PALMER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A tree from the grounds of Bethel Memorial Baptist Church at 715 Chestnut Lane will be Bethlehem’s city Christmas tree this year, with a rigging crew due about 7 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, to cut it down.
The church’s trustees voted to donate the spruce after the city asked for it, said Rod Harrison, the board’s vice chair, who oversees the church’s facility and grounds. It will be the city’s main Christmas display outside City Hall by the library, he said, where the city puts up its tree each year at Payrow Plaza.
The public is welcome to watch the cutting, Harrison said: the city encourages people to come see it. He said the cut should take the crew an hour to an hour and a half. Signs warning of the closure of Maple Lane will go up Monday, Nov. 2, and nothing is planned Tuesday, Election Day. The street will physically close Wednesday morning for the work…