Group Formed to Save Fountain Hill Pool Holds First Meeting
A group of borough residents who hope to reopen the Fountain Hill Pool by finding money to pay for needed repairs met for the first time Thursday at Borough Hall.
A group of borough residents who hope to reopen the Fountain Hill Pool by finding money to pay for needed repairs met for the first time Thursday at Borough Hall.
A meeting about "issues pertaining to the Hellertown Area Library" was held last week, Mayor David Heintzelman revealed in a letter about it which he read at Monday night's Hellertown Borough Council meeting and shared on the borough's Facebook page.
After failing to get a proposal for a short-term library services agreement on Lower Saucon Township Council's March 16 meeting agenda on short notice, the Hellertown Area Library board of trustees recently voted to repeat the offer--and extend the deadline attached to it--by requesting that it be discussed by council at their meeting on April 20.
A proposal for a possible library services agreement was shared Monday with the members of Lower Saucon Township Council and Saucon Source by Hellertown Area Library board president Ken Solt.
Despite having received three quotes for the necessary technology upgrades, Lower Saucon Township Council voted Wednesday to table a discussion about livestreaming council meetings until a new township manager is hired.
Lower Saucon Township Councilwoman Priscilla deLeon writes that her attempt to put a library services discussion on the Feb. 16 council meeting agenda for discussion has apparently been thwarted. Some residents are upset and concerned over the future of library services in the township after a council majority rejected a proposed 5-year agreement with the Hellertown Area Library last month.
Hellertown borough council Monday followed through on what it promised to do late last month, by voting to pause all intergovernmental relations with Lower Saucon Township pending their re-examination, which it was estimated would happen in about a month.
One of the largest turnouts by residents in recent years was at a special Hellertown Borough Council meeting about the future of the Hellertown Area Library Wednesday night.
About a dozen Lower Saucon Township residents asked township council members not to adopt more restrictive public comment rules for their meetings Monday night, but the majority on council was not swayed by their concerns.
Changes to the Southern Lehigh School District's current COVID-19 Health & Safety Plan--including the district's masking and quarantine requirements for students and staff--could be approved at a special meeting the school board will hold on Tuesday, Dec. 21.