Business
Giant Plans to Hire 4,000 New Employees
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If you’re looking for work or perhaps know someone who is, the Giant Company has 4,000 reasons for you to consider it as a potential future place of employment.
Saucon Valley HS Temporarily Closed Due to COVID-19 Cases
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Following confirmation of two coronavirus cases–one in a high school student on Sept. 18 and another in a high school faculty member yesterday–Saucon Valley School District superintendent Dr. Craig Butler announced Saturday that he has ordered the temporary closure of Saucon Valley High School.
Traffic Stop Uncovers $9K in Stolen Meds, Cosmetics, Police Say
Police say a traffic stop made Monday night in Hellertown led to the discovery of nearly $9,000 in medication and cosmetics that were allegedly stolen from an area CVS store.
Saucon Valley Teacher Tests Positive for Coronavirus
A week after a student tested positive, a second case of coronavirus has been confirmed at Saucon Valley High School, district superintendent Dr. Craig Butler announced in an email to parents Friday.
Business
State: Residents Should Avoid Large Gatherings, Even After Judge’s Ruling
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Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine on Monday declined to directly address a federal judge’s ruling that invalidated some of the Wolf administration’s most-criticized pandemic restrictions, saying that any response was in the hands of attorneys.
Featured in Category
Man Pleads ‘No Contest’ in Lower Saucon Matricide Case
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The first murder case in Lower Saucon Township in nearly two decades came to a subdued ending with a plea deal that was announced in Northampton County Court Monday.
Owner Plans Facade Improvements for New Hellertown Restaurant
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Saucon Valley resident Franco DiCarlo has been working toward renovating the building at 662 Front Street and turning it into a modern, open-concept pizza and casual dining restaurant for close to a year.
Community
Lower Saucon Police Hope to Reunite Goat With Owner
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Goats are known for being stubborn, and that may be why the animal found running loose in Lower Saucon Township Monday has refused to divulge its owner’s whereabouts.
Police
Man Pleads Guilty to Quakertown Murder That Became Cold Case
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Daman Andrew Smoot, 37, pleaded guilty to third degree murder Monday in the 2004 death of his one-time roommate, Adam Brundage. Brundage’s disappearance became an enduring cold case out of Quakertown that wasn’t solved until Smoot’s arrest earlier this year.
Business
Judge: Wolf’s COVID-19 Business Closures, Gathering Limits Unconstitutional
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U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV found that Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration’s policy limiting indoor and outdoor gatherings and events to 25 and 250 people, respectively, violates ‘the right of assembly enshrined in the First Amendment.’ Stickman also found Wolf and Health Secretary Rachel Levine’s stay-at-home and business closure orders to be unconstitutional.
Police
Playground Damaged in Hit-and-Run Crash, Police Say
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A church playground on Elementary Road in Lower Milford Township was damaged along with a nearby grass field when a driver went off the road and onto the church’s property, state police at Fogelsville said in a news release this weekend.
Accident
Alleged DUI Driver Blamed Wreck on ‘Stupid Animal,’ Police Say
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Pennsylvania State Police at Fogelsville say a driver’s story about swerving to avoid a “stupid animal” before crashing his pickup in Lower Milford Township last month may have been part of an effort to conceal the DUI-related wreck for which he’s been charged.
Community
New PICU at St. Luke’s Bethlehem Welcomes Medical Director
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The new eight-bed, $5 million Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) that opened earlier this year at St. Luke’s University Hospital-Bethlehem Campus has welcomed Christopher Plymire, MD, as its Medical Director.
Police
Driver Cited Following Chestnut Hill Church Road Crash: Police
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A driver was cited following a two-vehicle crash on Chestnut Hill Church Road in Lower Milford Township Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Police at Fogelsville said in a news release issued the following day.
Police
Who is Sneaking Into Hundreds of Cars in Bucks County?
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Bucks County detectives from Hilltown Township to Yardley have a mystery on their hands in the form of a bizarre crime spree, in which the district attorney’s office says one person or a number of individuals have unlawfully entered nearly 1,000 cars in the past year.
Salisbury Township PD Uses Facebook Page to Engage Community
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Salisbury Township Police Department officers Bryan Losagio and Sgt. Don Sabo have brought a unique and humorous approach to running their department’s Facebook page, which has garnered a reputation for its amusing and engaging posts.
Business
Wawa Proposed for Site of Former Chris’s Restaurant in Bethlehem
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The Bethlehem Planning Commission heard a proposal for a Wawa convenience store and gas station that would be built on the site of the former Chris’s Restaurant on Rt. 412–also known as Hellertown Road–in the city on Thursday.
Obituaries
John F. Horwath Sr., 88, Formerly of Hellertown (Obituary Brought to You by Heintzelman Funeral Home)
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John F. Horwath Sr., 88, formerly of Hellertown, died Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020 at the Delaware Valley Veterans Home, Philadelphia. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Police
Hellertown Woman Vandalized Man’s Car, Police Say
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A Hellertown woman denies vandalizing her tenant’s car while it was parked near Whitaker and Bachman streets one evening last month, but borough police say surveillance video of the alleged incident proves otherwise.
Bucks County
Who Spraypainted ‘Dumb’ on Veterans Memorial Park Buildings?
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Most people would probably agree that the destruction of public property often involves less-than-intelligent decision-making on the part of the destroyers. That could explain why someone or multiple people decided to spraypaint the word “dumb” on buildings and other property in Veterans Memorial Park in Nockamixon Township (Upper Black Eddy), Bucks County.
Obituaries
Mary E. Yoder, 101, of Salisbury Twp. (Obituary Brought to You by Heintzelman Funeral Home)
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Mary E. Yoder, 101, of Salisbury Township, died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 at Cedarbrook-Fountain Hill Annex. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Police
Hellertown Woman Hurt in Lower Macungie Crash, Police Say
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Pennsylvania State Police at Fogelsville said in a news release Wednesday that a Hellertown woman suffered suspected minor injuries in an Aug. 31 car accident in Lower Macungie Township.
70th
Bethlehem Couple Celebrates 70th Wedding Anniversary
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Rev. Dr. Howard H. Cox and Mrs. Shirley L. (Peet) Cox celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary at a picnic with their immediate family at their daughter Sara’s home in Bethlehem Sunday.
Business
2 Wawas Temporarily Close After Employees Positive for COVID-19
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Two Allentown area Wawa stores were closed temporarily as of late Tuesday afternoon, after associates who work in them tested positive for COVID-19, the company said on its website.
Business
Updated: We Now Know Why the Promenade Shops Starbucks is Closed
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Many readers have reached out to Saucon Source to express concern about a closed coffee shop. It’s not just any coffee shop, however. It’s the normally-busy Starbucks store in the Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley in Upper Saucon Township.
Alcohol
Pa. Restaurants’ Indoor Dining Capacity Set to Increase, But…
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Many Pennsylvania restaurant owners are no doubt breathing a sigh of relief after Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that they may increase the number of people in their establishments to 50 percent of their maximum seating capacity as of Monday, Sept. 21.
Elections
Two ‘Trump’ Signs Stolen in Wassergass, Police Say
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Lower Saucon Township Police say they are investigating the theft of two political campaign signs from a property in the 2300 block of Wassergass Road.
Obituaries
Michael J. Pachter, 50, of Hamilton Twp. (Obituary Brought to You by Heintzelman Funeral Home)
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Michael J. Pachter, 50, of Hamilton Township died Monday, September 7, 2020 at the VNA Hospice of St. Luke’s, Lower Saucon Township. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
Community
Meet Clark Veet, MD, Internal Medicine Provider at LVPG Family and Internal Medicine-Center Valley (Sponsored)
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Clark Veet, MD, likes to think of his role as an Internal Medicine provider as that of a ‘quarterback,’ guiding his patients to better health. Veet recently joined the team at LVPG Family and Internal Medicine-Center Valley.
Police
Crash at I-78 On Ramp Was DUI-Related, Police Say
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Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast say their investigation of a single-vehicle accident that recently occurred on the I-78 west on ramp from Rt. 33 south in Lower Saucon Township concluded that it was DUI-related.
Community
Meadows Road Bridge Added to National Register of Historic Places
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In a win for local preservationists, it was announced in late August that the historic Meadows Road Bridge in Lower Saucon Township has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Community
St. Luke’s Announces New Tuition Assistance for Medical Students
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For many young people, the dream of becoming a doctor is fraught: Medical school graduates are often saddled with extreme debt. St. Luke’s University Health Network is looking to change that and make it easier for aspiring physicians to fulfill their dreams.
Community
Solehi Football Season’s Start Derailed by Positive COVID-19 Test
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The abbreviated 2020 Colonial League football season hasn’t even begun yet, and one local high school is already being forced to make changes to its schedule because of a positive COVID-19 test.
