You wouldn’t believe me if I told you how beautiful the Lanark area was. It’s all highway and merging interstate lanes now. It’s a place you don’t look at. It’s a place you just want to get through alive and forget.
Community
Why the Hellertown Borough Authority Has a New Billing System (Op-Ed)
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The Hellertown Borough Authority’s new bills contain all the information a customer needs: the usage, the meter readings, the amount due and when it is due by, and any penalty assessed for non-payment.
Carbon Emissions
In PA, Partisan Gridlock Means Little Action on Climate Change (Op-Ed)
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Since 2008 the DEP has focused on producing a Climate Action Plan that would assess the “potential impact of climate change” on our state. With a Republican-controlled state legislature and Democrat-controlled Executive Office, however, Pennsylvania is seeing little progress.
Op-Ed: Anti-Bullying ‘Phillip’s Law’ Would Help Save Kids’ Lives
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Phillip’s Law would require PA’s Department of Education to investigate and report on the number of mental health professionals in schools in order to make recommendations on how to increase the number of school mental health professionals to meet nationally accepted ratios.
Community
Op-Ed: Fountain Hill Faces Tough Choices With Police Force
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Fountain Hill Borough Council will consider options for controlling cost of the borough’s police budget at their next meeting Sept. 3. In this opinion editorial, council president Leo Atkinson explains why.
Business
Cell Service in Saucon Valley: Which Company Has the Best?
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We’re asking readers to rate their cell phone service in Hellertown borough and Lower Saucon Township on a scale of 1 to 5, with “1” being the worst and “5” being the best. Cell phone service in this case refers to overall quality of reception for phone calls and wireless data.
Accountability
An Open Letter to the Community from Dewey Fire Company
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The entire Dewey Fire Company family wants to reassure the residents of Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township that they freely acknowledge mistakes were made in the past, and that they pledge to do better in the future.
Business
5 Amazing Taste Takeaways from the 2019 LV Food & Wine Festival
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If you attended this year’s Lehigh Valley Food & Wine Festival Saturday and Sunday at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center, you ate and drank for a good cause.
Opinion
Your Puzzle’s Beauty is Limitless: Spiritual Corner With Amy
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Take risks, try new things, stop taking things personally, take time to heal the parts of you that need it, write that book, take that trip and laugh as much as you can. Do whatever makes your heart sing in order to fill in your puzzle and create the most beautiful picture.
Community
Dog Bites a Painful Reality for Mail Carriers: Letter to the Editor
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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.
Advice
Spiritual Corner With Amy: Have You Ever Been Caught on the Narcissist’s Hook?
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What a narcissist does, unknowingly, is searches for those who need some sort of emotional healing or have very low self-esteem. Once they engage with that person and hook them in with their Prince Charming or Princess characteristics, their ego flares up with pride.
