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Josh Popichak is a journalist and publisher who is passionate about providing an open online platform and advocating for independent, local news. He has covered news--first in print, later online--in the Saucon Valley area of eastern Pennsylvania since 2005. In addition to writing extensively about local issues, he uses Facebook, Instagram and other social media to help personalize and broaden awareness of topics affecting the communities he covers. He also manages the Facebook pages for several local businesses as part of his business, Saucon Source LLC. He is a 1999 graduate of Bates College, where he was a history major and arts editor for the student newspaper.
An altercation between a man and woman in the 100 block of E. Saucon Street on Nov. 29 drew police officers to the scene and resulted in the discovery of drugs inside a home there, Hellertown police said Wednesday.
Abigail Rakos, 19, of Jim Thorpe, plans to begin her career where she spent the first four months of her life–at St. Luke’s University Health Network’s Bethlehem Campus. A $22,500 scholarship to attend St. Luke’s School of Nursing has kept her dream plans on course.
Amid resident concerns about public safety, Hellertown Borough Council Monday adopted a 2019 budget that includes a .75 mill tax increase for property owners, which left few happy faces in council chambers.
A local realtor was appointed by borough council Monday to fill a vacancy on the Hellertown Zoning Hearing Board.
Hellertown Mayor David Heintzelman Monday issued a challenge of sorts to both himself and others involved in organizing the borough’s annual Light Up Night event, which kickstarts the holiday season in Saucon Valley and this year was attended by several thousand people.
Lower Saucon Township Police Monday confirmed a sighting of a bear in the 2200 block of Summit Drive, which is off Overlook Drive near Polk Valley Road.
Patricia A. Christian, 66, of Hellertown, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 at VNA Hospice House of St. Luke’s. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home, Hellertown.
Pennsylvania State Police at Fogelsville are searching for the driver of a vehicle who they say sideswiped two other vehicles that were stopped in road work-related traffic near mile marker 61 on I-78 east in Upper Saucon Township shortly after midnight on Nov. 18.
Springfield Township Police are asking for the public’s help with locating a 33-year-old man they say is missing and endangered, however they said in a post on their Crimewatch website Monday that anyone in contact with him should use caution.
Lower Saucon Township Police are warning residents about a frightening new phone scam in which a caller reportedly threatens to kill the victim if they don’t send him money.
