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PUBLIC NOTICE: To All Pennsylvania Business Owners: BHALV to submit NAP Tax Credit Application: Deadline May 29th 2026
There are $72 million in tax credits available statewide.
Would your Business like to donate to good cause and save up to 65% on PA State Taxes subject to the following taxes imposed by the Tax Reform Code of 1971, 72 P.S.?
- Personal Income Tax *Only in eligible instances where tax credits are being passed through to shareholders
- Corporate Net Income Tax
- Bank Shares Tax
- Title Insurance & Trust Company Shares Tax
- Insurance Premiums Tax (excluding surplus lines, unauthorized, domestic/foreign marine)
- Mutual Thrift Institutions Tax
Eligible contributors are business firms authorized to do business in Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue evaluates all contributors for State Tax Compliance prior to
project approval. Applications from eligible contributors cleared for state tax compliance during the
clearance verification period will move forward in the tax credit approval process.
For more information, visit: https://dced.pa.gov/programs/neighborhood-assistance-program-nap/
Email: bhalv@lvbnn.com to set up a an intake meeting to process your contribution.
This Day in History May 25: Memorial Day Time Periods: 1865–1876
For Memorial Day, we feature an article by David Blight about the early origins of the holiday, led by African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, after the Civil War;
As a nation we are at war now, but for most Americans the scale of death and suffering in this seemingly endless wartime belongs to other people far away, or to people in other neighborhoods. Collectively, we are not even allowed to see our war dead today. That was not the case in 1865.
At the end of the Civil War the dead were everywhere, some in half buried coffins and some visible only as unidentified bones strewn on the killing fields of Virginia or Georgia. Americans, north and south, faced an enormous spiritual and logistical challenge of memorialization. The dead were visible by their massive absence. Approximately 620,000 soldiers died in the war. American deaths in all other wars combined through the Korean conflict totaled 606,000. If the same number of Americans per capita had died in Vietnam as died in the Civil War, 4 million names would be on the Vietnam Memorial. The most immediate legacy of the Civil War was its slaughter and how we remember it. Continue reading.
The First Decoration Day By David Blight
Americans understand that Memorial Day, or “Decoration Day,” as my parents called it, has something to do with honoring the nation’s war dead. It is also a day devoted to picnics, road races, commencements, and double-headers. But where did it begin, who created it, and why?As a nation we are at war now, but for most Americans the scale of death and suffering in this seemingly endless wartime belongs to other people far away, or to people in other neighborhoods. Collectively, we are not even allowed to see our war dead today. That was not the case in 1865.
At the end of the Civil War the dead were everywhere, some in half buried coffins and some visible only as unidentified bones strewn on the killing fields of Virginia or Georgia. Americans, north and south, faced an enormous spiritual and logistical challenge of memorialization. The dead were visible by their massive absence. Approximately 620,000 soldiers died in the war. American deaths in all other wars combined through the Korean conflict totaled 606,000. If the same number of Americans per capita had died in Vietnam as died in the Civil War, 4 million names would be on the Vietnam Memorial. The most immediate legacy of the Civil War was its slaughter and how we remember it. Continue reading.
Jerry Christian gets street named after him in Allentown
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — East Liverpool native Jerry Christian will be honored at the Clyde E. Bosket Park in Allentown PA on Saturday May 23 2026.
Allentown City Council voted in October 2025 to dedicate the 500 block of Hickory Street to the city-league basketball legend and will now be known as “Jerry Christian Way.”
Jerry was born in East Liverpool to the late William A. Christian and Thelma (Prince) Christian. He attended East Liverpool High School.
During his basketball playing years as a Potter, he made All-League, All-County, All-District, and honorable mention All-Ohio his junior year and All-League MVP, All-County, All-District and second team All-Ohio his senior year.
He received a full basketball scholarship to West Texas State University. He played four years of Division 1 college basketball. He graduated from college with a degree in Business Administration as a marketing major.
After graduation he took residence in Allentown and played for a semi-pro basketball team known as the Allentown Jets.
Christian was the founder and director of the Fountain Park Adult Basketball League in the 1980s and coached countless boys and girls throughout the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.
Christian has received various awards and recognition for community service and human relations in the Allentown and Lehigh Valley area.
He was inducted into the East Liverpool High School Athletic Hall of Fame in September 1995.
Jerry and his wife Roberta have three daughters, Kia, Erica, and Nina.
Allentown City Council voted in October 2025 to dedicate the 500 block of Hickory Street to the city-league basketball legend and will now be known as “Jerry Christian Way.”
Jerry was born in East Liverpool to the late William A. Christian and Thelma (Prince) Christian. He attended East Liverpool High School.
During his basketball playing years as a Potter, he made All-League, All-County, All-District, and honorable mention All-Ohio his junior year and All-League MVP, All-County, All-District and second team All-Ohio his senior year.
He received a full basketball scholarship to West Texas State University. He played four years of Division 1 college basketball. He graduated from college with a degree in Business Administration as a marketing major.
After graduation he took residence in Allentown and played for a semi-pro basketball team known as the Allentown Jets.
Christian was the founder and director of the Fountain Park Adult Basketball League in the 1980s and coached countless boys and girls throughout the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.
Christian has received various awards and recognition for community service and human relations in the Allentown and Lehigh Valley area.
He was inducted into the East Liverpool High School Athletic Hall of Fame in September 1995.
Jerry and his wife Roberta have three daughters, Kia, Erica, and Nina.
Read More in The Review Saturday May 23, 2026
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