Tag: Allentown Borough
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Allentown master plan to be updated
By Andrew Martins Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – An ordinance authorizing a $25,000 emergency appropriation that will be used to hire professional consultants who will prepare a master plan update was adopted by the Borough Council on June 14. A master plan is a series of documents that contains the land use regulations that frame a community’s…
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Allentown officials seek answers to school tax increase
By Andrew Martins Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Borough officials are still seeking answers as to why Allentown’s property owners will face a $530 increase in school taxes beginning in August. Out of more than a dozen property sales that occurred in Allentown between Jan. 1, 2015 and June 30, 2015, state taxation officials used three…
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Pair charged with possession of drugs in Allentown
ALLENTOWN – A man and a woman were taken into custody after they allegedly attempted to flee from police officers and crashed their vehicle at an entrance to Interstate 195. Allentown Patrolman Anthony Rando said the incident took place at about 7 p.m. May 6 when patrolmen Richard Lerche and Chris Poss attempted to stop a Nissan…
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Schmitt to run for Allentown council seat
By Andrew Martins Staff Writer ALLENTOWN – Two three-year terms on the Borough Council will be on the ballot in November, but only one candidate affiliated with a political party has filed a nominating petition to run for office. Acting Borough Clerk Laurie Gavin said incumbent Democrat Robert Schmitt filed a nominating petition by the…