A large-scale power outage is affecting nearly 2,200 PPL customers in parts of Hellertown borough and eastern Lower Saucon Township, including much of the Wassergass area and the Saucon Valley School District campus as of 10:15 a.m. Monday.
Did you know that door-to-door salespeople must obtain a permit from the borough--commonly known as a Peddlers and Solicitors license--before they start ringing doorbells, as well as adhere to other rules? Failure to do so can result in a fine of up to $1,000 or even jail time.
At least several hundred PPL customers in the Wassergass section of Lower Saucon Township are without power after a wire came down in the 3900 block of Lower Saucon Road Friday afternoon.
With a snowstorm that caused hundreds of power outages in Hellertown borough still fresh in people's minds, and another winter storm with the potential to cause more outages due to strike Wednesday, the subject of emergency management was extensively discussed by borough council at their meeting Monday night.
If you're not a fan of snow, the next couple days could be a little rough. A major winter storm is on the way, according to meteorologists. In an updated statement Monday afternoon, the National Weather Service warned residents of eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey that a rapidly intensifying, 'major Nor'easter' is expected to strike the area beginning Tuesday evening.
In the wake of a powerful Nor'easter, across central and eastern Pennsylvania more than 100,000 PPL customers were still without power as of Saturday morning, including about 1,000 mainly residential customers in the Saucon Valley area.
A potent winter storm that is bringing heavy snow and high winds to the area is to blame for power outages and early school dismissals in the Saucon Valley area.
Lower Saucon Township Police want to identify two men they say posed as PPL workers to get into the basement of a home in the 2000 block of Easton Road Tuesday at around 4 p.m.
Lower Saucon Township Police are investigating a case in which a PPL-owned electrical meter was stolen from a home in the 1800 block of Bucknell Drive.
PPL took the unusual step of warning its customers Wednesday about a phone scam con artists are currently targeting electricity customers in the Lehigh Valley with.
