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U.S. Postal Service officials report that in 2018, 5,714 letter carriers experienced dog bites or dog attacks. With deliveries every day, including Sundays and holidays, carriers continue to experience dog bites in urban, suburban and rural settings.
Upper Saucon Township residents packed a special board of supervisors meeting at Southern Lehigh Middle School Wednesday night to tell the board and representatives for Kay Builders that they dislike a proposal to build a large residential and retail complex along Rt. 309 in Center Valley.
The Saucon Valley School Board president said at Tuesday night’s meeting that she strongly objected to spending money to paint a portion of the high school’s auditorium that is normally only used once a year.
A proposed public works building that would be constructed on borough-owned property in a residential neighborhood was the subject of a special council meeting held Tuesday that was attended by several dozen residents.
The U.S. Postal Service wants to become more efficient but is hamstrung by outdated U.S. law. That was one important takeaway from a speech by U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan, who visited Hellertown for a Postal Customer Council (PCC) event at Steel Club March 31.
Frequent visitors of Creekside Marketplace may soon have another way to manage their funds while out shopping. At their meeting on Wednesday, Lower Saucon Township council discussed a land development waiver that would bring a drive-up ATM to the shopping center on Route 412.
Lower Saucon Township is building a second Little Free Library and they need your help designing it. If you would like to participate, send your design to info@lowersaucontownship.org no later than Tuesday, April 30, 2019.
Just weeks after a resident proposed to Lower Saucon Township Council that a volunteer beautification committee be formed to help improve the overall appearance of the township’s Rt. 378 commercial corridor, another blow to the area was struck with the closure of a large bowling alley-restaurant-fun center Saturday.
If you are planning to conduct any type of outdoor burning Wednesday local authorities are asking you to use extreme caution and would prefer you wait. That’s because the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for the potential of enhanced spread of wildfires, which is in effect from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Two well-traveled Hellertown borough streets will be repaved this summer, public works director Barry Yonney told borough council Monday evening.
Dodgeball in epic form is coming to Hellertown. At Monday’s borough council meeting, Mayor David Heintzelman announced that a charity game between the Hellertown Police Department and the eighth grade class at St. Theresa School will be played Sunday, May 5.
