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Stoffa plans no Northampton County tax hike
Northampton County Executive John Stoffa on Monday announced his proposed 2009 $330 million budget, indicating the tax rate will remain at 10.8 mills. That means a resident with a property assessed at $50,000 will continue to pay $540 in county real estate tax. It would be the seventh time in 10 years that the tax [...]
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Pen Argyl buys 11 acres for park
Pen Argyl wants to add 11 acres to its 15-acre Weona Park. The borough purchased the property from the Slate Belt Industrial Land Development Co. last Friday. Borough Manager Robin Zmoda said Pen Argyl paid $850,000 for the land. Pen Argyl officials indicated they wanted to buy the property to protect it.
Source: The Morning Call, [...]
Work gets under way on Hyatt hotel in Bethlehem
Work has begun on the Hyatt Place Hotel in downtown Bethlehem, a $17 million project expected to open next year. Posh Construction of Bethlehem said excavation will begin next week, with work on the six-floor, 124-bed hotel lasting for about a year.
Source: The Morning Call, 9.24.08
Bethlehem becomes more bike-friendly
The city of Bethlehem will be the first in the Lehigh Valley to install marked bicycle paths on roads. The markings will be installed on sections of Elizabeth Avenue and Main, New and Fourth streets. The bicycle path announcement was made at Moravian College, which is paying for the Main Street paths.
Source: The Express Times, [...]
Group’s vision of Allentown takes shape
Allentown’s visioning committee unveiled a new vision statement to guide revitalization within the Hamilton Street district for the next decade. The statement says: ”We envision the Hamilton Street District as the commercial and cultural heart of the Lehigh Valley, an attractive, welcoming community, filled with activity and energy, offering employment, dining, arts, entertainment, shopping, and [...]
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Easton PA - Inspection of city’s rentals on track
The Easton codes department has inspected about half the city’s estimated 4,500 rentals and continues to re-inspect the densely populated West Ward as Easton’s rental licensing program enters its third year. Aug. 15 2008 marked the deadline for landlords to register their rentals and pay the $45 license fee for each apartment they own. According [...]
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Judge supports Bethlehem School District voting proposal
A federal judge Tuesday hinted he will approve a settlement today that will change the way Bethlehem Area School District voters elect the school board. The Voting Rights Act lawsuit settlement ends two years of litigation and is meant to make it easier for a Latino candidate to be elected. The agreement would break up [...]
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Apartments proposed in Linden Street warehouse
An 88-year-old former silk mill in Allentown PA may get a new life as apartments marketed to professionals working in New York City. Developer Nat Hyman says he wants to turn the third and fourth floors of his property at 315-325 Linden St., a warehouse that was once one of Allentown’s many textile mills, into [...]
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Hellertown wants to limit rentals in residential areas
Hellertown officials say renters responsible for most crime and their cars are causing parking problems in some neighborhoods, so they would prefer that renters live downtown. That’s the reasoning behind Hellertown’s latest proposal to ban apartment conversions in its residential neighborhood zones. Hellertown’s Planning Commission two months ago approved a measure that would ban all [...]
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Bethlehem gets $490,000 to plan garage, new terminal
Bethlehem has received $490,000 in federal funding to pay for the planning and design of a new parking garage/bus terminal on Third Street in the city’s South Side. The money comes from the Federal Transportation Administration. The overall project will cost between $22 million and $25 million, and is expected to take a few years. [...]
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Lehigh Valley home prices continued to tumble downward in August and the number of homes sold sunk compared to the ...
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