Published September 25. 2026 09:00AM<\/p>\n
State Sen. Nick Miller, D-14th, announced more than $9.1 million in Local Share Account grants for projects across Lehigh and Northampton counties, including funding for a new fire engine in South Whitehall Township, a flood warning system in Salisbury Township and park improvements in Emmaus Borough.<\/p>\n
The grants were approved recently by the Commonwealth Financing Authority and total $9,116,099 for projects throughout the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n
Among the projects affecting the area, South Whitehall Township received $350,000 to purchase a new fire engine for the Cetronia Volunteer Fire Department. The new apparatus will replace Engine 3 with a modern fire engine meeting current National Fire Protection Association standards.<\/p>\n
Miller said the investments reflect priorities identified through meetings with local officials, first responders and community organizations throughout the district.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese investments are about delivering results for our communities,\u201d Miller said in a statement. \u201cFrom giving our firefighters and police the equipment they need to keep people safe, to preserving community assets like the Civic Theatre and Lil\u2019 Le-Hi Fish Hatchery, this funding addresses priorities I\u2019ve heard directly from local leaders and residents.\u201d<\/p>\n
The senator said the funding follows visits and discussions with community organizations, municipalities and residents across the district.<\/p>\n
Several other Lehigh County projects also received funding, including $1 million for a new fire truck in Whitehall Township, $650,000 for equipment associated with the new parking garage at Lehigh Valley International Airport, $384,048 for capital improvements at Civic Theatre of Allentown, $380,000 for upgrades at the Lil\u2019 Le-Hi Fish Hatchery and $855,000 for planning a future facility for the Allentown Art Museum.<\/p>\n
Additional grants support public safety, municipal infrastructure, economic development and community improvement projects throughout Lehigh and Northampton counties.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will continue showing up, listening to our boroughs, townships, first responders and community leaders, and bringing their priorities to Harrisburg,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThese investments are the result of turning those conversations into action and making sure our communities have the resources they need to grow, stay safe and move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Local Share Account program distributes gaming revenue to support community development, infrastructure and public safety projects throughout Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published September 25. 2026 09:00AM State Sen. Nick Miller, D-14th, announced more than $9.1 million in Local Share…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-294351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}