The Palmerton Area Democratic Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at Fireline Hotel, Bowmanstown. The featured topic will be "Issues Facing Palmerton."

Participants will include Palmerton Mayor Chris Olivia and members of the Palmerton Borough Council.Members are reminded that the club continues to collect canned goods at each meeting to benefit the Food Bank run by the Community Action Council of Palmerton Area Churches.The area covered by the club includes Palmerton, Bowmanstown, Towamensing Township and Lower Towamensing Township. Meetings are at 7 p.m. monthly, the second Tuesday of the month, September to May, at the Fireline Hotel, Bowmanstown. Annual dues are $1 a year.The Palmerton Area Democratic Club will hold its annual Spaghetti Fundraising Dinner from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at the Big Creek Grange, 275 Grange Road (off Pohopoco Road near Beltzville Lake). Tickets are $10 a person. All the proceeds from the dinner will benefit the campaign of Patti Borger, a candidate for the 122nd District Pennsylvania House of Representatives.For more information contact Sarina Berlow at 610-597-0106 or

sarinaberlow@gmail.com.