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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.
If a turkey is a Thanksgiving must-have in your household and you want to save money on one this year, the popular reward points program that allows Giant Food Stores customers to earn free birds begins again Friday, Oct. 11.
A downtown Hellertown coffee shop that’s only been in business for about seven months will close for good after Sunday, Oct. 13, according to a post on the business’s Facebook page.
Kenneth W. Quier, 100, formerly of Springfield Township, died Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019 at Saucon Valley Manor, Hellertown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
A Macungie man who Hellertown police say was stopped for allegedly speeding on Easton Road Wednesday morning was discovered to be someone wanted by authorities in Lebanon County.
Hellertown Borough Council met Monday and among other things voted to endorse a new ‘Census Counts Committee’ which is being led by Moravian College’s Vice President of Planning & Research Carole Reese.
A 23-year-old Richlandtown, Bucks County man has been charged with stealing a safe filled with cash from a restaurant on Rt. 309 in Center Valley.
Over the protests of council members who argued that either the borough can’t afford to pay a full-time zoning official’s salary or that the candidate’s qualifications were “irregular,” Fountain Hill Borough Council voted 4-3 Monday to hire Thomas Wargo as its new zoning officer.
Fountain Hill Borough had a Facebook page that for all intents and purposes appeared to be an official social media arm of the tiny municipality. But it was never an official page, according to borough council, because it wasn’t administered by borough staff under their oversight.
A Quakertown woman is headed to state prison for bringing heroin and fentanyl to the borough with the intention of distributing it to other users, the Bucks County District Attorney’s office announced Tuesday.
Giant Food Stores announced Monday that a revamped customer loyalty program called Giant Choice Rewards is now available in all of its stores, including its Hellertown store at 1880 Leithsville Road in Lower Saucon Township.
