As Earth Day 2021 approaches, volunteer organizations are planning cleanup events to help restore heavily-used local parks, bike paths and hiking trails. Earth Day is observed each April 22 and serves as a reminder that everyone has a role to play in keeping the planet clean.
A tall, tan chimney that was part of the Masonic Temple in Bethlehem is being saved because it's a habitat for chimney swifts, tens of thousands of which call it home. The birds are considered a Threatened species. The 1925 temple is being demolished to make way for a development project that will include a hotel and event center.
St. Luke’s University Health Network has partnered with Blink Charging to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at its Anderson Campus, bringing the amenity to employees, patients and community visitors who own electronic vehicles (EVs).
It's probably not something for which most municipalities would prefer to be known as trailblazers, but in the case of Fountain Hill borough, economics and timing are dictating that officials be proactive in introducing a new stormwater management fee system.
The Heritage Conservancy recently facilitated the placement of a conservation easement on the 35.5-acre Seifert property, which is located on Martins Lane in Springfield Township, Bucks County, and Lower Saucon Township, Northampton County.
A local teen's ambitious plan to plant nearly 100 saplings at the I-78 interchange on Rt. 412 is taking shape thanks to the support of donors and with a planting plan from a local engineering firm.
Many people don't even want to take the time to pick up trash in their own yards, let alone stoop to pick up someone else's litter along a busy roadway. But that's exactly what Bob Yeager and his family have been doing along a busy stretch of Rt. 378 in Lower and Upper Saucon townships for more than 10 years now.
Save money and help protect local streams by building your own rain barrel in which to collect water at a collaborative community workshop May 5 in Lower Saucon Township. The workshop is being sponsored by the Saucon Creek Watershed Association and Lower Saucon Township's Environmental Advisory Council.
Coopersburg resident Arianne Elinich says the proposed Adelphia pipeline project represents a hazard to the communities in its path--including Lower Saucon Township.
