The 2016 PIAA Fall preseason is officially upon us. According to Saucon Valley Athletic Director Bob Frey, 413 student-athletes, including 49 Marching Band members, started their PIAA sanctioned practice sessions yesterday. The campus was buzzing with activity early in the morning and continued all day long until the band marched their way into the sunset.
The Thomas Iron Works property--colloquially known as the Cinder Banks--was the site of a major iron-making operation that ended almost a century ago, leaving massive slag piles behind, which today are interlaced with walkable trails.
The Saucon Valley Class of 2016 received a warm and heartfelt sendoff by family, friends, faculty and staff who packed the high school auditorium Friday evening.
The Saucon Valley Farmers' Market is open Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through late November, and is accessible via the Saucon Rail Trail, which is conveniently located along the east side of the park.
Although stifling heat and humidity made being outside uncomfortable Sunday, a large crowd assembled at Union Cemetery of Hellertown for the Edward H. Ackerman American Legion Post 397's Memorial Day Service.
A new bakery opened for business at 612 Main Street in Hellertown Tuesday.
The 2016 Lehigh Valley Area AMBUCS Easter Egg Hunt in Hellertown was held Saturday at 10 a.m. and drew hundreds of parents and children to Dimmick Park, for the annual mad dash to pick up brightly colored eggs in the grass.
Although the Blizzard of 2016 isn't close to being over yet, the "overperforming" storm is already shaping up to be one for the record books, with locations in the Lehigh Valley reporting close to two feet of snow by mid-afternoon Saturday.
