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The COVID-19 infection rate in Northampton County has spiked to an unsustainable level in recent days, increasing the threat of an outbreak, according to current data analyzed by the coronavirus monitoring site CovidActNow.org.
Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine on Monday declined to directly address a federal judge’s ruling that invalidated some of the Wolf administration’s most-criticized pandemic restrictions, saying that any response was in the hands of attorneys.
U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV found that Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration’s policy limiting indoor and outdoor gatherings and events to 25 and 250 people, respectively, violates ‘the right of assembly enshrined in the First Amendment.’ Stickman also found Wolf and Health Secretary Rachel Levine’s stay-at-home and business closure orders to be unconstitutional.
Many Pennsylvania restaurant owners are no doubt breathing a sigh of relief after Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that they may increase the number of people in their establishments to 50 percent of their maximum seating capacity as of Monday, Sept. 21.
In a win for local preservationists, it was announced in late August that the historic Meadows Road Bridge in Lower Saucon Township has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
A resident of Lower Saucon Township reports having had an uninvited visitor Friday who was furry, black and walked on four paws.
In a dramatic turnaround, Lehigh Valley tenants like Jason Kiefer are now safe from eviction until the end of the year–at least in theory–because of a new federal order.
On Tuesday, Gov. Tom Wolf dashed any hope of a last-minute reprieve for the thousands of Pennsylvanians who have fallen behind on rent during the coronavirus pandemic and reiterated that he does not have the legal authority to extend the state’s temporary ban on evictions, which expired today.
While just 1.5 million people in Pennsylvania voted by mail this June, experts are anticipating that number to rise this fall, amid concerns about COVID-19.
“Officers feel that they don’t have the support of elected officials,” John English, Edgeworth Borough’s chief of police, told the House Majority Policy Committee. “In general, a lot of police officers are upset and questioning whether they should stay in the profession.”
