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Parkland's Kennedy: 'I Never Gambled With Taxpayers' Money'
Parkland School Director David Kennedy took exception to public reports that the school board gambled with taxpayer money by using an interest rate swap.

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Parkland School Director David Kennedy took exception to public reports that the school board gambled with taxpayer money by using an interest rate swap.

Groundbreaking on the planned $13 million Parkland Community Library is contingent upon passage of a Nov. 5 voter referendum.
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is continuing his efforts to block the Affordable Care Act.
Three Democratic lawmakers want to ban controversial anti-gay 'conversion therapy' for minors in Pennsylvania
Groundbreaking on the planned $13 million Parkland Community Library is contingent upon passage of a Nov. 5 voter referendum.
A record-setting $6 million jackpot will be up for grabs in Thursday's Match 6 Lotto drawing.
Parkland School Director David Kennedy took exception to public reports that the school board gambled with taxpayer money by using an interest rate swap.
Gov. Corbett spotlighted LVH's successful, five-year-old telemedicine program as an example of his Medicaid expansion plan's goal to provide access to quality healthcare to Pennsylvanians while lowering costs.
An unusual hickory horned devil caterpillar was found in a Lehigh Valley park recently.
An unusual hickory horned devil caterpillar was found in a Lehigh Valley park recently.
A Lehigh County man and U.S. Marine is stationed at Washington Navy Yard, where 12 people were killed in a mass shooting Monday.
Senior citizens from Parkland School District and northwestern Lehigh County, and their families, are invited to attend the ninth annual Senior Citizens Activity Day Thursday at the Schnecksville Fire Company pavilion.
Senior citizens from Parkland School District and northwestern Lehigh County, and their families, are invited to attend the ninth annual Senior Citizens Activity Day Thursday at the Schnecksville Fire Company pavilion.
North Whitehall has scheduled its Halloween trick-or-treat-night.
Here's what's happening Tuesday in South Whitehall Township.
North Whitehall Township Board of Supervisors will still hold meeting at Schnecksville Fire Company.
The South Whitehall cow is back.
Man's death from West Nile Virus is the first death reported this year in Pennsylvania.
Univest plans to relocate 31 employees to the new two-story office building under construction on Cetronia Road in South Whitehall.
Man's death from West Nile Virus is the first death reported this year in Pennsylvania.