With his arrival perfectly-timed to the strains of 'Good King Wenceslas' as performed by the Broughal Middle School band, Santa Claus made his way down Cherokee Street on a Fountain Hill fire truck to greet borough residents at their tree-lighting Sunday.
Giving Tuesday has become a global phenomenon over the past decade, with billions of dollars donated to worthy causes during the five-day period after Thanksgiving. We may be a bit biased here, but in addition to the countless number of deserving nonprofit organizations in our area, we think local news production is also a cause worthy of your support.
Saucon Source has announced that as part of its efforts to better serve readers in the Fountain Hill and South Bethlehem communities it has opened a satellite office at Venture X in Bethlehem.
On Episode 77 of No Rain Date we’re joined by two people who help connect our community with art as part of the work they do at the Allentown Art Museum: Amanda Lovell, the museum's Director of Public Engagement, and AAM’s Youth & Family Education & Programs Coordinator, Nicole Mangold.
On Episode 66 of No Rain Date, we’re joined by Megan van Ravenswaay, Executive Director of the Northampton County Historical & Genealogical Society, to talk about the society's role in preserving local history, the Sigal Museum in Easton (which is part of NCHGS) and Lehigh Valley Passport to History.
In 1918, women in the U.S. did not yet have the right to vote. However, they had other protected rights, as evidenced by a newspaper article from Aug. 31, 1918 about a Hellertown hotel owner who was fined for requiring his female employees to "work more than six days a week."
More than a year after the Armistice signed on Nov. 11, 1918 brought an end to World War I, Hellertown welcomed back the only woman from the borough who answered the call to serve her country during that conflict.
Community journalism involves a set of knowledge-skills every bit as societally important and hard to learn as practicing good carpentry or probate law, or applying calculus to problems of fluid mechanics. The alternative to it is a news desert, which is why local media like Saucon Source need our support.
In 1897, it was big news that a new trolley line would connect Hellertown to South Bethlehem, effectively making it much easier to travel between the two communities.
Less than a year after the Armistice that ended World War I was signed the residents of Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township devoted a day to honoring the men who had recently returned home, along with five native sons who sadly didn't.
