Pastor Phil Spohn says a forum featuring all six Lower Saucon Township Council candidates was planned, but plans for it fell apart when invitations to two Republican incumbents running for re-election were ignored. Spohn is pastor of Christ Lutheran Hellertown and a Lower Saucon Township resident.
Saucon Source recently asked the four candidates who are vying for three seats on Hellertown Borough Council to answer the same four questions, to help our readers be better informed about this important local race.
Saucon Source recently asked the six candidates running for three seats on Lower Saucon Township Council to answer the same five questions, to help our readers be better informed about this important local race.
State Rep. Robert Freeman (D-136), who represents parts of Lower Saucon Township in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, says township residents should vote for Priscilla deLeon, Laura Ray and Victoria Opthof-Cordaro on Nov. 7.
State Rep. Jared Solomon (D-202) and State Rep. Chris Rabb (D-200), who represent parts of Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, say the time has come to update the Commonwealth's "archaic" primary election system to allow for unaffiliated voter participation.
Lower Saucon Township resident Lynn Hill says some members of Lower Saucon Township Council are using a "bully pulpit...to push landfill propaganda."
Lower Saucon Township resident Mary Dawson says she and others who want home library services and the PA Access program restored are being ignored.
The unofficial results from Tuesday's primary election are in, with a number of races apparently having been won or lost by relatively small numbers of votes, in part due to low voter participation.
If you live in Lower Saucon Township or Hellertown borough and are registered to vote as a Republican or Democrat, you have the opportunity to vote for candidates running for the Saucon Valley School Board in the May 16 municipal primary election. To help our readers be informed voters, Saucon Source reached out to the 10 candidates running for five open school board seats to request a 200-word-maximum statement about why they're running, what challenges they believe the district faces and how they plan to serve all residents if elected.
To help our readers be informed voters, Saucon Source reached out to the seven candidates running for three open seats on Lower Saucon Township Council to request information about why they are running, what challenges they believe the township faces and more. If they responded to our request, you will find their answers here.
