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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: John Callahan, Banana Factory, Lehigh University
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Democracy demands that some firms fail
What is great about our American democracy is that every individual and business has the opportunity to be successful and the opportunity to fail. For instance, from the ashes of what were once economic bedrock industries such as steel and textiles came...Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates, Transportation, Havre de Grace, Air Transportation
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Tax abatement plan helps city, schools
The Saucon Valley School District board should support Bethlehem's LERTA (Local Economic Revitalization Tax Abatement) proposal. In a global economy keen with competition, gaining an edge to bring businesses to the former Bethlehem Steel lands is...Tags: State Budgets
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Bethlehem council wants to know why lane remains
Of The Morning CallBethlehem City Council called on the administration last spring to try removing a turn lane at the troublesome Five Points intersection, an attempt to ease the congestion before the city moved forward with a controversial $2 million project that would...Tags: McDonald's, Government, Heads of State, John Callahan
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John G. Roberts Sr., father of U.S. chief justice
John G. Roberts Sr., a retired steel executive, former general manager of Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s Sparrows Point plant and father of the chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr., died yesterday of respiratory failure at his Ellicott City...Tags: Ohio, Ellicott City, Schools, Maryland, Corporate Officers
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Chief justice's father dies after long illness
The father of Chief Justice John Roberts died Tuesday after a long illness, the Supreme Court said. John Glover "Jack" Roberts Sr. was an executive of Bethlehem Steel Corp. and later worked for CSC Industries and taught at the University of South...Tags: Bethlehem Steel Corp., Court Administration, Judges, CSC Industries Incorporated, Indiana
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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: Casino and Gambling Industry, John Callahan, San Diego (San Diego, California), Regional Authority, Gaming and Lotteries
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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: Casino and Gambling Industry, John Callahan, Canoeing and Kayaking, Rental Service
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Bethlehem Artsquest Taps Woman To Head Giving Effort
ArtsQuest -- the group behind Musikfest and the new SteelStacks project -- has named its first vice president to head up its philanthropic efforts. As vice president of advancement, Kassie Hilgert will lead ArtsQuest's development team in reaching out to...Tags: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Culture, Economic Policy, Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Cultural Development
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Mary Patricia O'Conor Farley, social worker
Mary Patricia O'Conor Farley, the daughter of a Maryland governor who became a social worker and mother of five, died Wednesday of lung cancer at her Homeland apartment. She was 83. Born the middle of five children in an Irish-Catholic family in...Tags: Executive Branch, Reisterstown, Maryland, Death and Dying, Federal Hill
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Century of success
Of The Morning CallWhen you mention the words Lehigh University and wrestling, people around the country take notice. Despite an undergraduate enrollment of less than 5,000, the university's wrestling program has become as synonymous with success as the university's...Tags: High School Sports, Schools, Movies, High Schools, Wrestling
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Maritime-painter Chambers gets fresh look
Of The Morning CallThomas Chambers (1806-1869) has been called America's first modernist, a curious label for a Brit who made paintings of ships as interior decoration. Yet, as a Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibit reveals, he was definitely ahead of the waves, the sort...Tags: Moravian College, Furniture, Delaware, Robert Burns, Painting
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