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Despite high-profile races, Lehigh Valley turnout lackluster
Bethlehem Democrats had every reason to go to the polls Tuesday. An aggressive battle for the first open mayoral seat in a decade. A competitive Northampton County executive race starring the city's sitting mayor. Yet turnout was, well, average. About...
Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, G. Terry Madonna, Social Sciences, Politics, Judaism
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GOP committed to obstruction anyway
The answer is "no" for three reasons. First, Republicans never had any intention of letting the president have any legislative "wins." Sen. Toomey made that clear after his party refused to support his bipartisan bill for more background checks for gun...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Congress, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Parkland area municipal race roundup
In the Upper Macungie supervisors race, Republican Jim Brunell beat incumbent Edward J. Earley for a spot on the November ballot. Brunell, 47, received 427 votes to Earley's 269, according to unofficial tallies. In the fall, he will face Democrat...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Whitehall, South Whitehall Township, Elections
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Two Lower Macungie incumbents fall in primary
Two incumbent Lower Macungie Township commissioners appeared to have lost their seats following a contentious campaign that one of the challengers called a referendum on the controversial David Jaindl land deal. Challengers Ron Beitler and Brian...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Primaries, Services and Shopping, Real Estate
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Incumbents leading Lehigh County commissioner races
Lehigh County Commissioner Michael P. Schware was fending off three challengers Tuesday in a tightly contested Republican primary to retain his District 5 seat and possibly allow the board's conservative slate to maintain control. But that slate appeared...Tags: Alburtis, Politics, Whitehall, Allentown, Lehigh Carbon Community College
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Lehigh Valley company news
Hellertown attraction named honoree at annual Chamber banquet Lost River Caverns has been selected to receive the Small Business Leadership Award at the Hellertown/Lower Saucon Chamber of Commerce's 91st annual banquet. Owners Robert Gilman and...Tags: Caves and Caverns, Hellertown, Robin Williams, Landforms
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Six candidates survive in East Penn school board election
An eight-person competition for four seats on the East Penn School Board was whittled down to a six-person race following Tuesday's primary. According to unofficial results, the following candidates have moved on to the November election: Incumbents Alan...Tags: Alburtis, Politics, Emmaus, Primaries, Elections
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Uncontested Macungie election expected in November
Macungie, which has dealt with its share of controversy over the past three-plus years, apparently will have a quiet campaign leading up to the November election. No contested races are expected for the mayor's seat and four open seats on Borough...Tags: Politics, Elections
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Replace Obamacare with something more simple
You can nix the entire almost 2,000 pages of the "Obamination" health care law and its 20,000 pages and growing of regulations and replace it with a federal law of only five statements: Health care insurance is portable across state lines; one cannot be...Tags: Career and Workplace, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice
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After Lower Macungie crash, teen is accused of having drugs
A 17-year-old Upper Macungie Township driver whom a state trooper was trying to stop for a traffic violation in Lower Macungie on Friday night crashed into a road sign and fled on foot, police said. As the boy ran from the crash scene at Grange Road and...Tags: Fogelsville, Cetronia, Juvenile Delinquency
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DA: South Whitehall couple stole $850,000 to support gambling habit
When South Whitehall officials removed Nancy A. Tonkin from her job as the person in charge of handling the money that residents paid for their utility bills, she threw a tantrum, stomping around and treating her co-workers miserably, her boss said....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Whitehall, Embezzlement, Trials, Corporate Crime
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Moravian College graduates
Moravian College held graduation ceremonies 10 a.m. May 11. The ceremony concludes the 271st academic year at Moravian, America's sixth-oldest college. Moravian College President Christopher M. Thomforde conferred degrees to approximately 398 bachelor...Tags: Networking, Biology, Kintnersville, Windsor (Hartford, Connecticut), Bethlehem (Northampton, Pennsylvania)
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