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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.
Driving down Main Street in Hellertown last week you may have noticed new signs on the building that formerly housed the restaurants Bella’s Ristorante and Cafe Erica. The signs represent a change in ownership but not a whole lot else, according to new owner Mike Zavaleta.
It took just several small incisions by St. Luke’s University Health Network plastic surgeon Juan Carlos Martinez, MD, to relieve pressure on the nerves under Amber Walck’s scalp, and suddenly her two-year agony from migraines was history.
It’s been a week filled with community engagement for the Hellertown and Lower Saucon police departments. On the heels of a successful National Night Out celebration in the borough’s Dimmick Park Tuesday night, officers from the adjacent departments participated in a community Bike Ride With the Police on the Saucon Rail Trail Thursday evening.
Two teenagers from Lower Saucon Township are about to begin an exciting journey to North Carolina, where they have been chosen to compete with the Northeast Team in the elite USA Baseball NTIS 15U Cup later this month.
Irvin L. Good Jr., 77, of Hanover Township died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Fountain Hill. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
A Bangor woman is charged with felony retail theft after police say she allegedly stole a box of Claritin allergy medication from the Giant food store in Lower Saucon Township Aug. 2.
Pennsylvania State Police are asking for the public’s help with solving a chilling mystery that’s about as cold as cases come. In January 1977 the body of a young man who’s never been identified was found frozen in a cave below The Pinnacle in Albany Township, Berks County.
Visitors to National Night Out in Hellertown’s Dimmick Park Tuesday night enjoyed a fun, family-friendly event hosted by the borough and Lower Saucon Township police departments.
A Hellertown junior council member has an ambitious vision for the relatively barren I-78 interchange at the borough’s northern entrance, and it involves planting 100 trees…but only if he is able to raise the funds needed to purchase them.
The wedding cake fountain at the center of Hellertown’s leafy Borough Authority Park has become an increasingly popular place for couples to say “I do,” which is why Hellertown Borough Council voted Monday to adopt rules for its use by wedding parties.
