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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.
A retired cardiologist from Upper Saucon Township is accused of deliberately setting fire to a property he owns in Schuylkill County in October.
Firefighters, police officers and ambulance crews from the Southern Lehigh and Saucon Valley areas rushed to the scene of a car accident on Lanark Road in Upper Saucon Township Saturday evening. The Lehigh County coroner was also called to respond.
At Lower Saucon Fire Rescue, Se-Wy-Co Fire Station in Lower Saucon Township you’ll find a delicious surprise. Nick’s BBQ is a Texas-style smokehouse and barbecue pit now operating out of the fire station complex. Their authentic smoked meats have quickly become a local favorite and are winning rave reviews from customers.
If you’re looking for authentic midwestern pierogies in the Lehigh Valley, look no further than Fork’d Handmade Pierogies in Lower Saucon Fire Rescue’s Leithsville fire station on Rt. 412 south of Hellertown.
The annual Dewey Fire Company carnival in Hellertown features rides, concessions, games, food vendors and the opportunity for the community to come together in a relaxed social setting, so it wasn’t surprising that many residents were disappointed when the 2020 carnival didn’t happen due to COVID-19. The good news is that Dewey officers are hopeful they will be able to hold it again this summer.
What should have been a fairly quiet after-Christmas weekend on Saucon Valley roads ended up being anything but that thanks to two separate incidents that forced first responders out into the cold.
Support the Fountain Hill Fire Department and fill your home with holiday cheer with their annual Christmas tree fundraiser! Four different tree varieties will be on sale by the borough’s pool until Dec. 19, or until every tree is sold.
St. Luke’s University Health Network is donating more than $200,000 to the Borough of Fountain Hill for a new fire truck, Borough Manager Tony Branco announced at the Nov. 18 Borough Council meeting.
What Hellertown hasn’t had for much of 2020 is fun, which is why Dewey Fire Company will host a fun fall festival this weekend that will be open to everyone in the community.
Sirens wailed throughout Hellertown as police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel responded to a wreck involving a tractor-trailer on I-78 eastbound in Lower Saucon Township shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday.
