Worship by the Ocean bus trip on Sunday, July 8th, to Ocean Groves Great Auditorum, Ocean Grove, NJ. The bus will leave at 7am from Capitol Plaza and will leave Ocean Grove to come back at 4pm. Sunday service will begin at 10:30am at the Great Auditorium, and will be officiated by Dr. Haddon Robinson. For more infomration, call Edwin Jackson at 610-863-7050. The special guest for the July meeting will be Heartsong Singers for Christ. Going into their second decade, Heartsong Singers for Christ have been sharing their love for their Heavenly Father through song to the body of Christ. Over 1000 churches, large and small and of various denominations have personally experienced Heartsongs unique and compelling presentation of the gospel through exhortablend that is unmistakably their own. This distinct trio can take their harmonics and create innovative concepts as well as retool old traditional hymns. Their repertoire is broad, but they are still Heartsong. Heartsongs territory and notoriety have and other national TV and radio programs. They come as an excellent team of encouragement and blessing for every audience who receives them! If you have any questions please call 610614-0507 or e-mail stroudsburgaglow@veri zon.net.
(NAPSI)Identifying the changes in physical and mental abilities that often occur with age is crucial to providing the best support possible for an aging loved one. Any of the following
behaviors may indicate the need to take actionstarting with notifying the older adults physician: Changed eating habits, loss of appetite; Neglected personal
One of Scott Mucha Constructions unique jobs included restoring an 1800's log home that was hidden underneath asbestos siding. This project took three months to complete and was featured on HGTV's show Renovations. Photo courtesy of www.smconstruction.net.
There's nothing more than building trust with our clients while accomplishing their contruction needs. And there's nothing more important than picking the right contractor to make sure your home is correctly built and maintained properly, said Scott Mucha, owner and operator of Scott Mucha Construction. Scott Mucha Construction has over 15 years of experience and is
licensed, bonded and insured. They serve Northampton, Lehigh, and Monroe Counties. They know how important it is to have quality craftsmanship and take each and every project seriously. Scott Mucha Construction offers a variety of services, from building a new addition to remodeling an existing home. Whatever your home needs, you can call on us, Scott said.
Merchants Bank Sponsors Sixth Book in a Series for Slate Belt Heritage Center
and fortitude of our ancestors, noted Anthony Biondi, Chief Executive Officer at Merchants Bank. This series is a must-read for anyone who is interested in traditional small town values and heritage. Thanks to Angela Herrlinger, the series continues to exemplify the literary and pictorial excellence established in the preceding five editions. The Slate Belt Heritage Center is very grateful to the Merchants Bank for helping us to publish this book, said Cathy Heard, Heritage Book committee member. By underwriting the publication costs, the Bank enables us to document the ethnic groups who created the cultural and social fabric of the Slate Belt and preserve their stories for future generations, added Heard. The book can be purchased at the Slate Belt Heritage Center and at Merchants Bank branches. An Italian Heritage Exhibit is on view at the Slate Belt Heritage Center from noon to three each weekend from now through August.
Merchants Bank proudly continues its support of the Slate Belt Heritage Center by sponsoring the printing of their most recent book, Famiglia, Fede, e ComunitFamily, Faith, and Community: The Italian Experience in Pennsylvanias Slate
Belt. The book by Angela Herrlinger is the sixth in a series of ten publications. Merchants Bank was founded in 1890 in Bangor. The Board of Directors continues to proudly support the communitys organizations and individuals
who have been instrumental in the Banks growth. Once again, as a result of this tremendous book series thanks to our friends at the Slate Belt Heritage Center, local historians continue to vividly document the challenges, successes
Travis Trav Saveri participated in the 2012 Pennsylvania State Special Olympics held at Penn State University on June 7th, 8th and 9th. There were athletes from 52 Counties that competed at the games. Trav was the only bowler that qualified at the Sectionals, held in April, to represent Northampton County. He won the Gold Medal for the State as an Independent Ramp Bowler. Travis and other team members bowl weekly at Slate Belt Lanes and Games in Bangor. Photo courtesy of Cathi Saveri.
The Memorial Libray of Nazareth & Vicinity has kicked off their summer reading program with great success with 260 sign ups in the first week alone. This is a wonderful program designed to continue expanding your childrens knowl-
the number of books read. The top prize of a Kindle Fire will go to one lucky winner on August 8th at their Reading Stars party. For requirements or more information, call 610-759-4932 or visit nazarethlibrary.org.
(NAPSI)As the weather heats up, picnics offer the perfect outdoor activity for family, friends and foodies alike. A meal under the sun provides a picturesque setting to impress loved ones with an on-the-go gourmet feast while making the most of your time outdoors. Any picnic pro knows that a great meal includes seasonal, easy dishes that celebrate the season without causing extra work or hassle. For many, packing food for travel and anticipating the heat can put limitations on picnic dishes. Chef Edward Leonard, Certified Master Chef and Le Cordon Bleu executive chef, offers his own picnic pointers to help anyone create the perfect alfresco meal. Everyone loves a
inflated at the correct pressure can result in gasoline savings up to 12 cents a gallon. Check your oxygen sensor. Have your mechanic check your oxygen sensor at each tune-up. Oxygen sensors play an important role in
your engines performance and in reducing pollution. Depending on the age of your vehicle, oxygen sensors should be checked and replaced if needed from 30,000 100,000 miles. Keeping the oxygen sensor fresh may improve fuel economy as much as 10 15 percent. Whether youre hitting the road this summer on a trip or daily driving, making sure your vehicle is ready for the road can mean savings even if youre paying more at the pump. For more information, visit www.Royal Purple.com.
You can do well and do good by donating your old car to charity. (NAPSI)The next time you find yourself stuck with an old vehicle that barely runsor doesnt even run at allyou may be surprised at just how far that car can go. If you donate it to a charitable organization, you can help others, help the environment and help yourself to a tax deduction. Donating a car can generate enough cash to: Supply a months worth of food for a family of five, Provide more than two years worth of generic drugs to a senior citizen, Support education, medical research and youth programs, Help rescue animals from neglect and abuse. Besides the good feeling you get from helping others, you can benefit in another way. Because donated vehicles qualify as charitable gifts, you may be eligible for a tax deduction. If your vehicle sells for less than $500, you can claim up to $499. If it sells for more than $500, you can deduct the actual sale price. Most vehicle donation programs provide full service, including free pickup coordination, processing of the paperwork and sending you completed tax forms. Recycling the metal from old vehicles saves energy, conserves natural resources and reduces the pollution that can come from steel production. According to the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, recycling one car conserves 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,400 pounds of coal and 120 pounds of limestone.
The Young Farmers Market is open for its summer produce sale through July 26th, each Thursday from 10am, until produce sells out. The farm stand which will host students from Bangor Area School Districts Exploring Your Future Summer Program as sales representatives will be located between Broadway and Market Streets in historic downtown Bangor. The Young Farmers Market promotes education in the downtown local youth groups and school district about local grown ingredients, business development, math skills, agriculture, community partnerships as well as healthy green eating and living. The Young Farmers Market is fully funded and supported from a grant from State Farm Insurance awarded to the Borough of Bangor to promote community partnership, downtown development and sustainable living. The Young Farmers Market is open for its third year in downtown Bangor. The Young Farmers Market is a community project supported by State Farm agent Brian Witmer, Merchants Bank, Bangor Area School District, the Bangor Community Partnership, Bangor Borough, Bangor Business Association, Bangor Business Revitalization Program, as well as various local residents and volunteers. Come out each Thursday through July 26th and support the efforts of the Young
Farmers Market and purchase the seasons finest locally grown produce sold to you by the future of the town,
the students. For questions regarding the Farmers Markets times, hours, location, produce lists, farmers involved
or how you can help the stand, please contact local State Farm Agent Brian Witmer at 610599-5050.
The Bangor Area Recreation Committee has started off the summer with a bang, holding our first ever, Battle Of The Bands which took place at the Bangor Area Middle School Friday, June 15th. In conjunction with the PTSA and the Bangor Park Board, we had four great bands that put on a rockin show. A World Without Words is a Punk/Alternative band with Mackenzie Groff on drums, Braxton Kocher on guitar, Veronica singer, Tyler on bass guitar. SkySleeper is an Alternative Rock band with Mick Tillson on drums, Rose Tillson singing, and Shannon Would on guitar. The I Dont Knows is a Rock band consisting of 4 members Nicholas Messina on drums, Jasmine Heroux-Skirbst on keyboards, Greg Snyder on guitar, and Amanda Goldsmith on guitar. No Judgment is a Punk Rock band, Jon Roe on bass guitar and Manager, Mark Fiorenpino on drums, Pavel Jaworski on lead guitar, and Dominic Reginello singing. We had some amazing donated prizes for the bands too, 1st Prize Live on WNTI and band coaching with School of Rock, 2nd Prize Recording time with Scorpion Sound Studio and band coaching from School of Rock, 3rd Prize Band coaching with School of Rock, 4th Prize Free enrollment in Rock Show Program at Guitar Villa.
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We would also like to congratulate the Band SkySleeper for winning first place, A World with no Words coming in second, The I Dont Knows coming in third and No Judgement coming in fouth, and we would also like to thank everyone involved in the event. The second annual B.A.R.C. Summer League Basketball season started Saturday, June 16th at the Bangor Memorial Park. Come support the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade boys and girls at the park starting at 10am. Grab a refreshment at the new JoJos Treatery and head on over to the Bangor Pool for a dip. Family Day at the Park is a community series throughout the summer for families from surrounding towns to see what types of parks make up the Bangor Area School District. The B.A.R.C will hold this event in local parks for you to come with a
picnic basket, your family and your friends to take advantage of. Each event will be held from 11am to 3pm on the following days: Upper Mount Bethel June 30th, Washington Township July 14th, Portland July 21st, Lower Mount Bethel August 4th and East Bangor August 12th. We are going to have a recreational activity at each place along with concessions, face painting and water balloons. This will be a great time to take your family out and enjoy the parks! Last but not leash, Dog Days Out! The Bangor Area Recreation Committee would like to close out the summer with our K-9 family members! At this event we will highlight all the local businesses that caters to your favorite 4-legged pal. Some of these businesses include, Kennels for when you need a safe place for
your dog to go while you are out of town, pet stores for when you need the best food and treats for them to eat. Groomers will also be there so you know who to go to for your pup to look great, and if you want your dog to have a bit more training we will also have some agility trainers and other pet services there. If you do not have a dog but are looking, look no further. You will have the opportunity to adopt a dog who needs a home. Lets make your summer a great one, so join The Bangor Area Recreation Committee for a fun time, See you there!
Doris Bergan, Treasurer; June Jones, Assistant Treasurer; and Ellen Prudenti, Corresponding Secretary. Anna Grupo presented a rose to members who had perfect attendance
at club meetings this year, they are: Fran Attinella, Doris Bergen, Ethel Buzzard, Frances Falcone, Pauline Fox, Peggy Golden, June Hess, June Jones, Betty Josephson, Theresa
McEwen, Judy Piper, Carolyn Smith, Ellen Prudenti, and Virginia DePue. Theresa McEwen presented award for Club volunteer of the Year to Carolyn Smith and Community Volunteer of the year to Judy Piper. Carolyn Smith presented the GFWC White Star Award for most new members sponsored to June Hess. Judy Piper presented 25 year pins to members Ellen Miller and Dottie Aversano. The ladies were entertained by John Bauer, Soloist.
Landscapers: New, never used Honda GXV530 engine, $550, OBO. Back window for GMC Pick Up, $100, OBO; CatBack Muffler for GMC, $125, New: Queen Pillowtop OBO; Wider Pro 9930 Mattress Set, very pretty and Home Gym, $125, OBO. comfortable. Still in plastic. Call 610-588-2827. (3/5) Can help with delivery. Must sell. 570-213-7731. (10/10) For Sale: 10pc solid pine 2.5 thick Hutch, 8 oval Brick, Block, Tile Masonry dining table w/ 6 chairs and Table Saw: Wet/Dry 2 capt. chairs, $300; 92 110/220. New 14 Diamond white couch and 2 wing Blade. $500 OBO, local area. chairs in very good condiCall 610-739-2700. (5/10) tion, $200. Call 610-5888840. (1/5) Glide Chair: with 8 ft. track, $250. New alum. folding For Sale: 27 Panasonic, 5 ramp, 3 ft. by 7 ft., $125. Speed Bike, Good CondiCall 610-863-7311. (4/5) tion, $30. Call 484-5603671. (1/5) 4 Piece Living Rm Set and 2 Barstools: Bennington For Sale: electric tredmill, Oak. Call 973-691-2651 digital pulse and calorie anytime, leave a message. counter, $100; GE Electric Asking $500. (3/5) Stove, black, $75; Broyhill Armiore, black, fits 42 TV, Dog Pen: 6x10x20 with $400. Call 610-509-0248. steel roof, one gate, $600. (1/5) Call 610-909-7259. (2/5) 2 Cannon Mag 10 electric downriggers: swivel bases, rod holder, One w/ telescopic boom, one 4 boom. $350 each or best offer. Call 610-909-7259. (3/5)