Hellertown News

An Upper Saucon Township man faces charges after he drove erratically and tried to throw a man from the bed of his pickup truck, court records say.

The bright red library cart in the pediatric unit has wheels to move from place to place and books that will give wings to children in wheelchairs.

The Northampton County Coroner's Office has identified a body found Friday morning next to a borough alley as 54-year-old Kenneth Hoch.

Nancy Youngblut, of the Whitehall Township Giant, won third place for prettiest cake , and Theresa Ware, of the Hellertown store, received second place for most tasty and third in best theme for her cake .

In an effort to help babies-an moms-everywhere sleep better, MommyMDGuides.com joined forces with the makers of Miracle Blanket, Miracle Industries.

What's the best use of the old rail line that once carried passengers between Lansdale and Bethlehem? A revived SEPTA commuter line, to Quakertown in upper Bucks County, and beyond to the Lehigh Valley? A bucolic "rails to trails" walking path through the exurbs and small towns? Or both? The old Reading Co.

The Saucon Valley School Board voted Tuesday night to keep any school real estate tax increase below the state cap of 2.9 percent, thus avoiding sending its school budget to voters.

A Hellertown man stole a $950 postal check from the Hellertown Post Office, and a second borough man cashed the check, police said today.

An Allentown man allegedly possessed marijuana and lied to police about his identity at a traffic stop in December.

Mary Jane Fonder doesn't mind spending the rest of her life behind bars. After more than 20 years of struggling to find acceptance among the members of her small, rural Springfield church, Fonder, 67, finally has found sisterhood at a state women's prison.

Over the past five years, developers have proposed building nearly 500 new homes and apartments in the city.

Two men allegedly roughed up each other's property early this morning in the first block of West Fourth Street in Bethlehem after leaving the Firehouse bar.

A Hellertown man said a day gardening at his grandmother's house started with Xanax and gin and ended with him injuring two police officers and kicking out a police cruiser window.

Some Northampton County Council members want to take back $686,000 left over from building Bethlehem's Commerce Center Boulevard, the $13 million county-funded road that paved the way into an industrial park on former Bethlehem Steel land.

The exterior of American Legion Post 397 in Hellertown. American Legion Post 397 in Hellertown still has its building and a liquor license, unless the IRS decides otherwise.

LOOKING FOR Owner's manual: Harold of Nazareth is looking for an owner's manual for a 2003 Chevrolet Malibu.

If she's hoping to sum up Monday night's community jobs forum in a few brief statements when she reports to the Obama administration, organizer Anne Horosky will have her work cut out for her.

Play on DVD or VHS: Jack of Whitehall is looking for a DVD or VHS copy of the play ''Crazy For You'' by Paper Mill Playhouse.

An early Monday morning stroll to school in the cold wasn't what Jeff King had in mind for his holidays.

HELLERTOWN, Pa. - December 29, 2009 -- Christmas is coming a little late for 2-year-old Kendra Moyer, but she still received one extraordinary gift from her Aunt Laura.