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Openings on Lower Saucon Township Boards, Commissions and Committees

Openings on Township Boards, Commissions, Committees Lower Saucon Township has several openings for volunteers willing to serve on Township Boards, Commissions and Committees. Environmental Advisory Council The Township is looking for Township residents to fill three (3) associate member vacancies …

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Bill Introduced in PA House to Abolish Turnpike Commission

Legislation was introduced this week in Harrisburg to abolish the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, following grand jury findings highlighting waste, fraud and abuse within the agency. House Bill 1197, which I co-sponsored, would transfer all operations, maintenance, construction and other …

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State Sen. Bob Mensch: Pa. faces public pension crisis

By State Sen. Bob Mensch More than five years after the sub-prime mortgage collapse, state and local governments and school districts across Pennsylvania continue to struggle with the impacts of the economic crisis. While revenues are slowly improving, the reverberations of the economic crisis are …

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LWV Running for Local Office Handbook

Thinking of running for local office this year? Circulating a petition to get on the ballot begins this Tuesday, February 19. To many, running for local office can be a daunting task. In order to assist candidates through this complex process, the League of Women Voters of Lehigh and Northampton …

Government

Thanks for Coming to My Open House!

On Saturday, Jan. 26, about a hundred people attended the open house at my new district office in Coopersburg. My staff and I had a great time meeting everybody. The new office is located at 21 North Main St., Unit 9, and is much more accessible, especially for senior citizens.  The new phone …

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An Evening with Madeleine Albright at Zoellner Arts Center

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 8 pm Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center   This event is free and open to the public, no tickets required.   Lehigh University hosts Dr. Madeleine K. Albright. Albright was named the first female Secretary of State in 1977. She is a professor in the Practice of Diplomacy …

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Green Party of Pennsylvania Endorses DEP Protests

The Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) has endorsed regional protests of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) being planned for Earth Day, April 22, 2013. The endorsement, made by GPPA at its January 12th quarterly meeting in York, PA, underscores the growing recognition …

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State Rep. Justin Simmons Open House

Please join PA. State Rep. Justin J. Simmons, 131st District, on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 as he hosts an Open House at his new district office. The office is located in Coopersburg Village Center, Suite 9, 21 North Main Street. The event runs from from 10 A.M. to 1 P.M.  Plenty of free parking and a…

Government

Ruckus Brewing Co. to Redevelop Old Neuweiler Brewery

Will bring mixed-use jobs and business incubation to Allentown   The Riverfront Master Plan will get another huge boost with the redevelopment of the old Neuweiler Brewery site, ‘Brewer’s Hill’. The site will be acquired by Ruckus Brewing Co., who will revitalize the historic brewery as well as …

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Lehigh Valley Tea Party Position on the 2013 Spending Crisis

LEHIGH VALLEY TEA PARTY POSITION ON THE 2013 SPENDING CRISIS   This is not a revenue problem or fiscal cliff In response to the current 2013 Government Spending Crisis (deceptively called the "fiscal cliff"), the Lehigh Valley Tea Party (LVTP) asks our Representatives and Senators, as a first step…

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