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With Independence Day right around the corner, and more booms being heard locally, Hellertown Police Chief Robert Shupp III issued his annual reminder about the borough’s fireworks ordinance in an email to borough email list subscribers Saturday.
It’s still months away, but the date for Upper Saucon Township’s annual Trick-or-Treat was carved into a proverbial pumpkin by supervisors at their meeting Monday evening.
A post in the Hellertown, Pennsylvania Facebook group has ignited a debate about what entry-level workers should be earning vs. what a living wage is in this area.
Nearly a year after a court of common pleas overturned a rare mayoral veto of a rezoning ordinance, Hellertown officials and property owners are still battling over the zoning status of a portion of a property on Easton Road.
Fountain Hill Borough recently became the latest local municipality to announce that a lifeguard shortage will impact their summer pool season. The borough will tentatively only operate their pool Friday through Sunday.
After a virtually nonexistent swim season last summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, many Saucon Valley residents would like nothing more than to plunge into the aquamarine waters of their beloved Hellertown Pool this Saturday, June 12.
It will soon be time for local road paving projects to begin in Hellertown, and borough officials are advising residents to be prepared for some disruption during the work.
There was much to celebrate at the Hellertown-Lower Saucon Chamber of Commerce’s semi-annual Honors & Hors D’oeuvres event Tuesday, at which local businesses and organizations were recognized for persevering to serve the community during a difficult period.
Lower Saucon Township will soon install two new “blessing boxes,” which will provide anonymous access to food and other essential items for community members in need.
A portion of the Saucon Rail Trail in Lower Saucon Township will receive a makeover thanks in part to a Lehigh Valley Greenways mini grant.
Upper Saucon Township owns a 90-acre plot of land that has been vacant for more than a decade, but that could change within the next three to five years; or, it might not. The township is currently in the early stages of developing a dog park, and that parcel is just one of a number of properties that have been considered as possible locations for it.
