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Matthew J. Makos Sr., 93, of Bethlehem, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2018 at the Phoebe Home, Allentown. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
A Hellertown resident who lives across the street from the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Bethlehem on Cherry Lane approached Borough Council at their last meeting to request help with addressing a parking issue.
A priest who was defrocked three years ago many years earlier allegedly sexually abused a 14-year-old girl while he was employed at a Fountain Hill parish in the 1980s.
The start of another football season at Lehigh University’s Goodman Stadium is almost here. The Mountain Hawks’ 2018 season kicks off against the Saint Francis Red Flash on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 12:30 p.m.
If you’re a driver who regularly uses Rt. 512 (Center Street) in North Bethlehem, you can expect to possibly encounter significant delays for a road work project that will be taking place over the next month or so.
Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who is suspected of stealing at least two metal cash donation boxes from the sanctuary of a local church.
Attorneys for a former Lower Saucon Township man who’s accused of being a serial rapist were in Northampton County Court Wednesday, where they argued that some evidence obtained in the case should be suppressed.
After a mostly dry day Sunday additional heavy rain moved into the area overnight, resulting in renewed flooding fears in Saucon Valley–parts of which were inundated Saturday–and prompting the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning until 12:45 p.m.
Following the closure of two bridges near Hellertown Saturday due to structural damage caused by flash flooding, a total of four spans in or near the borough are now out of commission, at least temporarily.
Another heavily-used bridge in the Saucon Valley is out of commission due to possible damage from heavy rains that caused flash flooding throughout the area Saturday.
