Business
Hellertown Borough Property Tax Revenue Down Over $100,000
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The COVID-19 pandemic is having an economic impact on many families, and that impact is now being felt at the local municipal level.
Budget
Fountain Hill Borough Council Adopts 2020 Budget With Tax Increase
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Fountain Hill Borough Council voted to adopt a 2020 borough budget which includes a modest property tax increase at their Dec. 18 meeting, which was council’s last for the year.
Borough Council
Hellertown Council Debates Need for New Dewey Fire Truck
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A new fire truck is required in order to help maintain public safety, Dewey Fire Company officials maintained Monday, but several Hellertown Borough Council members were skeptical of their request to purchase one that comes with a seven-figure price tag.
Borough Council
Officer Calls Fountain Hill Council ‘Anti-Police’ in Emotional Meeting
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A special Fountain Hill Borough Council meeting held Tuesday to discuss various options for providing police coverage to the borough drew a large crowd and the accusation by the head of the borough’s police officer association that at least some council members are “anti-police.”
Community
Stolen Vehicle Stop Leads to Discovery of Loaded Gun: FH Police
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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.
Community
Op-Ed: Fountain Hill Faces Tough Choices With Police Force
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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.
Business
Buzzfeed Names Hellertown’s ‘Limon’ Best Budget Restaurant in PA
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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.”
Budget
Southern Lehigh School Board Adopts Budget With .2 Mill Tax Hike
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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.
Budget
2019-2020 Saucon Valley SD Budget Holds the Line on Taxes
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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.
Community
Saucon Valley School Board Tables 2019-2020 Proposed Budget Vote
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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.
