Rep. Susan Wild and Sen. Bob Casey were in Allentown on Thursday to celebrate the city's selection as a finalist for an eight-digit federal grant.
The U.S. Economic Development Administration on Wednesday selected 22 proposals — including Allentown’s — as finalists for eight-figure grants.
Two West Allen Street homes are the first of five that the agency plans to sell to first-time homebuyers.
Ted Zeller, who chairs the agency's board, said enforcement officers are "too robotic" and called for them to show more of a “human factor" when dealing with people.
Isiah Yeager, 24, was arrested in mid-June after a 29-year-old Bethlehem man was fatally stabbed at Synergy Hookah Lounge on Allentown’s East Side.