A vote about whether the Saucon Valley School District should support a high school singing group's trip to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City in April became an emotional flashpoint Tuesday for some parents who said they're concerned about whether the school board is being as supportive of the arts as it is of athletics.
Along Main Street in Hellertown there is a Christmas tree stand outside a church. Perhaps you've whizzed by it thinking it's just another popup tree sale. In fact, it's a special type of sale where the proceeds benefit local students.
The 16th annual Hellertown-Lower Saucon Community Day was held Saturday and drew hundreds of local residents to Dimmick Park, where more than 70 vendors representing dozens of local businesses and organizations were gathered.
When we first wake, the first 17 seconds are the most important seconds of our day. Positivity and gratitude are the keys to manifesting the day we desire.
The second concert in the summertime Music in Dimmick Park series was held Sunday night and featured country band Crazy Hearts performing to a toe-tapping crowd.
A newly-expanded free summer concert series in Hellertown's Dimmick Park will begin on Sunday, June 11, with a performance by the popular '60s and '70s revival band The Large Flowerheads at 6 p.m. at the bandshell.
A curious thing has been taking place in the heart of "downtown Wassergass" recently. On Saturday mornings, passers-by have noticed a group of musicians playing 'old time mountain music' on the front porch of Bergy's Mall--the late 19th century general store that was the heart of the eastern Lower Saucon Township village until it closed a year ago.
Allyson Starr, of Hellertown, Pa., was among a select group of high school students who recently participated in Susquehanna University’s weeklong Wind Ensemble Institute, the school announced in a news release last month.
A fall festival fundraiser that will benefit Saucon Valley youth sports teams could draw as many as 2,000 visitors to Dimmick Park Halloween weekend, Hellertown Borough Council was told by organizers Monday night.
