When the Northampton County taxman cometh in January, you'll be surprised to see that your bill is no larger than it was last year. Despite all the dire warnings of an impending 9.3% tax increase in recent weeks, Council and the Stoffa administration came up with an' [...] 
Percy Dougherty is the chair of Lehigh County's highly regarded Board of Commissioners, arguably the best legislative body in the Lehigh Valley. A big reason for that is him. His affable style of bipartisan leadership makes Lehigh County as efficient as Northampton County Council is dysfunctional.
Last week, Northampton County Council and Bangor School Board member Ron Angle fired off a letter to the LV delegation to the state legislature. He asked them to review our antiquated School Code, adopted before Home Rule governments like Northampton or Lehigh County even existed. The [...] 
Northampton County Council member Mike Dowd last night proposed the creation of a committee to study how Gracedale stacks up against other county nursing homes, as well as privately owned facilities. "We want to be sure that the residents are taken care of in the best" [...] 
Tiny Nazareth is home to six different Italian restaurants. We also have two Chinese restaurants, a Japanese sushi bar that replaces a taco house, a bakery that specializes in Moravian sugarcake and a Brazilian steakhouse. On the outskirts, we even have an Indian grocery. But one [...] 
Last night, Northampton County considered a $10,000 grant request to the LV Iron Pigs for next year's AAA Minor League Baseball All Star Game. The money would come from hotel taxes, and Lehigh County has already committed $25,000 for this event. Council member Lamont McClure initially [...] 
Northampton County Council member Ron Angle has proposed a one-year moratorium on open space funding. This will reduce next year's tax increase by half, but is contrary to the popular will expressed in a referendum. It's even contrary to the sentiment expressed when County Exec John Stoffa [...] 
