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The Fountain Hill Police Department said Thursday that officers arrested four teenage boys, ages 16 throught 17, after they were stopped in a vehicle that had been stolen earlier from a borough resident. The news came as the borough is in the throes of an at-times contentious conversation about the force’s future, as a result of budget woes.
Fountain Hill Borough Council will consider options for controlling cost of the borough’s police budget at their next meeting Sept. 3. In this opinion editorial, council president Leo Atkinson explains why.
Family-owned Limon Authentic Turkish Kebap House, which opened at 1111 Main Street in May 2015, was named Pennsylvania’s best budget restaurant by Buzzfeed on Aug. 13 in the article, “Here’s the Best Budget Restaurant in Every State, According to Yelp.”
The Southern Lehigh School Board met Monday to adopt a district budget that includes a modest tax increase for the 2019-2020 school year. School officials also reflected on the high school’s graduation ceremony, which was held Friday.
If you’re a property owner in the Saucon Valley School District, you most likely won’t have a higher tax bill when the district’s 2019-2020 real estate tax bills go out this summer.
A vote on a $47,401,439 proposed Saucon Valley School District budget for 2019-2020 was tabled at the school board’s meeting Tuesday, after board members said they wanted more information before voting on its adoption.
If you’re a property owner in Lower Saucon Township, you can expect to pay more in fire tax next year if the 2019 preliminary budget approved by township council Wednesday is adopted next month.
A vote about whether the Saucon Valley School District should support a high school singing group’s trip to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City in April became an emotional flashpoint Tuesday for some parents who said they’re concerned about whether the school board is being as supportive of the arts as it is of athletics.
A popular Hellertown playground will be improved in 2018, after the borough received grant money for upgrades to it. Council also adopted a 2018 borough budget with a .5 mill tax increase Dec. 4.
If a preliminary budget proposal approved by Lower Saucon Township Council Wednesday is adopted before the end of the year, it will be more expensive to both live and work in the township in 2018.
