Instructor Wants to Bring Aqua Zumba Classes to Hellertown Pool
A Hellertown zumba instructor asked borough council Monday to consider allowing her to teach aqua zumba classes at the Hellertown Pool this summer.
A Hellertown zumba instructor asked borough council Monday to consider allowing her to teach aqua zumba classes at the Hellertown Pool this summer.
A planned borough council discussion about the sometimes controversial scheduling of Trick-or-Treat in Hellertown borough was tabled Monday night after Mayor David Heintzelman requested that council wait two weeks to allow for more community members to attend and provide input.
The symbolic leadership of the borough of Hellertown was passed from long-time mayor Richard Fluck to his successor, David Heintzelman, at borough council's first meeting of 2018 Tuesday evening.
A one-block section of Oak Street that runs between Division Street and Hampton Avenue just west of Main Street will remain a one-way thoroughfare, Hellertown Borough Council decided Monday.
The results of a recent Survey Monkey online poll that asked residents and business owners to vote for their choice of holiday decoration for light poles along Main Street in Hellertown have been tabulated, and the clear winner was a 60-inch green wreath with a large red bow, three candles in the center and LED lights all around it.
Hellertown Borough Council heard several recommendations for pedestrian safety improvements along the Main Street corridor Monday night, including one to install electronic countdown clocks at the four intersections with traffic lights in the borough: at High Street, Water Street, Penn Street and Walnut Street.
The borough of Hellertown and borough police are making a concerted effort to help improve pedestrian safety along the Main Street corridor, and the results are already evident, council was told Monday.
Although Christmas seems a long way off, the start of the holiday season is now less than six months away, which is one of the reasons why Hellertown Borough Council members Monday discussed the possible purchase of new electrified decorations for the 60 or so light poles that line Main Street (Rt. 412) for almost a mile in the borough.
Hellertown borough is one step closer to having a new mayor for the first time in two decades, after Hellertown businessman and civic leader David Heintzelman won the Democratic mayoral primary election Tuesday.
After discussing concerns about emergency vehicle access and whether or not all the neighbors on the street would be willing to give up access to their properties for a period of time, Hellertown Borough Council unanimously approved a resident's request to hold a block party in the 1100 block of New Jersey Avenue in mid-June.