A nonprofit foundation created in honor of two sisters who died in a house fire in Hellertown borough will ensure that their memory lives on, and hopefully also help to prevent similar tragedies.
Only two days after a major train derailment occurred next to it, traffic is again flowing along a section of Riverside Drive in Steel City that was closed due to the accident.
The train derailed along Riverside Drive with several cars including an engine spilling sideways down an embankment into or near the Lehigh River.
Lehigh County fire and EMS companies will receive grants to help cover the cost of supplies and other expenses, said state Rep. Jeanne McNeill (D-133).
Officials stressed that at no time was the ability to make 911 calls interrupted as a result of the outage, which was caused by a ransomware attack that remains under investigation.
Dewey EMS in Hellertown and Lower Saucon Fire Rescue are the recipients of public safety grants recently awarded by Northampton County, officials announced in a news release Friday.
The Coopersburg Tree Lighting is a special annual event held as a kick-off to the holiday season in the Southern Lehigh area. This year's event will be extra special, since it will be taking place in the recently-dedicated Town Center Park and Public Square in the heart of the borough's downtown business district.
Springtown's annual Halloween Parade is always highly anticipated. Sunday's weather turned out to be less than ideal for outdoor activities, but the parade was held--and fun was had--nonetheless.
An early fall open house held Tuesday at the Leithsville fire station on Rt. 412 attracted families and others eager to support the volunteers who help keep their community safe year-round.
The death of Lower Saucon Fire Rescue Safety Officer John Kalynych over the weekend has triggered an outpouring of sympathy from Saucon Valley to Harrisburg, where Gov. Josh Shapiro Monday ordered that flags in Northampton County be flown at half-staff in his honor.
