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The Hellertown American Legion needs to attract more members and guests, and doing that without an eye-catching sign is a challenge, Commander Eric Medei told borough council Monday.
If downtown Hellertown needs more life breathed into it, what better way to do that than with an event on Main Street involving food, music and art? It was just such a proposal that business owner Rogelio Castillo pitched to Hellertown Borough Council Monday.
Fountain Hill Borough Council met Wednesday and the first order of business at the meeting was to hire several seasonal part-time staffers to help keep summer playground operations running smoothly.
The state’s EPA has given Fountain Hill a two-and-a-half-year timeframe to meet the obligations of its MS4 stormwater program. Council is considering creating a local authority that would levy a fee on all borough property owners in order to pay for the improvements.
Consumer fireworks are now legal in Pennsylvania, but that doesn’t mean you can explode them whenever and wherever you want to. That was the message from Hellertown Police Chief Robert Shupp in response to resident concerns about fireworks at Monday’s borough council meeting.
At a meeting Monday, Hellertown Borough Council continued its discussion about purchasing “hometown hero” banners to display on light poles in honor of local veterans, and ultimately decided the project should become the work of a committee.
Hellertown Borough Council Monday voted to take steps toward enacting a ban on planting so-called “running bamboo,” which is the highly-invasive variety of the plant, and property owners who already have it won’t necessarily receive a pass under a new or updated ordinance.
For some people it’s an attractive plant that provides privacy, while for others it is a nuisance species because of how rapidly it grows and spreads. Opinions are often divided on bamboo, which was the subject of a discussion by Hellertown Borough Council Monday.
Tuesday’s unofficial Democratic and Republican primary election results for the contested council races that took place in Hellertown borough and Lower Saucon Township are in.
You may have seen hometown hero banners in other communities. Simply put, they are banners that recognize local U.S. veterans–both living and deceased. And now, Hellertown officials are going to see whether they can be a new way to honor the service of local men and women.
