Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Bethlehem mayor will face off against Republican John Brown in November in Northampton County Executive race.
Northampton County Democrats appear to have chosen Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan as their pick for the next county executive. Unofficial results from the county election office showed Callahan leading challengers Glenn Reibman, the former executive, and county Councilman Lamont McClure. Results from WFMZ had Callahan winning 50 percent of the vote with 82 percent of precints reporting. Callahan will face Republican John Brown in this year's general election. Brown, the mayor of Bangor, had no opposition for his party's nomination. The winner will replace John Stoffa, who is not seeking re-election. All three Democratic candidates had campaigned on platforms that stressed economic development and the need to keep Gracedale—the county-owned …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan and County Councilman Lamont McClure face off against former executive Glenn Reibman.
Although it's been two years since Northampton County voters chose to keep Gracedale from being sold, the county-owned nursing home remains a hot issue. So much so that the three Democrats running to become the next county executive list Gracedale as one of their top priorities. Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan, county Councilman Lamont McClure, and former executive Glenn Reibman are all seeking the Democratic nomination for executive in Tuesday's primary. We asked all three candidates to fill out questionnaires about themselves and the issues. Click on their names below to see how they responded. The three candidates also spoke about their positions—while attacking those of their opponents—in a debate last week. The winner of the primary …
Friday, May 10, 2013
Callahan, McClure and Reibman meet for third debate at Northampton Community College.
The three men who want to be Northampton County Executive touted their records—and attacked each others'—at their third debate Thursday night. Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan, county Councilman Lamont McClure and former Executive Glenn Reibman are all seeking the Democratic nomination for executive in the May 21 primary. When they met Thursday—at an event sponsored by the Lehigh Valley League of Women Voters of Northampton County—the three candidates presented mostly similar platforms, stressing increased economic development and a need to keep the county nursing home Gracedale county owned. And they all said their past elected history is what makes them the right choice to become the county's next executive. "It's a very simple platform. I …
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Republican majority chooses Northampton County Councilman John Cusick as president for another year.
Reorganization doesn't seem to be simple, at least where Northampton County Council is concerned. Last year, Council President Ron Angle lost his seat after his fellow Republicans instead backed Councilman John Cusick. This year, Cusick kept his seat, but only after a challenge from council's Democrats on council that ended with a tie vote, causing council to put the meeting on hold until member Bruce Gilbert arrived to break the tie. Councilwoman Peg Ferraro -- who was re-elected Vice President without challenge -- nominated Cusick. Councilman Lamont McClure, a Democrat, was also nominated as president. The resulting 4-4 vote meant that council effectively had no president, and thus the meeting was put on hold until Gilbert arrived. But …
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Results show longtime Republican councilmen losing to newcomer Democrats in Northampton County Council race.
Ron Angle, the outspoken Northampton County councilman, has lost his seat after 12 years in office. Angle, of Upper Mount Bethel, was defeated Tuesday night by Democratic challenger Scott Parsons, the Wind Gap borough council president who had campaigned almost solely on the notion of bringing a civility to county council that he claimed Angle lacked. Parsons took home 53 percent of the vote -- 4,817 -- to Angle's 4,171. Another Republican incumbent, Easton's Mike Dowd, lost a challenge to political newcomer Bob Werner. Werner, of Easton, had focused during his campaign on improving Gracedale, the county-owned nursing home that voters had opted not to sell in the May 2011 primary. Incumbent Councilman Lamont McClure held on to his seat in…
Thursday, May 19, 2011
New resolution sets up fund for publicly-owned nursing home.
Northampton County Council wants to use nearly $1.6 million in unspent money from a 10-year-old bond to help pay to keep its nursing home running. Earlier this week, voters approved a ballot referendum preventing the county from selling Gracedale, the publicly-owned nursing home in Upper Nazareth. Because the county had planned to sell Gracedale, council had only budgeted enough money to fund it for the first half of the year. With the sale not happening, the county is now looking to try to improve Gracedale on its own. One of the ways to do that could be taking more than $1.5 million from the bond issue, declare the projects that money was supposed to fund as "unfeasible," and move it to Gracedale. A resolution introduced at Thursday's …
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Chris Miller
8:29 am on Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Ron Maybe we can figure out a way to keep you on retainer so we will at least have you there to put the budget together every year. more ›