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The study, Bethlehem's first since 1995, recommends adding 28 firefighters over several years at about $3.1 million a year, we reported Saturday. Last December, when council rejected adding four firefighters to this year's budget, the administration pointed to this study instead. Reynolds said he believes the 2027 budget comes out "two weeks from Friday," which is Nov. 6.
By Jai Smith
The study found Bethlehem's two- and three-person fire crews leave the department short of the firefighters a serious building fire demands, and three trucks run with no officer in charge. Its staffing plan would cost about $3.1 million a year. The city has not said which parts it will pursue.
Applications can be filed online at vote.pa.gov until 11:59 p.m. Oct. 19, according to a state Department of State release. Applications that are mailed or delivered in person must be received at a county elections office by close of business that day.
The gatherings come two days before Pennsylvania's deadline to register, and in a state that has no early voting, as Lehigh County's elections office puts it on its website. Voting ahead of Election Day here means a mail ballot, which a registered voter can request, fill out and hand in during one visit to a county elections office, according to the Pennsylvania Department of State.
The bill, sponsored by Councilwomen Ce-Ce Gerlach and Natalie Santos and filed Sept. 30, would add Chapter 130 to the city code. It is the third version of clearing rules council has taken up in a year, and it gives residents less time than the first version did.
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The plan would hand hunters a fight that two Lehigh Valley lawmakers want settled by law, in favor of the Monday opening day that was tradition for generations until 2019. Nothing changes this fall: the bill has not been filed, and the season opens Nov. 28, the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
The Kennedy Center's board voted Tuesday to close the building immediately for a two-year renovation, hours after a federal judge blocked it from returning President Donald Trump's name to the arts complex.
LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa. — Lehigh County is considering five new “smart” ballot drop boxes that would expand 24-hour ballot access and create detailed electronic audit...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Berks County Republican who wants Lake Erie renamed "Lake Pennsylvania" filed the paperwork Wednesday morning. As of Thursday, that paperwork is all there is.
DALLAS – President Donald Trump said Wednesday night that he will send $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans keep control of both chambers...