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Josh Popichak is the owner-publisher of Saucon Source. A Bethlehem, Pa., native, he has covered Saucon Valley area news since 2005 and previously worked for Berks-Mont News and AOL/Patch. Josh’s reporting extends to include a weekly local podcast, No Rain Date, which is available on iTunes, Spotify and other apps. He can be reached at josh@sauconsource.com.
Pennsylvania State Police at the Fogelsville barracks are investigating a brazen shoplifting incident that took place at a well-known cosmetics and beauty product retailer in Lower Macungie Township Monday.
St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is opening its School of Phlebotomy in January to develop highly-skilled, patient-focused phlebotomists find rewarding careers.
Car trouble during a “severe weather event” was a motorist’s excuse for breaking into an unoccupied home in Bucks County to go online, state police at Dublin said Tuesday.
A New Jersey man received two traffic citations after police say he fell asleep at the wheel, drove through a stop sign and struck another motorist in a rural part of Nockamixon Township, Bucks County, Sunday morning.
James Edward Sturm, 91, of Wassergass in Lower Saucon Township, passed away peacefully on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25, 2021. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Not many people can draw a crowd on a cold night like Kris Kringle can, and the Jolly Old Elf did just that at Coopersburg’s annual Tree-Lighting Ceremony Saturday, arriving on a Coopersburg Volunteer Fire Company truck to a greet well-wishers of all ages.
Anyone hoping to pick up cookies and milk for Santa or snacks for his reindeer at a new Wawa on Rt. 309 near Coopersburg is going to have to wait until next year to do that.
Lorraine Mary Shegda, 66, formerly of Hellertown, died Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 at Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Although the coronavirus pandemic isn’t over, the smiles and laughter at Friday night’s holiday season kickoff in Saucon Valley–Light Up Night–were enough to make many who were there forget about the trials it has brought over the last 20 months for a bit.
An accomplished member of Saucon Valley High School’s Class of 1977 had her name added to the Alumni Association’s Wall of Fame during an induction ceremony Nov. 16.