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Who could be callous enough to write obscene phrases on brand new playground equipment in Hellertown’s Dimmick Park? That’s a question many people are asking themselves after vandalism was discovered in the playground Sunday, and police are asking it, too.
Another season of Saucon Source’s Little Panther Rundown, covering all of the local rising football and cheerleading stars in Saucon Valley, begins Saturday, Aug. 24.
They’re the talk of the town, and not in a good way. As the summer of 2019 has heated up, so has the population of spotted lanternflies multiplied in the borough of Hellertown, borough manager Cathy Hartranft confirmed at Monday night’s borough council meeting.
A record number of vendors–nearly a hundred–combined with beautiful if humid August weather to make for another near-perfect Hellertown-Lower Saucon Community Day Saturday in Dimmick Park.
This summer’s second-to-last Music in the Park concert was held in Hellertown’s Dimmick Park Sunday night and featured local musicians James Supra and Sarah Ayers performing live on the bandshell stage.
Although it’s already been attracting curious young visitors for more than a week, the new playground at Hellertown’s Dimmick Park wasn’t officially “open” until a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held with borough officials and the Hellertown-Lower Saucon Chamber of Commerce Sunday afternoon.
A large crowd filled Dimmick Park in Hellertown Sunday evening for the first free Music in the Park concert of the summer, with concert organizers estimating that 1,200 people came to hear sounds of the ’60s and ’70s.
The season opening ceremony for Hellertown-Lower Saucon Little League and Saucon Valley Diamond Sports was held at Dimmick Park in Hellertown Saturday, and dozens of young baseball and softball players, coaches, volunteers, parents and friends came out to enjoy the day.
It’s that time of year again. It’s nearly time for volunteers from Relay for Life of Greater Saucon Bethlehem area to paint Hellertown purple with bows that will be attached to poles along Main Street and other reminders of why their cause is important.
Kick off the summer season with a free family-friendly movie night in Hellertown’s Dimmick Park, 570 Durham St., on Friday, May 3. There will be music, food and drink sales from 5:30 to 6 p.m., G-rated short films from 6 to 7 p.m., and a PG-13 movie screening from 7 to 9 p.m.
