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Allentown mayor recognized by the state for community development
Valley 610Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski has been recognized by the state Department of Community and Economic Development for his efforts to strengthen Allentown as a community. Pawlowski was one of eight government leaders and 12 communities honored at the annual... -
Allentown's 19th Street to see facade improvements
Valley 610Allentown officials have announced a façade improvement program to compliment a streetscape project in the city’s West End Theatre District. The funds, which will include $50,000 from the city to start, will be given out as self-forgiving loans up... -
Creating city authority would jack up Allentown's water/sewer rates, consultants say
Consultants advising Allentown City Council on the proposed water and sewer lease panned one of the most popular alternatives Monday night, saying it would require an immediate 50 percent increase in rates. The Pennsylvania Economy League, a consulting...
Tags: Allentown, Local Government, Interior Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Pension and Welfare
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Bid documents to arrive 19 days after the vote on Allentown's water/sewer lease
Valley 610The bids for Allentown’s proposed water and sewer lease were officially “opened” on April 1, but the details of the deal are no more open today than they were two weeks ago. On the day of the final bid opening, Mayor Ed Pawlowski... -
Mayors Pawlowski, Callahan among local contributors to Obama inauguration
Call Washington BureauThe mayors of Allentown and Bethlehem were among the thousands of individuals and corporations who donated a total of $43 million to President Obama's second inauguration. Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski contributed $300 and his wife, Lisa, gave $305....Tags: Allentown, John Callahan, Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Chaka Fattah, Allyson Y Schwartz
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Allentown teachers rally against budget cuts
Clutching signs that read "Save Our Schools," Allentown School District teachers along with state and local leaders staged a rally Sunday against proposed cuts in the district's 2013-14 budget. Allentown faces a $22.5 million deficit next school year,...
Tags: Teachers, Allentown, Teaching and Learning, Tom Corbett
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Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski has an odd concept of openness
Some readers spoke and wrote to me about this sentence from a recent police item. "The last thing Stephanie Sigafoos expected to see walking her dog Tuesday afternoon was a monkey." Actually, that statement almost certainly is true. No one expects to...Tags: Local Government, Allentown, Roy Afflerbach
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What's next for Allentown's water and sewer systems?
In just 90 days, Allentown is scheduled to turn over its water and sewer systems to a nonprofit authority for the next 50 years, the next phase in Mayor Ed Pawlowski's unprecedented plan to bail out the city's struggling pension system. That's three...Tags: Interior Policy, Allentown, Pension and Welfare, Economy, Business and Finance, Consumers
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Allentown water/sewer lease approved
With water/sewer lease approval, Mayor Ed Pawlowski wins major battle ... Developers say they're the only hope for a Costco supermarket in the Valley ... U.S. first-quarter growth quickens ... Senate passes bill to end air controller furloughs ......
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Allentown City Council approves water/sewer lease
Mayor Ed Pawlowski has his lease. Shortly before midnight Thursday, Allentown City Council overwhelmingly approved a 50-year lease of the city's water and sewer systems, a move Pawlowski said was needed to save the city from financial ruin. The vote,...
Tags: Shingles, Interior Policy, Local Government, Allentown, Pension and Welfare
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Criminals beware: Lehigh County unveils high-tech investigative hub
On Wednesday, the work of a newly created criminal data center was front and center as officials named a suspect in a deadly January shooting outside a Bethlehem strip club. On Thursday, it was the Regional Intelligence and Investigation Center itself...
Tags: Google Inc., Police Investigations, Allentown, Trials, Lehigh County
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Fight over Allentown water/sewer bid documents continues as vote draws near
With the much-anticipated vote on Allentown's proposed water and sewer lease only hours away, a legal battle wages on over access to bid documents, fueling allegations that the process has lacked transparency. Last week, a Washington, D.C., environmental...Tags: Interior Policy, Allentown, Pension and Welfare, Lehigh County, Judges
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