by Christin Brown | July 12, 2024 | Releases
July 12, 2024 –Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) announced that he is confident that investments promised in this year’s state budget, which passed Thursday night, will be crucial to the commonwealth. “We are seeing historic investments in public education,...
by Christin Brown | July 11, 2024 | Releases
July 11, 2024 – Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) and Rep. Peter Schweyer (D-Lehigh) secured a $1.4 million tax credit for a low-income housing project to be developed on South 8th Street in Allentown. “This project will consist of 29 one-bedroom units,...
by Christin Brown | July 9, 2024 | Releases
July 9, 2024 – Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) announced today that Whitehall Township and the Whitehall Township Historical Preservation Society were awarded a Keystone Historic Preservation Grant for $12,360. “I am excited to bring this funding to...
by Christin Brown | June 20, 2024 | Releases
June 20, 2024 – Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) and Rep. Peter Schweyer (D-Lehigh) secured a $100,000 grant for Allentown’s Literacy Center for their existing digital-literacy program. “The Literacy Center offers instruction, training and support for...
by Christin Brown | June 13, 2024 | Releases
June 13, 2024 –Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) and Rep. Jeanne McNeill (D-Lehigh) have secured $120,000 in state funding to help revitalize the site of the former Lehigh Valley Dairy in Whitehall via the Redevelopment Authority of Lehigh County. ...
by Christin Brown | June 10, 2024 | Releases
June 10, 2024 – Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) today announced the Fund to Benefit Children & Youth has been awarded $50,000 via the American Rescue Plan Act funds. The fund provides abused, neglected and at-risk children in Lehigh and...
by Christin Brown | June 3, 2024 | Releases
June 3, 2024 – The Girl Scouts of Eastern PA Camp Mountain House were allotted $251,000 via the American Rescue Plan Act, Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) and Rep. Milou Mackenzie (R-Northampton/Montgomery/Lehigh) announced today. “I visited the Camp...
by Christin Brown | May 31, 2024 | Releases
May 31, 2024 – Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) and the city of Allentown are hosting a free community safety event on Saturday, June 8 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the 500 block of Allen Street in Allentown. “Fire safety is incredibly important, and...
by Christin Brown | May 28, 2024 | Releases
May 28, 2024 – Local residents aged 60 and older can now apply for the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program, Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) announced today. Seniors in both Lehigh and Northampton counties could be eligible for five $10 vouchers that...
by Christin Brown | May 22, 2024 | Releases
May 22, 2024 – Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) and Rep. Steve Samuelson (D-Northampton) have secured $100,704 in funding to go toward the construction of a multipurpose field house at First Responders Park in Hanover. The funding is via the Commonwealth...
by Christin Brown | May 21, 2024 | Releases
May 21, 2024 – Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) has secured $1,031,412 in funding from the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Local Share Accounts, he announced today. This funding will go toward projects that improve the lives of local residents in...
by Christin Brown | May 21, 2024 | Releases
May 21, 2024 – Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) announced that he secured $50,000 for Midway Manor Community Association via funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. Midway Manor Community Association is hosting a Neighbor to Neighbor: Business and...
by Christin Brown | May 15, 2024 | Releases
HARRISBURG, May 15, 2024 – In response to the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission’s Assessment of the Effectiveness of the City of Allentown NIZ, state Sen. Nick Miller and state Reps. Mike Schlossberg, Peter Schweyer and Josh Siegel released the following...
by Christin Brown | May 13, 2024 | Releases
May 13, 2024 − The Boys & Girls Club of Allentown’s Sixth Street Clubhouse will be receiving $100,000 via an American Rescue Plan Act grant, Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) announced today. “The Boys & Girls Club of Allentown is a fantastic...
by Christin Brown | May 10, 2024 | Releases
May 10, 2024 – The state Senate Labor and Industry Committee unanimously voted to support Sen. Nick Miller’s (D-Lehigh-Northampton) payroll modernization legislation, Senate Bill 1026, co-introduced by Sen. Lisa Baker (R-Luzerne-Pike-Susquehanna-Wayne-Wyoming). ...
by Christin Brown | April 29, 2024 | Releases
April 29, 2024 – Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) today announced eight school districts will receive $3,167,095 in funding for safety, security and mental health support from the Pennsylvania School Safety and Security Committee. The School Safety...
by Christin Brown | April 26, 2024 | Releases
April 26, 2023 − Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton), Rep. Peter Schweyer (D-Lehigh), Rep. Josh Siegel (D-Lehigh) and Rep. Mike Schlossberg (D-Lehigh) announced today that two entities in Lehigh County will be receiving nearly $2 million in funding from the...
by Christin Brown | April 16, 2024 | Releases
April 16, 2023 − Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) today announced the preparation for the demolition of Lehigh Valley Dairy in Whitehall has begun. “I’m thrilled to announce that after more than three decades, today we start the process of clearing up...
by Christin Brown | April 11, 2024 | Releases
ALLENTOWN, April 11, 2024 – Lehigh Valley legislators, state Reps. Peter Schweyer, Jeanne McNeill, Mike Schlossberg and Josh Siegel, all D-Lehigh; state Reps. Robert Freeman and Steve Samuelson, both D-Northampton; and state Senators Lisa Boscola and Nick Miller,...
by Christin Brown | April 10, 2024 | Releases
April 10, 2024 − Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) today commended the Environmental Protection Agency for setting a limit on chemicals found in drinking water. “In meeting with residents and local municipal leaders across the district, some...
by Christin Brown | April 2, 2024 | Releases
ALLENTOWN – April 2, 2024 – Sen. Nick Miller and State Reps. Peter Schweyer, Mike Schlossberg and Josh Siegel announced today new funding totaling $2.2 million in education funding grants heading to the Allentown School District. “Anytime we can provide after school...
by Christin Brown | March 26, 2024 | Releases
March 26, 2024 − Six transportation projects in the Lehigh Valley will receive more than $2.2 million from the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Multimodal Transportation Fund, announced Sen. Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton). “Investments in our...
by Christin Brown | March 16, 2024 | Releases
March 16, 2024 − The Pennsylvania Lottery will be updating to new systems, impacting consumers’ ability to purchase tickets after midnight on Monday, March 18, until late into the day on Tuesday, March 19, Sen. Nick Miller advised residents today. “I recognize...
by Christin Brown | March 12, 2024 | Releases
March 12, 2024 − Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) and Rep. Peter Schweyer (D-Lehigh) today announced that Canal Park in Allentown will receive a grant for the boat launch upgrade site plan and engineering design from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission....
by Christin Brown | March 12, 2024 | Releases
March 12, 2024 − North Catasauqua Borough will receive a grant of $15,000 from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for law enforcement recruitment, Sen. Nick Miller (D-Lehigh/Northampton) announced today. “Public safety is a vital component in...
