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An outdoor event featuring local food trucks and sponsored by the Hellertown-Lower Saucon Chamber of Commerce drew hundreds of residents to the borough’s Dimmick Park Saturday, on what turned out to be a gorgeous early June afternoon.
For the first time in two years Sunday, crowds of onlookers–many of whom wore costumes–lined Main Street in Coopersburg for a Halloween parade. With near-perfect fall weather arriving just in time for it, this year’s parade appeared to meet or exceed expectations, and brought a welcome sense of seasonal normalcy to the Southern Lehigh area after the COVID pandemic caused the 2020 parade’s and many other cancellations.
The annual 5-night Dewey Fire Company Carnival in Hellertown is set to return in 2021, a year after COVID-19 forced planners to cancel the 2020 event.
The year 2020 was full of doldrums and disappointments, but in 2021 there is hope for better things to come–like listening to live music in a landmark local park–as more progress continues to be made against the COVID-19 virus. One example of how much progress has already been made in the fight against the disease is the fact that at the latest Hellertown Borough Council meeting, on Jan. 19, the borough’s Music in the Park free summer concert series was on the agenda.
The Saucon Valley Spirit Parade Committee has announced that this year’s spirit parade will be held in Hellertown on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. As always, donations and sponsors are needed to ensure that the beloved free community event goes off without a hitch.
The Beethoven Waldheim Club in Hellertown is seeking food, music and art vendors as well as local breweries to be part of its annual Summer Bash, which will be held Saturday, July 13, beginning at 2 p.m.
The 2018 Saucon Valley Spirit Parade will soon be marching down Main Street in Hellertown. If you’re planning to go, you can expect to see dozens of floats, bands, organizations, businesses, fire and police departments and local dignitaries.
The Saucon Valley Spirit Parade will draw thousands to Hellertown this Sunday. Use this guide before and during the parade and know what to expect!