Justin Fratz used to live in West Easton. He may return with a business if he can obtain approval to establish a small urban farm on a (more…)
Section: Going Green
Dumpers Beware! West Easton Will Be Watching
Weary of cleaning up Lehigh Drive and Glendon Road, West Easton will install multiple cameras in undisclosed locations to photograph and prosecute those who dump tires, (more…)
West Easton Council Approves Joining Electronic Cleanup Day
West Easton will be a participating member in a multi-municipality clean-up effort of electronics and other items to be recycled. The motion to approve the (more…)
Electronics Recycling Day April 16th
West Easton will likely join an electronic recycling event to be held on April 16th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Initially begun by Tatamy Borough, it was quickly embraced by (more…)
New Federal Fracking Regulations Welcomed By Environmentalists
New Federal regulations that go into effect 3 months from now, have the Oil & Gas Industry fuming in more ways than they are used to, while environmentalists are finally seeing the industry having to meet expected safe drilling practices that will protect the land and the drinking water.
After three years of debate, the U.S. Interior Department said Friday that drillers on federal land must reveal many of the the chemicals they use, meet construction standards for wells and safely dispose of contaminated water.
While the new regulations would only affect federal land, it will allow those states concerned about fracking on private lands to impose similar protections, using the federal regulations as an acceptable blueprint. Continue reading
You Think You Recycle? Take A Look At This!
High upon a promontory on South Bass Island in Lake Erie at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, sits the Owners and Captains Quarters of the former Great Lakes Shipping Boat, The Benson Ford. The boat was built by Henry Ford and named after his grandson.
The Benson Ford was originally a cargo ship for the Ford Motor Company.
The interior was designed by Henry Ford, and Thomas Edison was a passenger. From the time it was built in 1924, the boat was used to transport coal and iron ore across the American Great Lakes. After being decommissioned in 1981 it was left to rust for four years before the front part of the ship was removed and perched on top of an 18-foot cliff, to serve as a really lovely home. Continue reading