The large banners hung high above Hellertown's Main Street--which many Saucon Valley organizations use to advertise their upcoming events--are hung from PPL-owned poles. And because of new requirements by PPL, the approval process for the banners is going to take longer, Hellertown Borough Council learned Tuesday.
Hellertown Borough Council members said they favor a plan to remove an old dam in the Saucon Creek near the Water Street Bridge at a meeting Tuesday night.
Following a recommendation by the Borough of Hellertown's workers compensation insurance carrier, council voted unanimously Tuesday to pursue replacement of two standard sliding glass windows at the transaction counter inside the main entrance to Borough Hall with a bullet-resistant window.
A former Hellertown borough councilman whose term just ended returned to the dais Monday evening after he was unanimously appointed to fill a two-year council vacancy.
The use by truckers of brake retarders on Main Street (Route 412) in Hellertown has prompted several complaints, borough council was told Monday night. Borough manager Cathy Hartranft said "the complaints aren't a lot, but they have come in" from residents who believe the noisy retarders aren't truly necessary on the relatively flat main drag in town.
