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Thursday, April 16, 2020

Bethlehem Establishes Small Business Emergency Relief Fund

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Just before Governor Tom Wolf's decision to shut down Pennsylvania's economy, I visited The Old Library Bookshop in Bethlehem. I was...
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Pa. Legislature Can Terminate Wolf's Emergency Powers After He Vetoes Law to Re-Open Business

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Yesterday, people from the land of midnight payraises voted to re-open Pa. businesses so long as they follow federal guidelines from the Cyb...
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NorCo: Should Council Extend Exec's Emergency Powers?

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Northampton County Council is set up in the Home Rule Charter to be the most powerful branch of government. For one thing, it is described f...
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Did You Get Your Stimulus Payment Yet?

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The IRS has already sent out payments to 60 million people who filed tax returns in 2018 or 2019. If you'd like to track the status of y...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Though Curve Is Flattening, Pa Imposes More Onerous Restrictions on Workers and Customers

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This is the face of Pa. health? The number of new Covid-19 cases has been dropping across the state for the past several days. Resentme...
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NorCo Covid-19 Death Toll Hits 30; McClure Suggests We Are Peaking

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As it has been doing daily, Northampton County has continued to track Covid-19 related deaths occurring within the county's borders, bas...
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Pa. GSA Wants to Buy Two Souped-Up Ford Expeditions ... From Out-of-State

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Governor Tom Wolf, when he shut down Pa.'s economy, also shut down car dealers. But that's no reason for his administration to stop...
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Divided Supreme Court Upholds Challenge to Wolf's Business Shutdown

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On Monday, a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday rejected a statutory and constitutional challenge to Governor Tom Wolf's Ma...
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An Open Letter to Governor Tom Wolf From One of His Neighbors

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Governor Tom Wolf While I only live 35 minutes from you I feel a world away. You asked us to help you, we did. You asked us to close our ...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

NorCo Creates Its Own Covid-19 Graph

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Hat's off to Northampton County's excellent GIS department, which has always done an outstanding job at creating maps. It is now tra...
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Covid-19: PSU Graph Shows Curve Flattening in NorCo and Lehigh

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At its worst, this blog is a troll farm. At its best, it's a great exercise in participatory journalism. I told you yesterday that the ...
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Monday, April 13, 2020

Bethlehem: Ask the Mayor

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Mayor Bob Donchez and Department Heads will respond to written questions submitted by the public on Thursday, April 16, 2020. The video resp...
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Northampton County Operations - 24 Residents Infected at Gracedale, 2 Dead

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This morning alone, I have received four news releases from Northampton County. This local government is doing its best to keep local citize...
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Philly Police Stop Making Arrests for "Minor" Offenses, But Yank Unmasked Man Off Bus

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In an effort to keep jail populations at low levels during the coronavirus crisis, Philadelphia police have stopped making arrests for what ...
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Covid-19 Three Times More Lethal Than Common Flu in Greater Lehigh Valley

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Someone smarter than me did some numbers crunching if Sunday's coronavirus numbers as they appear on the state Department of Health and...
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Saturday, April 11, 2020

Covid-19 Infects Three NorCo Inmates

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Northampton County reported yesterday that Covid-19 has infected three inmates. They've been quarantined since they first showing sympto...
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Friday, April 10, 2020

Lisa Pawlowski Seeks Isolation or Home Confinement For Her Husband

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It's easy to kick someone when he's down, and a lot of people do that these days to former Allentown Mayor Edwin "Fed Ed" ...
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NorCo Council To Conduct E-Meetings, Starting April 16

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Starting April 16 at 6:30 PM, Northampton County Council will conduct its meetings by Skype . The meetings will continue to be livestreamed ...
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Thursday, April 09, 2020

NorCo Jail Update - Four Covid-19 Cases; 23 Offenders Furloughed

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Northampton County reported late yesterday afternoon that there are now four Covid-19 cases among staffers at the jail. They have all been q...
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Two NorCo Capital Projects Moving Forward Despite Shutdown

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Forensic Center Governor Tom Wolf has ordered a statewide shutdown of all non-life-sustaining businesses, and that includes construction...
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