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Although the coronavirus pandemic isn’t over, the smiles and laughter at Friday night’s holiday season kickoff in Saucon Valley–Light Up Night–were enough to make many who were there forget about the trials it has brought over the last 20 months for a bit.
Dozens of residents were evicted from a well-known rooming house in downtown Quakertown Wednesday, after officials declared the building unsafe for human habitation due to alleged health and safety violations.
Last week President Joe Biden laid out the framework for the Build Back Better Act in front of the Democratic caucus. The bill, which comes with a price tag of $1.75 trillion, includes programs designed to aid the American middle class. Lehigh Valley Congresswoman Susan Wild (D-7) said that despite some flaws, she believes the act’s overall framework is “very good.”
Three Democratic Northampton County Council members have prevailed in their quest for another term on council, according to the unofficial results from Tuesday’s election.
Voters in the Saucon Valley and Southern Lehigh school districts couldn’t have been much clearer in terms of how they cast their votes in Tuesday’s election, with more progressive candidates largely failing to win or retain seats in the districts’ hotly-contested school board races.
Unofficial results from Tuesday’s general election indicate that Democrat Amy Zanelli has won the district magistrate’s seat for West Bethlehem and Fountain Hill in Lehigh County. Zanelli ran against Republican Van Scott for the seat, which was vacant.
Among the races Lower Saucon Township voters decided in Tuesday’s general election were two for township council, in which a total of three seats were up for grabs.
Among the races Hellertown residents decided in Tuesday’s general election were two for borough council, in which a total of five seats were up for grabs.
Hellertown’s Borough Authority Park fountain has been named for a man who not only took it upon himself to help return it to life nearly a decade ago, but has also devoted decades of service to the Borough Authority and his community.
When Hellertown voters head to the polls next week, or when they complete their mail-in ballots before then, they’ll be choosing from among a total of seven candidates vying for five seats on the seven-member borough council.
When Lower Saucon Township voters head to the polls Nov. 2, or when they complete their mail-in ballots before then, they’ll be selecting from among six candidates for three seats on township council.
