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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Sultana Excoriated, Extolled in Final Meeting on Easton City Council

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Easton City Council had a busy agenda at last night's meeting, which likely is its last of the year. It adopted a pro-immigrant resoluti...
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Incoming NorCo Council Member Nadeem Qayyum Has Had Eight Incidents With Easton Police Over Past Two Years

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Yesterday, I told you that voters had little to go on when they voted in November's municipal races. As a result, they voted for the par...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Brace Yourself for NorCo's New County Council

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In less than a month, Northampton County Council will be seeing some new faces. County issues played next to no role in the election of five...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Judge Throws Monkey Wrench in Bethlehem Landfill Expansion Plans

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According to both the "Citizens for Responsible Development" (CRD) and their attorney, Gary Asteak, NorCo Judge Abe Kassis issued ...
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Monday, December 08, 2025

There's Trouble in Wilson Boro's Dixieland

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As many of you are aware, Northampton County Council voted recently to reject an ordinance that would have enabled a developer to finance th...
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Sultana Hands Out Bar Room Darts at Christmas Tree Lighting

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As hard as this might be to believe, Easton City Council member Taiba Sultana managed again this past weekend to demonstrate that the "...
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Friday, December 05, 2025

NorCo Council Adopts 2026 Budget With No Tax Hike

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In his final days as a member of NorCo Council, Ron Heckman tried something he had never done before. He proposed a one-mill tax hike. Despi...
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Thursday, December 04, 2025

Taiba Sultana Appeals Dismissal of Defamation Action

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Over the weekend, Easton City Council member was highly offended by Big Easy Easton Brass Band leader Jeremy Joseph. She wanted to lead his ...
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NorCo Council Could Adopt a Tax Hike Tonight

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Tonight, Northampton County Council is poised to adopt its budget for 2026. Executive Lamont McClure as proposed a $503.6 million spending p...
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Wednesday, December 03, 2025

ICE Masks: Is It Time to Outlaw Secret Police?

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In Trump's dystopian Amerika, our police have become increasingly militarized, and our military have increasingly become police officers...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Zrinski Establishes a Transition Team

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 Northampton County Executive-Elect Tara Zrinski yesterday announced the formation of a transition committee that she calls the "start ...
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Taiba Sultana Got Brassy With Wrong Big Easy Easton Brass Band

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Yesterday, I told you that soon-to-be former Easton City Council member Taiba Sultana displayed her complete ignorance of the First Amendme...
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Monday, December 01, 2025

Sultana v. Big Easy Easton Brass Band

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On Friday night, the Big Easy Easton Brass Band participated in the City's Christmas parade.  I've had the opportunity to view a few...
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Gracedale One of Nursing Homes in 25-Mile Radius Rated at "Much Below Average"

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NorCo County Council member Kelly Keegan dislikes all the negative attention that Gracedale receives. She has argued it just depresses the p...
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Friday, November 28, 2025

Latest CMS Gracedale Rating - "Much Below Average"

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The latest Medicare rating for Gracedale is out and it's pretty bad. It has dropped to just one star - "much below average." ...
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Donald Trump Has Named His Successor

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Sen. Mark Kelly (D. Ariz.) is a retired Astronaut and Navy Captain . During his vaunted career in the navy, he flew 39 combat missions durin...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

NorCo Council Rejects Budget Amendment That Would Give LVPC Over $1 Million in 2026

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Back in October, during a budget hearing for Northampton County Council, the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (LVPC) requested $965,500 for...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Jeff Warren's Proposal for Public Database of Blighted Properties Panned by NorCo Council

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By a 6-2 vote, Northampton County Council voted last week to reject a proposal (you can read it here ) by Council member Jeff Warren to est...
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Monday, November 24, 2025

73 Court-Appointed Employees to Get $450,410 Raise

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At last week's meeting of Northampton County Council, a pay raise totaling $450,410 was approved for 73 court-appointed employees. Thy i...
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Friday, November 21, 2025

Proposal to Double NorCo's Rainy Day Fund Fails By a 4-4 Vote

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At last night's meeting, Northampton County Council nixed a proposal to double its rainy-day fund from 5% to 10% of general fund expendi...
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