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It’s taken more than a year, a lot of hard work and perhaps a bit of “luck o’ the Irish,” but work on the new bar at Dewey Fire Company–now named Frontline at the Dewey–is now nearly complete. Dozens of local residents will celebrate that achievement during a St. Patrick’s Day-themed soft opening party that will be held at the establishment Friday.
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.
The road to providing a fireworks show for Hellertown this summer certainly wasn’t as smooth as it normally is, but the volunteers from Dewey Fire Company persevered, and with help from friends and their neighbors at Steel Club they made it happen Friday.
Although it’s been more than a week since Hurricane Isaias dumped up to eight inches of rain on the area, significant damage to infrastructure caused by the storm is still coming to light.
The date for Hellertown’s fireworks show was set for Friday, Aug. 21 last month, but what was still uncertain was what time it would begin.
Last Monday, Aug. 3, the Fountain Hill Fire Department elected Derek Richmond to the position of fire chief. Richmond, who was previously serving as assistant fire chief for the department, took over for Rick Reis, whose most recent stint as fire chief began in 2018.
