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The Fountain Hill Police Department said Thursday that officers arrested four teenage boys, ages 16 throught 17, after they were stopped in a vehicle that had been stolen earlier from a borough resident. The news came as the borough is in the throes of an at-times contentious conversation about the force’s future, as a result of budget woes.
Fountain Hill Borough Council will consider options for controlling cost of the borough’s police budget at their next meeting Sept. 3. In this opinion editorial, council president Leo Atkinson explains why.
As of 10 p.m. Wednesday numerous volunteer fire companies from throughout the Lehigh Valley were continuing to battle what appeared to be a stubborn blaze in at least two Fountain Hill borough rowhomes.
Fountain Hill Borough Council met Wednesday and the first order of business at the meeting was to hire several seasonal part-time staffers to help keep summer playground operations running smoothly.
The state’s EPA has given Fountain Hill a two-and-a-half-year timeframe to meet the obligations of its MS4 stormwater program. Council is considering creating a local authority that would levy a fee on all borough property owners in order to pay for the improvements.
A standoff with a man who had reportedly barricaded himself inside a Cherokee Street home in Fountain Hill borough ended with the man in custody and without any injuries, but authorities feared that the man would find an AR-15 rifle in the house, according to a report.
In advance of a winter storm that’s forecast to bring as much as eight inches of snow to Saucon Valley late Sunday and early Monday, Hellertown borough officials today declared a snow emergency that will take effect at 4 p.m. Sunday and remain in effect until further notice.
Elizabeth Rowe, 100, of Fountain Hill, died Monday, Jan. 14, 2019 at Cedarbrook Nursing Home, Fountain Hill. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
For Fountain Hill residents a month-plus wait for their “new” Wawa finally came to an end when the renovated convenience store at 1429 Broadway in the borough reopened with a new look, a new layout and even a public restroom on Wednesday, Dec. 12.
The annual Fountain Hill Christmas tree lighting ceremony will be held at Tinsley Triangle (Broadway and N. Lynn Street) on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
