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When Ric Baxter, MD, pedals away from St. Luke’s University Hospital Network’s (SLUHN) Hospice House in Lower Saucon Township Sept. 2, beginning his trans-Pennsylvania bike trip, he’ll be taking an urgent message to the people he meets along the way: Don’t wait.
Motorists in Lower Saucon Township should expect to encounter delays this week and into September for a seven-week PennDOT paving project on Black River Road between Rt. 378 and Bingen Road.
Saucon Valley High School graduate Thomas “Tommy” Traupman, Class of 2018, will compete along with a fellow NCC culinary student at the Ningbo International Young Chefs Challenge in Ningbo, China, Oct. 24-26, 2019.
A new roadside stand that sells organic produce grown on the farm property all around it is getting a lot of positive attention from passersby in Lower Saucon Township, and that’s making farm owner Mei Xiang feel good.
As the nation now prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission, Saucon Valley residents are remembering how life briefly stopped and how they felt as they gathered around the nearest television set to watch the moon landing.
Another local bank will soon undergo a name change. Just weeks after a new name was announced for BB&T–which has a branch in Hellertown–Lafayette Ambassador Bank has informed its customers that it will have a new name come September.
If summer in the Saucon Valley makes you hungry and you enjoy dining out at local restaurants, you’ll want to mark your calendars for the week of Sunday, July 14 to Saturday, July 20.
On Tuesday, Hellertown borough officials announced the detour routes that will be in place once the Water Street Bridge is closed, so a replacement span can be built.
The aged and crumbling Water Street Bridge is in its final days as a work of engineering that still fulfills a vital purpose: namely, transporting thousands of vehicles daily across the Saucon Creek, between Hellertown borough and Lower Saucon Township.
Summer is a time for fun, but it can also be a time for crime, especially with behavioral patterns that deviate from what the norm is during the rest of the year and many families spending more time outside and away from home.
