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For businesses and residents along W. Water Street between Front and Main streets in Hellertown, Thursday turned out to be anything but business as usual after a car accident involving downed telephone poles and wires closed the busy roadway for hours.
Est. Read Time: 3 minsHannah Kahn, a 2015 graduate of Salisbury High School, volunteers for Laundry on Linden at the Family Wash Day laundromat in downtown Allentown, getting hands-on experience to complement the book learning, case studies, exams and other rigors that are part of her intensive physician training.
Est. Read Time: 4 minsIf you’re thinking about where to view art a dentist’s office probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind, but that’s where a new exhibit in Coopersburg is located.
Est. Read Time: 5 minsA Mexican restaurant that will soon open along Rt. 378 in Lower Saucon Township aims to be a family-centric dining destination with an atmosphere that is welcoming to everyone.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in Philadelphia last week alleging that AmerisourceBergen, a pharmaceutical distributor with its headquarters in Montgomery County, contributed to the county’s opioid crisis.
For those who don’t regularly rely on library services it may not seem like a big deal, but for residents of Lower Saucon Township who were Hellertown Area Library cardholders, the news Thursday that Southern Lehigh Public Library will continue to provide them with services and programming no doubt came as a relief.
Three Democrats, one of whom is an incumbent, announced that they are running for Lower Saucon Township Council Thursday. Priscilla deLeon, Victoria Opthof-Cordaro and Laura Ray all said that if elected they will fight to restore library services for residents and to preserve open space in the township.
Registration for recreational baseball and softball in Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township is now open! Don’t miss your family’s chance to register.
Lower Saucon Township resident Kimberly Humberd says council needs to explain what its plan is for providing library services to residents, now that they no longer have access to the Hellertown Area Library.
A dispute between Hellertown borough and Lower Saucon Township officials that began with a disagreement over library services and later spread to involve other previously shared facilities has culminated in a lawsuit filed by the borough in the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas.
A Lower Saucon council member Tuesday sharply criticized a resolution authorizing a lawyer and his firm to be the township’s special legal counsel that also retroactively authorized work performed by the firm on library service matters in 2022.
Lower Saucon Township Police are investigating two thefts that occurred between Christmas and New Year’s, the department said Tuesday.
Dorothy Timko, 86, formerly of Coleman Street, Bethlehem Township, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 at Alexandria Manor, Bethlehem. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
An incident involving identity theft and a local cell phone retailer is under investigation, Lower Saucon Township Police said Tuesday.
Linda C. Medei, 73, of Lower Saucon Township died peacefully Monday, Jan. 2, 2023 at St. Luke’s Hospital-Bethlehem Campus, Fountain Hill. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
The Inspire option offers sleep apnea patients a convenient treatment without CPAP machines.
The U.S. population is increasing, but Pennsylvania continues to be a state many people prefer to leave.
Marie S. Pote, 94, formerly of Williams Township, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 at Saucon Valley Manor, Hellertown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
A standing room-only crowd filled Lower Saucon Town Hall’s meeting room Wednesday night to oppose a zoning amendment that would allow the Bethlehem Landfill on Applebutter Road to double in size by expanding across nearly 275 wooded acres. However, after a hearing that lasted several hours, township council voted 3-2 to approve the controversial rezoning from Rural Agricultural (RA) to Light Industrial (LI) and other changes.
June V. Zimpfer, 94, formerly of Allentown and Hellertown, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022 at Alexandria Manor, Bethlehem. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Local pet owners will soon have a new retail destination for the purchase of pet care supplies.
Lower Saucon resident Deb Peters writes that township elected officials should “reconsider the damage” she says they’re doing to the community, including kids like her son. Officials said Friday that they plan to pursue legal action against the state for removing the township from the Hellertown Area Library’s service area effective Jan. 1. HAL requested the change after the township ended its ongoing financial support by rejecting a new five-year agreement earlier this year. The immediate impact is the loss of Hellertown library privileges for thousands of township residents as of Sunday.
Thomas “Yogi” Zsilavec, 75, of Bethlehem Township, passed away on Dec. 30, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Fountain Hill. He was a pharmacist at Yeager’s Pharmacy, Hellertown, until his retirement in 2012.
The close-knit DeSales University community was stunned Friday to learn that the suspect in the Nov. 13 murders of four University of Idaho students–who was captured in the Poconos earlier in the day–is a recent graduate of the Center Valley school.
Nearly a year after township council declined to adopt a new agreement with the Hellertown Area Library, the state’s Office of Commonwealth Libraries has approved Lower Saucon Township’s removal from the library’s service area. But that’s not where things will end, the township said in a statement released late Friday afternoon, at the start of the long New Year’s holiday weekend.
“Elected officials are supposed to be responsive to the wishes of taxpayers,” writes Lower Saucon Township resident Mary Dawson. “The reputation of our township has been negatively impacted by the actions of council and I would like some answers.”
A Christmas Day tragedy took place on Rt. 33, Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast announced Friday in a statement.
A popular Hellertown eatery will open its doors to a new year under new ownership. The Hellertown Diner recently changed hands, according to a news release by the local company that financed the transaction, Lehigh Financial Group LLC.
Marie L. Cless, 91, of Lower Saucon Township, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022 at Weston Rehabilitation & Nursing Center. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Derl W. Harvey Jr., 79, of Hellertown and formerly of Bloomsburg, passed away on Wednesday evening, Dec. 28, 2022, at the home of his son in Bethlehem.
It’s time for our annual review of the most-read stories on Saucon Source by the numbers, and as the list demonstrates, the subjects they involved ran the gamut. From stories about a new restaurant and what things cost 100 years ago to our coverage of a tragedy in Hellertown, Saucon Source was there to inform the communities we serve.
Jack “Jackie” R. Parker, 74, of Hellertown, took the hand of his dear best friend and Savior, Jesus Christ, as he passed into his spiritual life to partake in his Lord’s birthday party, while surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.
With the Saucon Valley Compost Center closed this January, the annual disposal of Christmas trees in Hellertown borough and Lower Saucon Township will be a bit different this year, at least for some residents.
John Walter Gunshore, 68, of Springfield Township, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022 at his residence. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.