Members of Northampton County Council voted 5-4 Thursday to reject tax increment financing for the former Dixie Cup plant in Wilson Borough. A developer has plans to turn the 640,000-square-foot building into more than 400 apartments.
Democrats won all five open seats on Northampton County Council in Tuesday's election, according to unofficial results, giving Democrats an eight-member majority on the nine-member body.
Democrat Tara Zrinski declared victory Tuesday in the race to become Northampton County's next executive.
Fountain Hill's 2026 budget proposal, accepted Monday, includes a 1-mill tax increase, the borough's second in two years.
Lehigh University hosted a symposium examining ways to bolster electric and water systems to cope with the demands of data centers. Getting it right could mean hundreds of new jobs — and a place leading the next generation of technology infrastructure.