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Thursday, November 10, 2011

6 Things to Do this Weekend.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Historic Downtown.

DONEGAN EXTRAVAGANZA (ARTSQUEST)   WARREN MILLER’S LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW (NORTHAMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE)   IRVING BERLIN’S WHITE CHRISTMAS: THE MUSICAL (SING FOR AMERICA)   HISTORIC BETHLEHEM’S CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE (DOWNTOWN BETHLEHEM ASSOCIATION)   LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY (GODFREY DANIELS) PEAS & Q’S: MUSEUMS OF INDIAN CULTURE - LIFEWAY AND LORE PROGRAM (ARTSQUEST)

Sunday, May 29, 2011

An Independent View

How Lack of Mobility Hurts the Economy

Getting to work can become an impediment to actually getting work

The debate over what the government can do to help the economy is a pretty polarizing topic in American politics these days, but there's one role for government that a supermajority of Americans agree on: promoting economic mobility. A recent poll by the Pew Charitable Trusts found that 83% of respondents supported a government role in promoting economic mobility, and 58% believed the government could be doing more to help Americans improve their prospects. While there were predictable divisions over the appropriate methods, 91% of Democrats and 73% of Republicans said they supported active government involvement in helping the poor and middle class from falling behind. There has long been a consensus in America that people are entitled to…

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Mary Anne Looby

2:54 pm on Tuesday, May 31, 2011

I was not even thinking about Bethlehem. I personally would rather preserve the Moravian history in Bethelhem. If you take away the parking lots, you destroy the small business that depend on them for parking for their patrons. I think there is a real chance for development on the South side and I think we are seeing it. I can't really see urban living for the younger generation in Bethlehem, …   more ›

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