A new Salisbury Township Police Department corporal has been sworn in.<\/p>\n
Cpl. Kyle Watson was administered the oath of office by District Judge Kyle B. Miller (Pennsylvania 31-1-08 Judicial District) before the Salisbury Township board of commissioners\u2019 April 9 meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s going to be our first patrol corporal in a long time,\u201d Salisbury Township Chief of Police Donald Sabo said before the ceremony.<\/p>\n
Watson joined the Salisbury police department in November 2021, Sabo noted. Watson is the Salisbury Township Fire Marshal. Watson is on the township police K-9 Patrol with Echo.<\/p>\n
Also at the April 9 township meeting, township residents to be honored at the 5:30 p.m. April 23 Salisbury Township Volunteer Recognition Awards catered dinner to be held in the municipal building were announced and approved by nine resolutions unanimously 5-0 by commissioners: Frank Adamcik, Ann Bove, Jen Conrad, Bryan Cramsey, Ian Dodson, Jennifer Freas, Alexandra Mumbauer, Sarah Nemitz and Lauren Wellbank.<\/p>\n
Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve resolutions for:<\/p>\n
– \u201cNo-Mow May,\u201d as recommended by the township Environmental Advisory Council. Commissioner Heather Lipkin made the motion, seconded by Commissioner Alex Karol, to bring the resolution to a vote.<\/p>\n
– Disposal of municipal property of vehicles and other equipment through the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development local government services COSTARS program. Lipkin made the motion, seconded by Karol, to bring the resolution to a vote.<\/p>\n
– Lease-purchase for $428,339 of a camera truck to inspect township municipal pipes for leaks. Commissioner Allison Leayman made the motion, seconded by Alok Patnaik, to bring the resolution to a vote.<\/p>\n
Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve motions for:<\/p>\n
– Inter-municipal Mutual Aid Police Cooperation Agreement with Emmaus Borough. Patnaik made the motion, seconded by Lipkin, to bring the motion to a vote. Before the vote, Salisbury Township Police Department Lt. Christopher Casey said, \u201cEmmaus is very short-staffed. They reached out to our chief [Sabo] and asked if we could help them by going into the borough.\u201d<\/p>\n
– Well Isolation Waiver Request for 250 Mountain Park Road. Karol made the motion, seconded by Lipkin, to bring the motion to a vote. \u201cThe property is too small. The septic system failed,\u201d Director of Community Development Kerry Rabold said before the vote.<\/p>\n
Salisbury Township Director of Public Works Jim Levernier said that ball fields have been prepared for the season.<\/p>\n
Salisbury Township Manager Cathy Gorman said site preparation work has begun at Vistas at South Mountain along East Emmaus Avenue in the vicinity of Gaskill Avenue and Honeysuckle Road.<\/p>\n
Township commissioners approved the preliminary final plan at the Sept. 11, 2025, meeting. Tuskees Homes plans to build 88 townhouses and one single home on a 48.5-acre tract at 1030 E. Emmaus Ave., 1108 E. Emmaus Ave. and 1210 E. Emmaus Ave. on the northern slope of South Mountain.<\/p>\n
The site work includes the clearing of trees.<\/p>\n
There was no workshop after the meeting.<\/p>\n
Salisbury Township board of commissioners president Debra J. Brinton announced an executive session to discuss legal and personnel matters was held before the March 26 township meeting.<\/p>\n
The Salisbury Township meeting schedule in the municipal building, 2900 S. Pike Ave., includes: 7 p.m. April 15, Salisbury Township Environmental Advisory Council; 7 p.m. April 22, planning commission, canceled and 7 p.m. board of commissioners, canceled.<\/p>\n
The board of commissioners is next scheduled to meet 7 p.m. May 14 in the municipal building.<\/p>\n
Cpl. Kyle Watson is administered the oath of office by District Judge Kyle B. Miller just before the April 9 Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners\u2019 meeting.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTOS BY PAUL WILLISTEINTheresa Shearer, who is engaged to Cpl. Kyle Watson, pins a corporal badge on Watson\u2019s police uniform at the April 9 ceremony.<\/p>\n
Salisbury Township Chief of Police Donald Sabo and Salisbury Township Police Cpl. Kyle Watson are pictured after the April 9 ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Salisbury Township Police Department corporal has been sworn in. Cpl. Kyle Watson was administered the oath…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-166575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}