Housing Association and Development Corporation will embark on a $1.175 million plan to rehabilitate seven vacant and blighted houses on N. 6th St. in Allentown’s Old Fairgrounds Neighborhood. Aimed at cleaning up blight and increasing homeownership in... »
Lehigh County Commissioner Vic Mazziotti was named this week as Luzerne County's interim budget and finance chief. Before his election to the board of commissioners, Mazziotti was director of fiscal affairs for Northampton County until 2011. "I am exci... »
The Roseto Drum and Bugle Corps marched in the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in 1962 in Allentown. »
Lehigh Tp's Cindy Miller: "We were blindsided." How could Allentown could divert earned income taxes intended for Lehigh Valley municipalities? Why would local taxes, some of which are set aside for open space, be diverted to finance a hockey arena and... »
The Lehigh Valley's Three Mayors ... ... are in Harrisburg today for meetings with lawmakers and the Corbett administration to push for the approval of legislation that would make changes to Act 47, Pennsylvania's law governing fiscally distressed citi... »
The City of Allentown's 2012 contribution to the fund that will help pay arena construction and redevelopment expenses will be $180,386 in local earned income and local services tax revenues. The amount is subject to certification by the State Departme... »
The Morning Call has summarized what Senator Pat Browne told local municipal officials during a Friday meeting. Below is the account of David Woglom, who administers the tax collection committees in both Lehigh and Northampton County. What this memoran... »
The Parkland School Board took another step Tuesday toward construction of a gas line to Parkland High School, to save money on fuel costs. The school board at its meeting approved an agreement between the district and the Jeras Corp. for an extension ... »
