Published January 21. 2026 10:20AM<\/p>\n
Volunteer department serves hungry crowd<\/p>\n
The Northampton Fire Department, 4 Lerchenmiller Drive, held its first breakfast of the new year Jan. 11.<\/p>\n
The fire department of about 45 volunteer firefighters and fire police, under the leadership of Chief Keith Knoblach, hosted the well-attended morning event.<\/p>\n
The coordinated effort at the breakfast was a testament to the commitment of the volunteers and their inspiring leadership. Cheerful ticket takers Ruth Miller and a gentleman known only as Bear kept tally of the number of attendees and collected the breakfast cost.<\/p>\n
The volunteer servers at the buffet breakfast and the kitchen crew were busy, as they cooked the food and kept the holding trays full.<\/p>\n
Angela Knoblach and Austin Wilburn, of Northampton, staffed the juice and refreshments table at the breakfast.<\/p>\n
Knoblach and Mark Laub, fire department financial leader, assisted in the kitchen and said they were very happy with the large turnout of hungry attendees.<\/p>\n
Northampton Borough Police K-9 Officer Goeff Perry was at the breakfast with K-9 Chico. The sleek, well-cared-for animal did not get a full breakfast, but he did receive a small slice of bacon.<\/p>\n
Northampton Fire Police leader and borough Councilman Kenneth Hall was on hand, helping wherever he could.<\/p>\n
The breakfast was not only a fire department fundraiser, but also a community-strengthening gathering for residents and volunteers that generated goodwill and social connection among all who attended.<\/p>\n
The fire department, with full support of Northampton Borough Council, the mayor and the community, is one of the premier volunteer fire departments in the Lehigh Valley. As a group, the department is publicly supportive of the community. They have a used clothing drop-off shed on the department\u2019s firehouse property.<\/p>\n
The fire team robustly supported the borough\u2019s large holiday celebration, by hosting part of the event on its grounds and delivering Santa on a firetruck. The department\u2019s annual Santa Run delivers Christmas gifts to the borough\u2019s children.<\/p>\n
They also hold a parade during the annual Community Days event.<\/p>\n
The fire department plans additional breakfasts and other fundraisers like its purse bingos, raffles and more throughout 2026.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTOS BY BILL LEINER JR.Bear and Ruth Miller staff the breakfast ticket table at the Northampton Fire Department breakfast Jan. 11.<\/p>\n
Northampton fire Chief Keith Knoblach and fire department financial leader Mark Laub offer their services in the kitchen during the event, held at the 4 Lerchenmiller Drive station.<\/p>\n
Angela Knoblach and Austin Winburn staff the juice and refreshments table at the Northampton Fire Department breakfast Jan. 11.<\/p>\n
PRESS PHOTOS BY BILL LEINER JR.Northampton Officer Geoff Perry and K-9 Chico support the fire department at the breakfast, held at the 4 Lerchenmiller Drive station.<\/p>\n
Attendees wait in line for their turn at the buffet table.<\/p>\n
Fire department volunteers serve attendees at the breakfast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published January 21. 2026 10:20AM Volunteer department serves hungry crowd The Northampton Fire Department, 4 Lerchenmiller Drive, held…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92649,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":{"0":"post-92648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92648","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=92648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}