If you live in Hellertown borough, it’s time to start raking and piling leaves in the gutters of your street for pickup by the public works department.
Community
Fountain Hill Borough Council President Announces Resignation
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Fountain Hill Borough Council’s current president, Leo Atkinson, announced that he will resign from council at the end of this month at the borough’s Oct. 21 council meeting.
Community
A Year After Malfunctioning, Are Northampton County’s Voting Machines Reliable?
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Voters in Northampton County–widely seen as a bellwether for the 2020 presidential election–will use machines that in 2019 caused voting errors and miscounts.
Community
‘Fall Resurgence is Here,’ Wolf Says of COVID-19 in Pa.
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An increase in the number of new cases of the coronavirus being reported prompted Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf to confirm Monday that a much-anticipated “fall resurgence” of the disease “is here.”
Business
When Do We Change the Clocks and ‘Fall Back’ an Hour?
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It’s almost time to once again think about…time. We’re all forced to think about it when we change the time on some of our clocks twice a year, due to our switch to or from Daylight Saving Time.
Business
Hellertown Starbucks’ Holding Lane Will Hold 18 Cars, Per Plan
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If you’re more worried about a line of cars in the drive-thru of a planned Starbucks in Hellertown backing onto Main Street than where your next pumpkin spice oatmilk latte is coming from, the latest engineering plans for the project may put a smile on your face.
Community
Free School Meals for All Guaranteed Through End of School Year
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Thanks to a decision this week by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), all parents–including those who may be facing financial uncertainty–won’t have to worry about how to pay for their children’s meals at school for a while.
Community
Lehigh County Set to Approve 5 Drop Boxes for Mail-in Ballots
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The Lehigh County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to approve five drop boxes to be used for mail-in ballots in the upcoming general election.
Community
Southern Lehigh School District Again Affected by COVID-19
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It was announced over the weekend that an individual associated with a Southern Lehigh School District cross country team recently tested positive for COVID-19, marking the second time a Spartan team has been implicated in a case of the disease this year.
Community
Number of COVID-19 Patients on Ventilators Rising in Pa., Locally
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After declining for more than a month-and-a-half, the number of COVID-19 patients on ventilators in Pennsylvania has begun to climb again, along with the total number of patients hospitalized with the disease.
Bill Broun
Japanese TV Network Airs Story about Early Voting in Hellertown
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It may be overstating it a bit to say that Hellertown is now “big in Japan,” but the borough did feature in a report about mail-in voting in Pennsylvania that recently aired on a Japanese public television network’s national news program.
