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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.
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.
Hellertown wants to have its candy and it eat too. That message was heard loudly and clearly after Postmaster Joseph DiRusso said Monday that the candy refill station the post office was planning to host during the Oct. 20 Saucon Valley Spirit Parade was being shut down due to a lack of donations.
In a non-conference contest wrought with blinding sun and cautionary penalties, the Saucon Valley girls soccer team (10-5 overall) proved victorious over the Freedom Patriots (12-5 overall) on Saturday at home.
Basketball season is almost here and Saucon Valley Youth Basketball is very excited to be registering young players from Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township for the 2019-2020 season.
Hellertown Police said in a news release Sunday that a local man is charged with a misdemeanor after he allegedly ignored the instruction of a flagger to stop at Front and Water streets, struck her and drove off last month.
St. Luke’s University Health Network broke ground Thursday on its new St. Luke’s Carbon Campus in Franklin Township. The new $80 million campus will provide area residents local access to a range of specialty services in a full-service, 155,000-square-foot hospital.
A former funeral home might sound like the perfect place in which to open a haunted house–especially with Halloween right around the corner–but the historic property at 835 Broadway in Fountain Hill that’s currently for sale holds a lot of possibilities.
