Bethlehem PA
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, [...]
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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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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Downspout Ordinance enforced in Bethlehem
Bethlehem officials will be sending letters next week that tell residents to disconnect any underground spouts and direct the storm water onto their lawns. The spouts likely hook into the underground sewer pipes, which are being filled with storm water that cascades into them during heavy rains. The water is backing up the city’s feeder [...]
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Bethlehem planners OK supermarket
The Bethlehem Planning Commission has approved plans for a supermarket on Eighth Avenue and a software development manufacturing plant on former Bethlehem Steel land. PriceRite supermarket will be the last piece of redevelopment for the old Durkee spice plant near the Eighth Avenue interchange of Route 378. The 35,000-square-foot chain grocery could open as soon [...]
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Bethlehem Casino Brings High Hopes
Construction of the new Sands Casino on the south side of Bethlehem started in April. Total costs are estimated at $800 million dollars and its scheduled to open in the summer of 2009. As a result real estate in Bethlehem is going up in anticipation of the impact this new project will bring to Bethlehem [...]
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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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