PRESS PHOTOS BY SCOTT M. NAGYFirst responders are honored Oct. 9 at the Masonic Temple Porter-Chapman Lodge, 1103 Sixth St., North Catasauqua. First responders in attendance, with the Freemasons, include Mark Lehmann, Northampton Regional EMS; Jason Kern, Lehigh County Sheriff’s Office; Candace Maxwell, formerly of Lehigh County Sheriff’s Office; Ann Marie Delarose, Northampton Regional EMS; Mike Heffner, Northampton Fire Department; Anne Boddie, Northampton Regional EMS; and Simon Boddie, Northampton Regional EMS.

Lodge Worshipful Master Angel Collado addresses the first responders to thank them for their service to the community.