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Members of the Hellertown Planning Commission heard plans from Greystone Capital Inc. to build a 142-unit apartment complex at the former site of Neighbors Home & Garden, located at 42 Main Street in Hellertown, at their Tuesday night meeting.
Est. Read Time: 3 minsThe two Saylorsburg women share a driveway and much more. Although nurses June Roberts and Caroline Gillenkirk’s differences are vast, they have become fast friends.
Est. Read Time: 2 minsThe Saucon Valley Spirit Parade is scheduled to make its comeback on Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. in Hellertown. The parade was last held in 2018, after inclement weather and the COVID pandemic cancelled the event in 2019 and 2020.
Est. Read Time: 5 minsFriday night the Saucon Valley Panthers packed their bags and traveled to Pottsville to take on the Crimson Tide. This game stems from an agreement between the Colonial League and Schuylkill League to create a level playing field by scheduling matchups between the bigger and smaller schools in each league. The Panthers will now play the bigger programs from the Schuylkill League like Pottsville, Blue Mountain and Lehighton while giving up the smaller Colonial League schools like Catasauqua, Northern Lehigh and Pen Argyl. The agreement which was finally brokered in January, 2019 was meant to go into effect last season, but due to COVID-19 the inaugural plan had to quarantine until this season.
Tournament play at the 2021 Disc Golf Pro Tour Match Play Championship kicked off Friday morning at Steel Club in Hellertown. 16 of the top-ranked men’s disc golfers began playing their way through the course shortly after 10 a.m. under cloudy skies and a damp, low-70s forecast.
Members of Hellertown’s Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend Liz Thompson to fill the commission’s final remaining seat at their Tuesday night meeting. If confirmed by borough council, Thompson would be the second appointment to a vacant seat in the past month.
Pennsylvania State Police Troop M are asking for help from the public with identifying the operator of a car they say may have been involved in a fatal accident on I-78.
Joey Di Russo, who is a Life Scout in Hellertown Boy Scout Troop 319 and a senior at Saucon Valley High School, designed and built a display cabinet for the Historical Society over the course of this year.
Eleanor D. Reichard, 83, of Hellertown, died Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 at Gracedale. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Dorothy E. Miller, 91, formerly of Center Valley, died Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 at Lifequest Nursing Center, Quakertown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
24 of the top professional disc golfers will be competing for the Disc Golf Pro Tour Match Play Championship this weekend at Steel Club.
There appear to be two schools of thought on how the death of someone who was unvaccinated and died from COVID-19 should be treated on social media. Journalists may find themselves in a no-win situation as they try to reconcile them.
Thomas L. Carlton, 89, of Hellertown, died Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021 at Saucon Valley Manor, Hellertown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Grocery retailer ALDI, which operates more than 2,100 stores in 37 states, has announced that it is hiring more than 20,000 new store and warehouse employees to support its continued growth across the country and prepare for the busy 2021 holiday season.
Richland Township Police recently announced charges against a man who they say was involved in an altercation at the Walmart store at 195 N. West End Boulevard (Rt. 309) in the township in June.
While first responders excel at preventing harm, they rarely seek help to combat the emotional toll their occupation can have on their own mental health. St. Luke’s University Health Network is addressing this issue by launching a program that provides support and therapy for first responders who suffer on-the-job post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related side effects.
The 2021 Pipes 4 Paws motorcycle charity ride is scheduled for Sunday, Sep. 26. The event raises money in support of local abused, neglected and abandoned animals.
Barbara Ruth Roksewicz, 87, of Salisbury Township, formerly of Hellertown, died Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021 at Fellowship Manor, Whitehall. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
If you regularly travel Old Bethlehem Road in Springfield Township, you may need to use a detour for some time. Springfield Township Police announced Tuesday that a portion of the two-lane road “will be closed for an extended length of time due to storm water damage.”
Kenneth Melvin Zellner Sr., 81, of Coopersburg, died on Sept. 6, 2021. Services have been entrusted to Connell Funeral Home and will be private.
Authorities say a Coopersburg area man was behind the wheel of a vehicle when it violently crashed in the seaside town of Strathmere, N.J., early Sunday morning, in a wreck that claimed one passenger’s life and left the other seriously hurt.
A local water and sewer authority administrator has been appointed to fill a leadership position within the statewide organization to which such municipal authorities belong.
Leading the effort to ensure that this year’s fleet of floats doesnt’ run out of candy is Hellertown Postmaster Joe DiRusso, who has once again volunteered the post office–which is located roughly at the parade’s midpoint–to serve as a “candy refill station.”
Some things just seem to go together like America and apple pie, and Labor Day and baseball are two of them.
The Salisbury Falcons and Saucon Valley Panthers collided Friday night at Hellertown in a Week-Two showdown. The Falcons were clipped last week by Catasauqua while Saucon was slammed by Notre Dame in the season opener. It was to be a bounce-back brawl for both teams who were each searching for their first win.
The current economic environment paired with a high-priced housing market and the end of the federal eviction moratorium provides all the ingredients for a “perfect storm” that could lead to an increase in homelessness in the Lehigh Valley area.
A heavily-traveled section of Rt. 611 in Northampton and Bucks counties has been closed due to damage caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, PennDOT announced Friday.
Severe flash flooding along the Unami Creek triggered by the remnants of Hurricane Ida claimed a man’s life in upper Bucks County Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin said.
A historic storm that dumped as much as 7 inches of rain on parts of the area Wednesday left sunny skies, cooler temperatures and plenty of debris to clean up in its wake, but the general consensus among residents seemed to be that it “could have been worse.”
As the remnants of Hurricane Ida pressed eastward across Pennsylvania Wednesday afternoon, rainfall rates steadily increased across the Lehigh Valley, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning for Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks and Montgomery counties, along with parts of surrounding counties.
Will the new Starbucks on Main Street in Hellertown be open in time for area residents to enjoy a pumpkin spice or peppermint latte there this year?
On the eve of a hurricane-fueled rainstorm that could bring significant flooding to the area, more of the historic Meadows Road Bridge has collapsed into the Saucon Creek.
Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public’s help with identifying the body of a man that was found wedged against a riverside dock in Upper Black Eddy, Bucks County.
The mandate announced Tuesday will apply to Pennsylvania’s public and private K-12 schools, as well as early learning and child care facilities, starting Sept. 7.