Charity
Saucon Valley Duo Teams Up for LLS Student of the Year Program
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Megan Patriarca and Nathan Orr are representing Saucon Valley High School in the fourth annual installment of the fundraising competition, which kicked off on Sunday, Jan. 12.
Charity
Lower Saucon Township Teen Raising Money for LLS’s Cancer Fight
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Emily Britland, a Lower Saucon Township resident and junior at Notre Dame-Green Pond High School, is raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Student of the Year Greater Lehigh Valley Program.
Community
Give a Gift That Keeps on Giving: A Piece of Hellertown Pool History
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It’s not really the time of year for thinking about swimming pools and swimming, but that’s what some volunteers from the Hellertown Historical Society have been doing.
Community
Fountain Hill Fire Dept. Seeks to Raise Awareness of Fire Hydrants
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The fire department recently launched an “adopt-a-hydrant” program in which it is asking residents with fire hydrants adjacent to their properties to clear a three-foot radius of snow around each hydrant, in order to help maintain access to them.
Business
Classic Car Show Set for Sunday at Star Pre-Owned in Hellertown
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Car buffs won’t want to miss the second annual Star Pre-Owned Hellertown Charity Classic Car Show this Sunday, Oct. 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the dealership at 1730 Main Street.
Charity
St. Luke’s Event Will Raise Money for Cancer Support Programs
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To commemorate Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, St. Luke’s Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery is hosting its third annual BRA Day, “The Girls” Night Out.
Beautification
Junior Council Member Hopes to Plant 100 Trees at I-78 Exit
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A Hellertown junior council member has an ambitious vision for the relatively barren I-78 interchange at the borough’s northern entrance, and it involves planting 100 trees…but only if he is able to raise the funds needed to purchase them.
American Cancer Society
Q: What’s That Purple Bow For? A: Greater Saucon Relay for Life!
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It’s that time of year again. It’s nearly time for volunteers from Relay for Life of Greater Saucon Bethlehem area to paint Hellertown purple with bows that will be attached to poles along Main Street and other reminders of why their cause is important.
Art
Lions’ Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show Proof That ‘Hellertown Rocks’
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The Saucon Valley Lions’ 49th annual Lehigh Valley Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show was held Saturday and Sunday at Saucon Valley High School and a highlight of this year’s show was a new event: a Hellertown Rocks Kindness Project rock-painting contest.
Community
‘Mr. Saucon’ Contest a Night of Delight for a Great Cause (Photos)
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If you are not already familiar with “Mr. Saucon”, it is part variety show, part pageant and part fundraiser. Thursday night’s event was vaguely reminiscent of Chuck Barris’ Gong Show, although there was no gong. Mr. Saucon, being more comedy than anything else, is an annual event open to the community that provides a whole lot of entertainment. Best of all, Mr. Saucon is a fundraiser that helps fight pediatric cancer.
