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Easton councilwoman seeking 6th term faces primary challenger
Posted May 15, 2021
Easton City Councilwoman Sandra Vulcano, left, seeks a sixth term against challenger Taiba Sultana in the Democratic primary election Tuesday, May 18, 2021.Courtesy photos | For lehighvalleylive.com
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Democratic voters in Easton will decide Tuesday between a sixth term for incumbent city Councilwoman Sandra Alercia Vulcano or voting in newcomer Taiba Sultana.
It is Easton’s only contested municipal government race in the primary election. Councilmen Roger Ruggles and Jim Edinger, like Vulcano, also seek an additional four-year term, but neither faces a primary challenger. No Republicans filed petitions for the election.
Does Easton need a new Vanderveer Park? 1 school board member says no. 6 say yes.
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
Concept plan for improvements at Vanderveer Park in Easton. Presented by the Easton Area School Board on May 4, 2021.Courtesy Easton Area School District
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Plans to renovate Vanderveer Park are moving ahead, although one Easton Area School Board member thinks it’s a bad idea.
Easton Area School District Superintendent David Piperato outlined the plan during his report Tuesday at the school board meeting. You can watch the meeting on YouTube.
Piperato said the City of Easton will pay a matching grant of $48,000 in order to go after $325,000 in funding. The park is on school district property next to Cottingham Stadium but it won’t cost the school district anything to improve the park, Piperato said.
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Easton Area School Board approves tax breaks for these 13 properties
Updated 7:43 AM;
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The Easton Area School Board agreed not to levy real estate taxes on 13 Easton properties next year and gradually collect taxes until they finally collect full taxes on the properties in 10 years.
This isn’t some “tax scam” but a well-reasoned decision to spur redevelopment in the city, according to Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr.
“In the suburbs you grow by building out. In the city you grow by rebuilding and adaptive reuse of existing structures,” Panto told the school board Tuesday. You can hear his comments on the meeting video on YouTube.