Community Corner

Five Things for June 3

What's going on around town today.

  • Another Safetytown community build is scheduled for Sunday at , from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Volunteers are asked to supply their own saws, hammers and power drills.
  • For the first time in years, and Mike's Lock shop will have Saturday business hours, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. To mark the occasion, the alarm and security company will host a picnic tomorrow, featuring a moon bounce, in-store specials and refreshments. For $2, visitors can enjoy pizza and a drink, and the store will match all monies and donate the proceeds to the Wounded Warrior Project.
  • Richard "Richie" Walton, 19, remains in critical condition at Abington Memorial Hospital, a spokesperson told . Walton was riding his skateboard at 
  • Northampton Township is the first municipality in Pennsylvania to offer a secure drug collection site that is open to the public around the clock, NorthamptonPatch .
  • On this day, June 3, 1888, Ernest Lawrence Thayer's poem, "Casey at the Bat," is published in the San Francisco Examiner.


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