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Over the weekend the Saucon Valley School District let parents know that three new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at Saucon Valley Elementary School.
The Hellertown-Lower Saucon Chamber of Commerce’s Holiday Weekend Extravaganza began Friday with a virtual tree-lighting ceremony and continued Saturday evening with a festive light display in the borough’s Morris J. Dimmick Park.
What better way to put 2020 in the rearview mirror than by decking out your home or business with a dazzling array of twinkling lights. Show off your hard work and help bring joy to others by entering Saucon Source’s 2020 Holiday Lights Contest and Tour, co-sponsored by Bob’s Valley Wide Carpet Care and Blair Custom Homes.
Less than 48 hours after students returned to class at Saucon Valley High School following two weeks of remote learning because of a cluster of cases within it, another COVID-19 case was confirmed there.
Robert W. Zisko, 82, of Springfield Township, died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 at his home. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Saucon Valley students in kindergarten through 12th grade will learn remotely after the Thanksgiving holiday, but only for a week and only as a precautionary measure.
As part of their response to an escalation in the number of coronavirus cases in the city, Philadelphia health officials announced new “Safer at Home” restrictions that include a ban on indoor dining that will take effect Friday.
Pennsylvania school districts are still owed millions of dollars and have already passed budgets and set tax rates, putting more pressure on lawmakers in Harrisburg to come up with a solution.
Luminaria Night is one of the Lehigh Valley’s most unique holiday displays, as streets become lined with beautiful, glowing candles. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, Dec. 12. Proceeds benefit New Bethany Ministries in Bethlehem.
Motorists who travel along Rt. 611 (Easton Road) and Rt. 212 (Durham Road) in Bucks County will be happy to know that PennDOT has finished the majority of road work in the area where they intersect, just south of Riegelsville in Durham Township.
William F. Seifert, 90, of Bethlehem, Pa., died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020 at Inpatient Hospice at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
A routine traffic stop on Rt. 663 near Quakertown resulted in the discovery of nine stamped bags containing the powerful opioid painkiller fentanyl, Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin said in a news release Sunday.
The Judith Adele Agentis Charitable Foundation (JAACF), a Bethlehem-based nonprofit, has established The Judith Adele Agentis Palliative Care Nursing Education Fund at St. Luke’s University Health Network.
It’s the time of year when the leaves are falling and the whiskers are growing…at least, they are at Lower Saucon Township Police Department headquarters.
Jack P. Brown, 91, formerly of Lower Saucon Township, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Salisbury Township. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Officials say the state is in a different place than it was six months ago, but without more testing, contact tracing and efforts to isolate sick people, cases–and deaths–will continue to rise.
As COVID-19 case counts continue to rise at a record-breaking pace, the number of deaths from the disease is also growing locally, throughout Pennsylvania and across the United States.
If you’re in need of urgent care, you may want to avoid a Hellertown emergi-center for the time being. Tower Health’s urgent care facility in the Shoppes at Hellertown on Main Street is currently closed.
A stretch of Route 378 which has recently caused flat tires will be repaired over the next week, PennDOT says.
A man from Bronx, N.Y., is facing charges after police say he attempted to fill bogus prescriptions at a Hellertown drugstore.
A scary incident unfolded for the residents of a home on Main Street in Hellertown Thursday, according to borough police.
If you’re out of paper towels…you may be out of them for a little while. That’s because numerous grocery stores in the area are completely wiped out of paper towel stock, and there’s little available information about why it’s been decimated.
On Nov. 18, 1995, the iconic blast furnaces and the basic oxygen furnace at Bethlehem Steel’s South Bethlehem plant produced iron and steel for the last time. This Saturday’s Last Cast 25 event will offer local history buffs the chance to relive the iconic steel plant’s final hours.
Hellertown American Legion Post 397 held its annual Veterans Day ceremony in Union Cemetery Wednesday, with dozens of veterans, family members, friends and local residents gathering to honor the service and sacrifice members of the U.S. military make.
The Pet Valu store in the Creekside Marketplace shopping center in Lower Saucon Township is one of hundreds of stores the company is currently closing across the U.S.
On Nov. 5, 2020, Constance Diane Brodhead, loving mother of two children, passed away at the age of 86. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Elfriede Marschewski, 88, of Durham Township died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 at Phoebe Richland Health Care Center, Richlandtown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Alexandra Wells, 94, formerly of Hanover Township, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 in Upper Nazareth Township. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Since the virus’s influx earlier this year, millions of Americans have lost their jobs. But those who find themselves in that situation still have opportunities, with many jobs currently available in the Lehigh Valley.
Residents of Fountain Hill can show support for their local police officers by purchasing yard signs from the police department. Proceeds from sign sales will be going to Paws 2 Freedom, a Fountain Hill-based dog rescue organization.
Linda Lee Lean, 71, of Bethlehem, died Monday, Nov. 9, 2020 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Hanover Township. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Someone you know might be hungry. Whether you’re aware of their predicament or not, you can help fight hunger in your community–anonymously–by contributing items to a food collection organized by the Boy Scouts, which will be held this Saturday, Nov. 14.
The name means “good tone” in French, but opportunities to sing the praises of the former Bon-Ton department store in Quakertown have been few and far between since it closed two-and-a-half years ago.