Parkland joins opposition against data center across from high school; a ‘ticking time bomb,’ member says

The Parkland School Board unanimously approved a resolution opposing a hyperscale data center proposal for a site across the street from Parkland High School.

A woman holds up a sign Thursday, July 9, 2026, during a South Whitehall Township Planning Commission meeting involving the Project Atlas data center proposal in the auditorium of Springhouse Middle School in South Whitehall Township. Project Atlas has drawn concerns from township residents due to its potential impacts to the nearby Parkland High School and surrounding community. (Jon Chiu/The Morning Call)

An exterior view of Allen High School. (Kristen Harrison/The Morning Call)

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Jan and Jim Everett, owners of Country Junction on Route 209 about 8 miles from Lehighton. Jim Everett died on Oct. 15, 2026 at 77. (Ed Koskey Jr./The Morning Call)

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Northampton’s head baseball coach Mick Sugra has resigned after 16 seasons in charge of the Konkrete Kids program. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Lehigh Valley high school baseball: Successful coach says goodbye after 16 seasons

Citing wanting to watch his kids play college sports, Mick Sugra has resigned as Northampton's baseball coach

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Slate Belt Holdings, a partnership between Talen Energy and River Pointe Logistics, included this map as part of its preliminary land development plan submitted to Upper Mount Bethel Township on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. This is an alternate layout design for the proposed hyperscale data center campus that includes fewer, smaller buildings. (Slate Belt Holdings)

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New plans submitted in Upper Mount Bethel detail what developers want in a deal that would give the township $50 million for approving data center plans.

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Northampton County Executive Tara Zrinski speaks Wednesday, June 24, 2026, during her first State of the County address at the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem. Zrinski unveiled a plan for a Gracedale nursing home campus, with a new 700-bed skilled nursing facility, dialysis center, workforce housing and retail area. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

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Police investigate the scene where a 40-year-old man was fatally stabbed Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in a home in the 700 block of Second Street, in Whitehall Township. Daniel Latorre, 40, was stabbed about 8:35 p.m. and was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg, where he died from his injuries about an hour later. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

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