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Lehigh commissioners to vote on tax financing for Costco shopping center
Lehigh County's Board of Commissioners is expected to vote next week on whether to allow tax increment financing for a Costco-anchored shopping center in Lower Macungie Township. The commissioners will be considering the TIF-related bill at their 7:30...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Property, Services and Shopping, Groceries
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East Penn approves tax financing for Costco shopping center
East Penn school directors have agreed to give up future property tax dollars from a proposed $140 million Costco-anchored shopping center in Lower Macungie Township to help make the tax- and job-generating development happen. The school board, with a...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System, Politics, Elections
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East Penn School Board to discuss TIF for Costco-anchored shopping center
East Penn school directors will discuss the tax increment financing proposal for the Hamilton Crossings shopping center in Lower Macungie during their 7:30 p.m. meeting on Monday, May 13. The proposed shopping center calls for a Costco, Target and...Tags: Emmaus, Target
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Superstorm Sandy aid center on Staten Island fights order to leave
NEW YORK — It has been six months since Donna Graziano packed a barbecue into her car, drove 15 miles from her Brooklyn home to Staten Island, and began cooking for residents of a neighborhood ravaged by Superstorm Sandy. Her one-woman effort in a...
Tags: Event Planning, New Dorp, FEMA, Services and Shopping, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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The Goldman Sachs banker turned Nature Conservancy chief
Mark Tercek had some horribly awkward moments after he left Goldman Sachs to run a U.S. environmental charity, the Nature Conservancy. At one of his first big staff meetings, he committed a total eco no-no by drinking from a plastic water bottle. When...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Conservation, World Wildlife Fund, Greenpeace, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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“The Show With Vinny” gives “Jersey Shore” alum something to do
Channel Guide MagazineJersey Shore’s Vinny Guadagnino hosts MTV's The Show With Vinny (premiering Thursday, May 2, at 10pm ET/PT), a new conversational interview show from his family home in Staten Island, N.Y. With no studio or audience, celebrity guests enjoy... -
May Day in New York: Protesting just about everything
NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday....
Tags: Jamie Dimon, Manhattan (New York City), New Dorp, Politics, Phoenix (music group)
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U.S. newspaper circulation down slightly
Newspaper circulation numbers released Tuesday show The Morning Call, the Lehigh Valley's largest news organization, had a sharp drop in daily circulation, which the newspaper attributes to subscription price increases in 2012 and a decrease in e-editions...Tags: Newspapers, USA Today, Newspaper and Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Media Industry
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Developers say they're the only hope for a Costco in the Valley
A developer who wants to bring a $140 million Costco-anchored shopping center to Lower Macungie Township suggested Wednesday night that 63 acres between Hamilton Boulevard and the Route 222 Bypass may present the only opportunity for the Lehigh Valley...
Tags: Property, Allentown, Services and Shopping, Promenade Shops, Target
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Express-Times will no longer print in Easton
For the first time since before the Civil War era, a daily newspaper will no longer be printed in Easton. The Express-Times is eliminating its production department and will move its printing operations to Staten Island, N.Y., the Easton newspaper...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Layoffs and Downsizing, Advertising, Online Advertising
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Developers: Lower Macungie retail center with Costco won't be built without tax financing
Developers looking to bring a Costco-anchored shopping center to Lower Macungie would be able to put half of the center's property taxes over 20 years toward the project's costs as part of a tax increment financing plan. The Lehigh County Industrial...
Tags: Taxation, Local Government, Property, Politics, Services and Shopping
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Tonight's top show: Raekwon at the Shrine
Raekwon: In the talent-rich Wu-Tang Clan, Raekwon stands with Ghostface Killah and Genius/GZA as the MC with the most consistently inventive attack and wordplay. His solo albums, particularly “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx” (1995) and its 2009...
May 15, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 7, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
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Apr 12, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
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