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Meadows Road Bridge Added to National Register of Historic Places
In a win for local preservationists, it was announced in late August that the historic Meadows Road Bridge in Lower Saucon Township has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Give a Gift That Keeps on Giving: A Piece of Hellertown Pool History
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.
A Festive Evening: Historical Society Hosts Holiday Open House
The stone-walled Tavern Room in the historic Heller-Wagner Grist Mill came to life with the sights and sounds of Christmas at the Hellertown Historical Society's annual Holiday Open House Friday.
What Became of Redington Village in Lower Saucon Township?
Did you know that Lower Saucon Township has a ghost town of sorts? Buried in the brush--consumed by the ravages of time--along a section of Riverside Drive known as "the Narrows" is the former settlement of Redington, which thrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a miniature center of industry.
Hellertown History: In 1924 Robbery, Bankers Told to ‘Put ‘Em Up’
A news account of a 1924 bank robbery at Hellertown's Saucon Valley Trust Company reads like something straight of a pulp novel or a noir movie, with robbers who told the bank's employees to 'put 'em up,' tied them up and made a dramatic escape out of town in a roadster.
Hellertown History, ‘Reckless Horse-Riding’: Did You Know…?
In 2018 it is hard to imagine a time when it was possible to ride a horse down Main Street in Hellertown, but that's the type of transportation that existed in 1879, when one of the borough's first ordinances was adopted.
Ever Wonder How Saucon Valley’s Panther Mascot Was Chosen? Credit Joe Sopko
It wasn't mentioned in his obituary, published on Saucon Source on Jan. 29, but in addition to his World War II heroism, his career at Western Electric and many other accomplishments, the late Joseph 'Joe' Charles Sopko had another claim to fame.
Hellertown Cemetery Tours Will Feature Morris Dimmick, Edward H. Ackerman
The free cemetery tours will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 10-11 at Union Cemetery, which is located at 89 Main St., Hellertown.
Rare Film Footage Recalls Huge 1972 Hellertown Centennial Parade
In the summer of 1972, Hellertown came together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the borough's incorporation with festivities many recall to this day.
Meadows Road Bridge Added to National Register of Historic Places
In a win for local preservationists, it was announced in late August that the historic Meadows Road Bridge in Lower Saucon Township has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Give a Gift That Keeps on Giving: A Piece of Hellertown Pool History
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.
A Festive Evening: Historical Society Hosts Holiday Open House
The stone-walled Tavern Room in the historic Heller-Wagner Grist Mill came to life with the sights and sounds of Christmas at the Hellertown Historical Society's annual Holiday Open House Friday.
What Became of Redington Village in Lower Saucon Township?
Did you know that Lower Saucon Township has a ghost town of sorts? Buried in the brush--consumed by the ravages of time--along a section of Riverside Drive known as "the Narrows" is the former settlement of Redington, which thrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a miniature center of industry.
Hellertown History: In 1924 Robbery, Bankers Told to ‘Put ‘Em Up’
A news account of a 1924 bank robbery at Hellertown's Saucon Valley Trust Company reads like something straight of a pulp novel or a noir movie, with robbers who told the bank's employees to 'put 'em up,' tied them up and made a dramatic escape out of town in a roadster.
Hellertown History, ‘Reckless Horse-Riding’: Did You Know…?
In 2018 it is hard to imagine a time when it was possible to ride a horse down Main Street in Hellertown, but that's the type of transportation that existed in 1879, when one of the borough's first ordinances was adopted.
Ever Wonder How Saucon Valley’s Panther Mascot Was Chosen? Credit Joe Sopko
It wasn't mentioned in his obituary, published on Saucon Source on Jan. 29, but in addition to his World War II heroism, his career at Western Electric and many other accomplishments, the late Joseph 'Joe' Charles Sopko had another claim to fame.
Hellertown Cemetery Tours Will Feature Morris Dimmick, Edward H. Ackerman
The free cemetery tours will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 10-11 at Union Cemetery, which is located at 89 Main St., Hellertown.
Rare Film Footage Recalls Huge 1972 Hellertown Centennial Parade
In the summer of 1972, Hellertown came together to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the borough's incorporation with festivities many recall to this day.