Northampton County approved $225,000 Livable Landscape grants for four organizations at its June 16 meeting. 

Northampton County Council approved just over $1 million for 51 Hotel Tax Grants at its Oct. 7th meeting, according to Lamont McClure and the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED).

There’s nothing like a shutdown to make you realize how dependent we all are on the services and products small businesses provide. Those hot and spicy wings at your favorite restaurant, the day care for your young child, a plumber to fix the leaky faucet in your kitchen or a dentist to make your tooth stop hurting.

Our economy is booming, at least that’s what the economists say, so why then do so many of my constituents tell me they’re struggling to make ends meet?