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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 unusually localized severe thunderstorm brought large hail to parts of Saucon Valley but left residents of other parts scratching their heads and wondering what all the fuss was about.
Hellertown Police are investigating a report of men who reportedly made three children feel “unsafe” while they were swimming in the creek at Water Street Park last week.
Julia A. (Miller) Durn, 87, formerly of Coopersburg, died Friday, July 3, 2020 at her residence in Greenville, S.C. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Police were called when a dispute between two customers over the wearing of face masks escalated into an obscenity-laced tirade in the Wegmans store in Hanover Township, Northampton County, Sunday. Colonial Regional Police chief Roy Seiple said Thursday that no one was charged in the incident, which he called a ‘civil dispute.’ However, a man who attempted to intervene in it said he was spit on by one of the customers.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health Thursday reported the largest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases in nearly six weeks, as health officials in the Commonwealth and other states work to contain an increasingly worrisome surge nationwide.
In the first of two constitutional showdowns, the court rejected the GOP’s argument that it can strip Wolf of his emergency power without his consent.
What’s become a hot topic around the country over the past few months has ignited a debate in Coopersburg, after the owners of a popular local brewpub allegedly told staff they shouldn’t be working at the establishment if they feel the need to wear face masks.
St. Luke’s University Hospital (Bethlehem and Allentown campuses) have been named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals in the Major Teaching Hospital category by IBM Watson Health for the sixth year in a row and the eighth time overall.
Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin say a man and woman who were allegedly found passed out inside a running vehicle last week are facing drug-related charges.
A Milford Township man may have thought he was doing the right thing by taking a stand against speeding on his road, but his decision to stand in front of an Amazon Prime van has netted him a summary citation, according to Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin.
