An Easton city councilwoman has announced her bid to be the next state representative from the 136th House district, which includes Hellertown borough and part of Lower Saucon Township.
State Representative Bob Freeman (D-Northampton County) has announced that he is running for re-election as the State Representative for the 136th state House District.
Lower Saucon Township Council's new Democratic majority took office Tuesday before a standing room-only crowd, with well-wishers overflowing the Lower Saucon Town Hall meeting room.
Although the year is winding down and Lower Saucon Township Council's last scheduled meeting of 2023 is Wednesday, Dec. 5, the draft agenda for the meeting indicates that council still has much business to consider, including the potential preliminary approval of Bethlehem Landfill's proposed Phase V Land Development & Lot Consolidation expansion plan Wednesday.
The Saucon Valley School District has settled a lawsuit brought by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for $200,000 and agreed to provide equal access to district facilities for members of an extracurricular group known as the After School Satan Club.
The unofficial results from Tuesday's election are in, and they include winners and losers in a number of important local races, including Hellertown Borough Council, Lower Saucon Township Council and Saucon Valley School Board. Lower Saucon Township voters also cast ballots in a referendum on instituting term limits for council members.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 7, when a number of important local races will be decided. Among the most-watched races are those for Lower Saucon Township Council, Saucon Valley School Board and Hellertown Borough Council.Â
Jayne Shinko of Hellertown says state Rep. Milou Mackenzie's letter in which she questioned "outsider" influence in the Lower Saucon Township Council race failed to identify the "mega outsider" in the race. Shinko says that entity is "Waste Connections, a huge Texas corporation which has papered both Lower Saucon and Hellertown with political signs and filled our mailboxes with inaccurate political broadsides, all to advance its own self-interest and the growth of the Bethlehem Landfill rather than the interest of our community."
Writing as a resident, Milou Mackenzie of Lower Saucon Township says she believes "outsiders" who "seem interested only in issues that stand to benefit neighboring Hellertown"--including state Rep. Robert Freeman (D-136)--are trying to influence what happens in this year's township council race. Mackenzie is a Republican state representative who represents parts of Lower Saucon Township, as does Freeman.
Saucon Source recently asked the nine candidates running for five seats on the Saucon Valley School District Board of Directors to answer the same questions, to help our readers be better informed about this important local race.
