If you're a property owner in Lower Saucon Township, you can expect to pay more in fire tax next year if the 2019 preliminary budget approved by township council Wednesday is adopted next month.
A longtime Lower Saucon Township councilman's resignation became official at council's meeting Wednesday. Glenn Kern, 62, had served on township council since 2001--and was at one time council president--but poor health in recent years has affected his meeting attendance.
For some the answer to the proverbial Thanksgiving question of 'What to call it--stuffing, filling or dressing?' is a matter of linguistic preference, while for others it's based on the ingredients used in the actual food they're consuming.
Jean L. Cawley, 97, of Quakertown, formerly of Bingen, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018 at her daughter's residence in Quakertown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home, Hellertown.
Are you planning to prepare a big green salad for your Thanksgiving dinner table? If you have already purchased romaine lettuce to use in it, food safety officials want you to throw it out.
Following a recall by Sunshine Mills Inc., Giant Food Stores announced Tuesday that it has removed Nature’s Promise Chicken & Brown Rice Dog Food from its shelves due to the potential for it to contain excess Vitamin D, which could cause renal failure in dogs.
The Hellertown Public Works Department drew high praise Monday for its work treating and clearing borough roads of eight inches of snow during a freak winter storm last week.
A Richland Township man who is serving state prison time for running an Upper Bucks heroin ring is facing new charges of trying to obtain drugs to sell while he was incarcerated in the Bucks County jail earlier this year.
Evelyn (Trbuza) Travisano, 80, of Hellertown, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2018 at Phoebe-Richlandtown Health Care Center, Richlandtown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
One of the most famous camels ever to call Pennsylvania home will appear at Hellertown Light Up Night this Friday, Nov. 23 from 6 to 8 p.m., thanks to a suggestion by a local resident and support from local business sponsors.
