Lower Saucon Township Police said Tuesday they are investigating a case of criminal mischief at the Saucon Rail Trail's Reading Drive trailhead, 1770 Reading Drive, in which two portable bathrooms or 'Port-a-Potties' were knocked over sometime Monday night.
The Lower Saucon Township Police Department Monday shared a neighboring police department's warning about allegedly suspicious activity that took place on the Saucon Rail Trail not far from the border the two municipalities share.
An eagerly-anticipated additional access point to the Saucon Rail Trail near downtown Hellertown is nearly ready to open.
For residents of and visitors to the southern half of Hellertown, access to the Saucon Rail Trail will soon be improved with the addition of a connection at the western terminus of E. Saucon Street.
The Saucon Rail Trail is about to get a little longer in Coopersburg.
Vincent Behe of Hellertown says he has noticed an increasing amount of trash in the vicinity of the Saucon Rail Trail lately.
Lower Saucon Township Police said Sunday that they are seeking information about the owners of a dog that allegedly bit a 14-year-old boy who was jogging on the Saucon Rail Trail near the Reading Drive trailhead Friday at about 5:30 p.m.
A sign kiosk Lower Saucon Township officials recently received a grant for from the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce's Main Street Foundation will help small local businesses advertise themselves and upcoming events to visitors to the Saucon Rail Trail.
Borough resident and geographer Michael Sutherland told Hellertown council one change that would immediately improve walkability in town would be the installation of ramps at the intersection of Harwi and W. Water streets, which is located in between the Main Street corridor and the Saucon Rail Trail/Water Street Park. The recommendation is included in his A Plan for People: Walking and Biking in Saucon Valley.
A proposal by a local Eagle Scout to construct an informational sign about the former Hellertown train station along the Saucon Rail Trail--in the area where it stood until the 1980s--won the approval of borough council Monday night.
