A decision by council to make Lower Saucon Fire Rescue the only designated fire services provider could spell the end for Steel City Volunteer Fire Company, which less than a decade ago was one of four independent volunteer fire companies in the township.
President Donald Trump summoned Pennsylvania state lawmakers to the White House to talk about the election, but those who went weren't talking about it later.
Officials from the Borough of Fountain Hill are making necessary changes to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Borough Manager Tony Branco said that the borough is working closely with its emergency management coordinator, and that officials are getting daily updates from the CDC and Johns Hopkins.
While many public meetings have been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, others are being held with procedural modifications in place due to social distancing recommendations by public health officials.
The Hellertown Zoning Hearing Board is scheduled to hear two appeals Feb. 19, including an appeal by a property owner who wants to convert a single-family dwelling into two apartments.
Saucon Valley School District superintendent Dr. Craig Butler announced in an email to middle and elementary school parents Friday that the district will host a Community Outreach Meeting about its Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support Program on Monday, Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. in the middle school.
Residents frustrated by the lack of progress on a bridge replacement project on Blue Church Road in Upper Saucon Township received an update from on it from township officials Monday night, although the news probably wasn't music to anyone's ears.
Hellertown Borough Council members listened and tried to assuage concerns about a proposed public works building at a roundtable meeting held Saturday on what could ultimately be the location of its construction.
A special Fountain Hill Borough Council meeting held Tuesday to discuss various options for providing police coverage to the borough drew a large crowd and the accusation by the head of the borough's police officer association that at least some council members are "anti-police."
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.
