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John Callahan is a political figure from the Lehigh Valley area. He is best known for his role as Mayor of the city of Bethlehem. Callahan was born and raised in Bethlehem, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Moravian College. He worked at Pfizer before running for and winning the Bethlehem Mayor's race. Callahan also served on Bethlehem City Council, the Finance Committee and Public Works Committee.
John Callahan is a political figure from the Lehigh Valley area. He is best known for his role as Mayor of the city of Bethlehem. Callahan was born and raised in Bethlehem, Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Moravian College. He worked at Pfizer before running for and winning the Bethlehem Mayor's race. Callahan also served on Bethlehem City Council, the Finance Committee and Public Works Committee.
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Charlie Brown, longtime Bethlehem parks director, dies at 73
Of The Morning CallPerhaps no one knew Bethlehem the way Charlie Brown did. From the old railroad ties he used to combat flooding at Monocacy Park to the century-old Ice House he restored, there's probably not a piece of city property that doesn't bear the fingerprints...Tags: Mike Brown, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Family
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Tree-planting program taking root in Bethlehem
Bethlehem has received another $25,000 through a state program to continue its tree-planting effort west of the city's historic downtown. The so-called TreeVitalize program will pay for the planting of about 50 more trees in the neighborhoods along...Tags: Steve Samuelson
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Bethlehem council looking to save vacated churches
Bethlehem City Council committee requested Tuesday that Mayor John Callahan's administration come up with a list of properties that the city could list as local historic landmarks, a designation that could save the four vacated Catholic churches from... -
The right course of action?
Of The Morning CallIt wouldn't be your grandfather's miniature golf course. If Bethlehem proceeds with a $400,000 makeover of its shuttered course on Illick's Mill Road, officials hope to hit some green by replacing the tame obstacles like the windmill with more eye-...Tags: Bonds, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Miniature Golf, Dining and Drinking, Golf
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Bethlehem dealt losing hand by hotel stoppage
Of The Morning CallThe uncertainty about when Sands Casino Resort will continue building its hotel in Bethlehem has cost the city one convention booking, and Mayor John Callahan is scrambling to keep it from losing another. Two days after Sands officially put the brakes on...Tags: Hotels and Accommodations, Baseball, Coca-Cola Company, Tourism and Leisure, Minor League Baseball
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Sounds like a plan in Bethlehem
Of The Morning CallFrom his second-floor balcony in City Hall, Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan can see untapped potential. The Lehigh Canal towpath draws just a handful of people for a leisurely stroll past breathtaking river views that are occasionally obscured by overgrown...Tags: Rental Service, Bethlehem Steel, Casino and Gambling Industry, Canoeing and Kayaking
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Sprucing up Bethlehem -- for a price
Of The Morning CallStanding in her south Bethlehem studio, merchant Cleo Smith can't think of anywhere else she would rather sell the wares that her family has crafted for 50 years. Behind her sprawls Lehigh University with its well-heeled students and cultural...Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation, Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry, Robin Hood
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In Your School - November 18, 2008
ALLENTOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT schools will be closed Nov. 24 and 25 for parent teacher conferences; Nov. 26 FOR an In-service day and Nov. 27, 28 and Dec. 1 for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Harrison-Morton Middle School's PTO will meet 6:30 tonight and the...Tags: Catasauqua, Coplay, Chestnuts, Barnes & Noble Incorporated, Middle Schools
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Project gets new funds
Of The Morning CallAs brainstorming for the design of Bethlehem's future rails-to-trails park got under way Thursday, Mayor John Callahan announced that the city has received a $400,000 state grant toward the second phase of the so-called South Side greenway. The grant,...Tags: Lehigh University, Bethlehem Steel, Banana Factory
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The luckiest man in the Lehigh Valley
I did an Internet search Wednesday morning for ''luckiest man alive,'' ''lucky and man'' and various permutations. I found a guy who emerged without a scratch after a truck fell on his car and crushed it. A skydiver who got off with a broken leg when his...Tags: National Government, Ed Pawlowski, Don Cunningham, Massachusetts, Local Authority
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Bethlehem casino still on schedule, but it'll cost more
Of The Morning CallLas Vegas Sands is forging ahead with its Bethlehem casino development, in which overruns appear to have pushed the cost past $900 million, even as the company scales back a $12 billion project in Macau, China. Sands executives, during a quarterly...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Casino and Gambling Industry, Hotels and Accommodations, Gaming and Lotteries, Bankruptcy
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No tax hike in Bethlehem
Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan announced today that he will not raise real estate taxes, the third year in a row with no increase. Despite a sagging economy with mortgage foreclosure filings on pace to increase by a third in Northampton County, Callahan...Tags: State Budgets, Economic Policy
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