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Tuesday, September 22, 2026

How Does Gracedale Stack Up With Other Lehigh Valley Nursing Homes?

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I've spent a lot of time covering the problems at Gracedale over the past several years. This home gets a lot of coverage from me becaus...
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Monday, September 21, 2026

Zrinski Announces that New Parking Deck Construction to Start in October

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At last week's NorCo Council meeting, Executive Tara Zrinski announced that work on a new parking deck for the courthouse campus will be...
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NorCo Council Increases Salaries for 26 Gracedale Nursing Supervisors

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At Thursday night's meeting, Northampton County Council voted 7-0 (Ken Kraft and Tom Giovanni were absent) to increase the salaries of 2...
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Elder Abuse Charged at Moravian Hall Sqaure

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As many readers of this blog are aware, I have been highly critical of the way that the county administration has responded to problems at G...
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Friday, September 18, 2026

Zrinski Claims She Tried to Keep Grand Jury Report Secret Because It Contains "Lies" and "Perjury"

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At last night's meeting of Northampton County Council, member Dave Holland asked Executive Tara Zrinski why she tried to suppress the Gr...
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Thursday, September 17, 2026

Zrinski Proposes Wage Hikes for 27 Nurse Supervisor Positions

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Last night, Executive Tara Zrinski asked NorCo Council to approve wage hikes for 27 nurse supervisor positions at Gracedale. She described t...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

While Gracedale Burns, What is NorCo Council Doing?

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When a county-owned nursing home is run so poorly that it attracts the attention of an Investigating Grand Jury, it's time to pay attent...
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Why Taiba Sultana Will Never Be Elected Ever Again

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This is what former Easton City Council member Taiba Sultana posted on the 25th anniversary of 9/11: 25 years ago today, 2,977 people were k...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

How Did PJ Craig Dally Handle Zrinski's Attempt to Keep Gracedale Grand Jury Report Away From You?

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Last Thursday , NorCo District Attorney Steve Baratta released a 44-page Grand Jury Report  (click on link to be able to read it for yoursel...
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Monday, September 14, 2026

Zrinski's Attempts to Minimize Grand Jury Report in Defensive and Evasive News Conference

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Immediately after last week's release of a 44-page Grand Jury report calling for reforms at Gracedale, NorCo Executive Zrinski conduct...
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McClure's Histrionic Reaction to Grand Jury Report

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On Friday , I told you about an Investigating Grand Jury Report detailing serious resident safety concerns and poor leadership at Gracedale...
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Friday, September 11, 2026

Investigating Grand Jury Releases Report Raising Serious Resident Safety Concerns and Poor Leadership at Gracedale

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Yesterday, NorCo A Steve Baratta released the results and recommendations of a 44-page  Grand Jury Report * concerning resident safety issue...
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Thursday, September 10, 2026

NorCo DA Baratta To Release Grand Jury Report About Gracedale

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At 11 am, NorCo DA Steve Baratta will unveil the findings of a Grand Jury report about Gracedale. He had previously told County Council the ...
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Wednesday, September 09, 2026

The Great Alan Jennings Responds to Toy Factory Story

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The last time I spoke to the Great Alan Jennings was during the late Summer or early Fall of 2018. He made a point of telling me he was call...
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Tuesday, September 08, 2026

Zrinski Plan to Save Northampton Boro Senior Center Falls Short

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Back in July, NorCo Exec Tara Zrinski told County Council she was working on a "sustainable operating plan" to save the Northampto...
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Zrinski Warns NorCo Council a Tax Hike Next Year is Likely

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At last week's NorCo Council meeting, Executive Tara Zrinski warned County Council that a tax hike is "increasingly likely" ne...
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Monday, September 07, 2026

Labor Day and the Molly Maguires

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Today is Labor Day. Most view it as once last Summer picnic . Few recognize it as a day to honor American labor. Even here in the Lehigh V...
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Friday, September 04, 2026

Pa Commonwealth Court Tosses Tupone From Ballot in Pa. 07 Congressional Race

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In what certainly is good news for Democrat Bob Brooks and bad news for Republican Ryan Mackenzie, the Pa. Commonwealth Court has tossed ...
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UPDATED: Comments Feature Fixed

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Unfortunately, the comments feature of this blog is currently unable to work. I appreciate interactivity and am trying to resolve the issue....

UPDATED: BUY FRESH BUY LOCAL Describes Local Food Economy

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Megan McBride of the Lehigh Valley's " Buy Fresh Buy Local " program gave NorCo Council an interesting overview of our local f...