With the closing of Catasauqua schools for the summer recess, the North Catasauqua Park craft and whiffle ball program is under way.

A director, two head teachers, an art director and four assistants are running the program, which features crafts and other children's activities on weekday mornings at the park's pavilion.

Director Michelle Hazzard and head teachers Cherie Gebhardt and Sarah Forstoffer will be assisted by Liam Browne and Laura Kaepeil during the morning program.

Anthony Brinker and Zack Edwards will be supervising whiffle ball games in the afternoon.

Their employment was approved by the borough council at its June 10 meeting by a 5-0 vote, with Councilwomen Cherie Gebhardt and Michelle Hazzard abstaining.

Also at the meeting, the smoking policy for the borough park was discussed. After some discussion, the council members agreed that smoking should be allowed out in open areas, but not under the roof of the pavilion where it may bother other people and not near the old snack stand which is now used to store some flammable items. No-smoking signs will be posted on the building and on pavilion posts.

In other business, council President Joseph Keglovits reported the borough road crew and a local contractor worked together to repair a sinkhole on Second Street, the second one to open up in the borough in recent weeks.

The previous sinkhole opened up below a multifamily dwelling in the 1100 block of Second Street. This one was just a block and a half away.

Did the ground shift and cause the waterline to break, or did a leak in the water line cause the ground to sink?

"I suspect a leaking water line," Keglovits said.

In any case, since the sinkhole occurred on the street, it is the borough's responsibility to pay for the repair.

Keglovits told The Press after the meeting he estimated the cost of the repair to be $6,000 to $7,000.

Following reports of vandalism and theft from vehicles parked along Fifth Street recently, borough Police Chief Kim Moyer reminds residents to keep their cars locked and to be more vigilant about neighborhood activity.

Moyer said money and other items have been taken from cars and there has been some vandalism to vehicles as well.