The Bethlehem Gadfly

Items

• Draft guide to Bethlehem history
• The BPA presentation on the Polk Street Garage at City Council July 2
• An overview of discussion about the Polk St. Garage with BPA at the July 2 CC meeting
• BPA indicates its direction in regard to the Polk St. Garage
• 4th of July 2019: Gadfly's thoughts drift to the past and to the Southwest border
• Skinny-dipping in the backyard!
  Nothing spells summer better than a bird frolicking in the bird bath.
• Did the City demand independent studies of the synthetic turf safety?
  Synthetic turf fields are associated with a number of serious health and safety concerns that do not seem to be considered by the municipalities, schools, and colleges & universities that install them. The new surface may be safer if a child falls, but what happens when it starts to wear or degrade and produce toxic particles from whatever it’s made of? Did anyone at the City demand independent studies on these questions, or did they accept the claims from the competing vendors?
• Friendship Park rededicated under Northside 2027
• Bethlehem Moment 10: Gertrude Fox, Committed Environmentalist
• Good news! There are groups like the Southside Vision Housing Committee working on affordable housing
• City Council meeting tonight 7PM, Town Hall
• "Affordable housing, as we all know, is a challenge throughout the Lehigh Valley and we are making an investment"
• Do your research, Gadfly!
• The Mayor's answer to the South Bethlehem Historical Society: A teachable moment
• Another southside housing story: simultaneous coordinated strategies needed
• Friendship Park, ribbon cutting, tomorrow
• Yes, Southside Reality
• The proposed Packer Ave. Promenade
• Sad Southside buying experience
• Sharing your reading: the walkable city
• Gadfly's tail on the trail report
• Stunning Sunday at Gadfly Gardens
• Gadfly the grinch
• Suffer any damage from the Martin Tower implosion?
• Gadfly asked for this! Peter does some chewing on the Mayor's letter!