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Bucks County’s newest hospital, St. Luke’s Upper Bucks Campus in Milford Township, will officially open its doors at 7 a.m. Saturday. Construction of the $100 million campus began in May 2018.
If your idea of a relaxing weekend is a Tuscan-style retreat filled with world-class wine, food, bucolic scenery and access to nearby attractions, the owners of Sand Castle Winery in Bucks County want you to know that all that and more awaits future visitors to its vineyards.
It seems hard to believe that Saucon Valley wrestling coach Chad Shirk has been doing his thing for the Panthers over the past fifteen years. During his tenure, Shirk has tallied a 316-58 career record. He has led Saucon to 75 consecutive regular season dual meet victories, 7 consecutive Colonial League titles and 4 straight District XI championships. In addition to winning League and District championships last season, the Panthers finished 5th in the PIAA state tournament and placed four wrestlers on the podium including a state champion.
Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin are investigating an armed robbery which occurred at the CVS in Ottsville, Bucks County, shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday, which was about half an hour before the store’s closing time.
Saucon Valley School District superintendent Dr. Craig Butler announced in an email to middle and elementary school parents Friday that the district will host a Community Outreach Meeting about its Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support Program on Monday, Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. in the middle school.
A 50-year-old man from Ephrata, Lancaster County, is accused of burglarizing two homes in Upper Saucon Township and using funds obtained from the break-ins to purchase drugs, including cocaine and heroin.
Giant Food Stores announced this week that through Dec. 28, customers can earn reward points to use toward a free holiday ham certificate when they shop and use their GIANT Choice Rewards card.
Three officers from the Lower Saucon Township Police Department were promoted and officially sworn in as Corporals at Wednesday’s council meeting.
Do you want to make this holiday season extra special for a child in need? The Sassy Massey Smiles Foundation needs your help–and your toy donations–to bring smiles to the faces of sick children in the community.
A 41-year-old Hellertown borough woman is charged with felony strangulation in an assault case in which police say she allegedly strangled a 39-year-old man to the point that he began to experience respiratory distress.
Santa Claus is coming to Fountain Hill early this Christmas! On Saturday, Dec. 21, Santa, Mrs. Claus and their holiday helpers will be delivering gifts to the children of Fountain Hill as part of the fire department’s yearly Operation Santa fundraiser.
Ronald E. Abel, 56, of Bethlehem, Pa., died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 at his residence. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown, Pa.
Who could be so callous as to break into a church to steal donations meant to benefit local people in need, especially during the Christmas season? That’s a question many people are asking themselves after just such an incident occurred at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus on Easton Road in Hellertown Tuesday night.
It’s probably not something for which most municipalities would prefer to be known as trailblazers, but in the case of Fountain Hill borough, economics and timing are dictating that officials be proactive in introducing a new stormwater management fee system.
GottaHavaWawa? GottaHavaPatience if you live in the Southern Lehigh area. For local fans of the popular convenience store and gas station chain who’ve been waiting years to see ground broken on a new Wawa at Passer Road and Rt. 309 just north of Coopersburg, the end of their waiting is finally in sight.
A new fire truck is required in order to help maintain public safety, Dewey Fire Company officials maintained Monday, but several Hellertown Borough Council members were skeptical of their request to purchase one that comes with a seven-figure price tag.
The fire department recently launched an “adopt-a-hydrant” program in which it is asking residents with fire hydrants adjacent to their properties to clear a three-foot radius of snow around each hydrant, in order to help maintain access to them.
Dallas is a sweet young puppy who’s looking for his forever home. He’s about five months old and currently living in a foster home due to the fact that he is too young to be housed at the shelter.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning that includes Bucks, Northampton and Lehigh counties for 4 a.m. Monday to 1 a.m. Tuesday, when it says heavy snow is now expected, with totals of 6 to 9 inches and locally higher amounts possible.
The 2019 holiday season in the Southern Lehigh area got off to a festive–if frosty–start with the annual Coopersburg Tree Lighting organized by the Southern Lehigh Chamber of Commerce and held at the borough’s volunteer fire company Saturday night.
St. Luke’s University Health Network is among the few hospital systems nationwide expanding palliative care, adding new practices, providers and programs to provide patients in the greater Lehigh Valley access to this important kind of care.
Santa certainly isn’t giving Saucon Valley short shrift this holiday season. His triumphal appearance at Light Up Night in Hellertown Friday was just the first visit of many he and the elves have planned for December, including four visits to Mystical Treatsss Cafe.
How much, how long and how far this way or that way? A frequent topic of conversation around Hellertown Saturday was the weather forecast for Sunday and Monday, when winter weather is supposed to affect the area for the first time this season.
A Saucon Source initiative to help individuals and families who are without the funds to purchase warm winter hats, gloves and other accessories will continue this year.
Although he arrived at Light Up Night on a decorated vintage fire truck, Santa easily could have commandeered Dasher and Blitzen for an escort, since they were also guests at Hellertown’s festive kickoff to the holiday season Friday.
Willard J. Thomas Sr., 74, of Hellertown, died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Inpatient Hospice, Allentown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Helen G. Ballek, 92, formerly of Williams Township, Riegelsville, died Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Just when you thought the weather was quieting down, Old Man Winter is preparing to rear his white and wizened head later this weekend, when forecasters say he could wallop our area with snow and ice.
Joseph S. Horwath, 83, of Springfield Township died Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 at his residence. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown, Pa.
According to forecasters, colder air and precipitation will invade our area in time for the weekend, which is when several events that will help kick off the holiday season are planned.
Between football, shopping and stuffing yourself with…stuffing…it can be easy to forget what Thanksgiving is actually all about. That wasn’t happening at a Thanksgiving Community Meal held Saturday at New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lower Saucon Township.
Saucon Source celebrated an important milestone on Sunday with an open house that marked their fifth anniversary as an independent online publisher of original local news and information.
Organized by Keystone Canna Remedies, the conference was an opportunity for residents, media and others to learn more about the rapidly-evolving medical marijuana landscape in Pennsylvania.
