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Josh Popichak is a journalist and publisher who is committed to providing an open platform for objective online local news. Originally from Bethlehem, Pa., he has covered news in the Saucon Valley area of eastern Pennsylvania since 2005. In addition to publishing news on SauconSource.com, which he launched in 2014, he uses Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms to help inform an ever-growing number of reader-followers. He also manages social media platforms and consults with other local businesses as part of his media company, Saucon Source LLC. He is a graduate of Bates College, where he majored in history. Email him at josh@sauconsource.com.
An Upper Saucon Township man is charged with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct after authorities say he allegedly fired a shotgun in his yard Tuesday, striking a neighbor’s garage.
When Ric Baxter, MD, pedals away from St. Luke’s University Hospital Network’s (SLUHN) Hospice House in Lower Saucon Township Sept. 2, beginning his trans-Pennsylvania bike trip, he’ll be taking an urgent message to the people he meets along the way: Don’t wait.
Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public’s help with identifying and locating a woman wanted for allegedly shoplifting clothing and shoes from the Walmart store in East Greenville on Aug. 3.
The Hellertown Area Library accomplished a first Tuesday, when it unveiled its new book bike named Wheelie at a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted with the Hellertown-Lower Saucon Chamber of Commerce.
A truck driver pulling a Walmart trailer got more than he bargained for Tuesday afternoon, as he attempted to make a right turn from Ringhoffer Road onto Easton Road in Lower Saucon Township, striking the bridge that spans a branch of the Saucon Creek at that intersection.
The first confirmation of West Nile virus in Northampton County this year came Tuesday, with a report from the state’s West Nile Virus Control Program indicating that a mosquito tested in the City of Easton tested positive for it.
The youth of today may be frequently portrayed as unambitious and gaming-obsessed, but there’s much more to the story of who they are and who they’ll become, Steel Club owner David Spirk told a group of Saucon Valley teachers in a presentation Friday.
Hellertown Police announced Monday that they have arrested two men in connection with a series of vehicle break-ins that occurred in the borough earlier this summer, which in one case resulted in the theft of a handgun.
Norton is a sweet boy who is well-behaved, listens fairly well, has nice manners and deserves a chance to find his fur-ever home. Meet him at the Center for Animal Health and Welfare.
If you’re planning to drive the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Northeast Extension the weekend of Sept. 6-9, you should be aware that the section of the highway between the Lehigh Valley (Allentown) and Mahoning Valley (Lehighton) exits will be closed in both directions for a bridge replacement project.
