Andy Twiggar News Today

To the editor: Monday night’s Shamokin City Council meeting proved once again that the rich get richer, and the poorer stay poor in Shamokin. To be specific, I’m referring to

SHAMOKIN — Linking the city’s rich mining history with continuing revitalization efforts is the impetus for the construction of a fountain that began Friday morning at Volunteer Park.

A proposed partnership from the Borough of Catasauqua with the newly formed Lehigh County Redevelopment Authority might finally get the shuttered Iron Works redevelopment on its feet.

Catasauqua residents criticized Borough Council for its handling of the terminated Iron Works project with Dunn Twiggar during a June 28 meeting.