Campaign signs are beginning to sprout up in Coplay.

More campaign signs in the coming weeks are sure to be planted in front yards across town, especially since the borough council races are wide open and contested on the Democratic ballot in May.

Also, one reader commented he recently observed the first red robin in the family's back yard, welcoming spring.

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Trinity United Church of Christ, Coplay, is offering a series of 7 p.m. Thursday evening services themed "Experiencing Community – Where Education and Spirituality Come Together."

Topics include domestic violence tonight, April 11; assisted suicide April 18; and body language April 25.

Trinity will also benefit from Trinity Night at Samuel Owens Restaurant, 128 Chestnut St., 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 30. The public is invited and asked to donate gently used shoes for Shoebox Recycling to benefit Whitehall Relay for Life.

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Anglers, for the most part, reeled in a plentiful number of trout last Saturday, the first day of trout season. The limit was five trout per person.

While the catch was not meager – many within the 12-inch variety – the Coplay News Agency & Bait Store, where scores of anglers get their bait and return for photos of the trophy trout they caught, reported the trout are not nearly as big as past seasons.

Stories of the "one that got away" are heard more frequently this year.

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Some drivers and police are scratching their heads when it comes to late afternoon vehicle traffic on the Coplay-Northampton Bridge.

The expected backups stretching up to Chestnut Street and onto Second Street in Coplay have not materialized. The closing of the Hokendauqua-North Catasauqua Bridge which will be demolished to make way for a new span has not brought the heavy flow of traffic as anticipated.

In fact, some are saying the volume of traffic during some late afternoons and evenings headed to Northampton is just not present.

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It's up! The new steel pole has been installed and light traffic light standards at the southeast corner of Second and Chestnut streets are now fully functionable.

The temporary traffic light mounted on a wooden pole has been removed. A truck hit the light pole several weeks ago, after which a second rig did not make the turn cleanly and also impacted the light.

The new light is working at no cost to borough taxpayers.