Hellertown News

Police and other emergency responders gather near where a suspicious package was spotted in Hellertown.

A disabled tractor-trailer in Hellertown this afternoon closed Route 412 between Interstate 78 and Shimersville Road in Bethlehem.

More than 20 homes were evacuated in Northampton County after the discovery odevice unit was called in from Bethlehem to investigate, and it was determined that the package was not explosive.

Authorities have blocked Main Street in Hellertown at High Street and are congregating near Main and Ackerman streets, according to witness accounts.

BISHOP JOHN SPONG presents ''Escaping Biblical Literalism in Search of Truth'' 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today at Christ Lutheran Church, 69 Main St., Hellertown .

The deer was noticed by a nieghbor early this morning and State Game Commision officers and UGI Employees worked for several hours to free the animal.

Police in Hellertown, Bethlehem and Freemansburg reported Thursday at least 38 cars had a window shot out by someone wielding a BB gun.

With a wink and a nod to local restaurant history, General Zapata opened on Bethlehem's South Side in July in the former quarters of Southampton Fish and Chips.

Two teens struck by a vehicle while crossing Main Street in Hellertown this evening were taken to St.

Progress in replacing two bridges on the same road near the Bethlehem-Hellertown border is at a standstill as government officials work to find funding.

A crowd of kids jumps into Heil Pool on a warm August day. A short season and a cool and rainy June likely contributed to the city of Easton operating Heil and Eddyside pools at a combined deficit of $73,334 in 2009.

Lehigh Valley Music Awards this year got nearly 4,000 votes from fans and industry personnel a ' a record that was more than 50 percent above any vote in the awardsa TM previous 10 years, officials announced.

MILFORD TOWNSHIP Hellertown man accused of tossing coins at school bus A Hellertown man riding in a vehicle tossed loose change at a school bus Monday afternoon on Route 663 in Milford Township, police said.

Several local small businesses hope a rising tide will lift their economic boats.

Sarko had brain surgery in early August and never left the hospital. He's suffered complications that have left him wheelchair bound and unable to speak.

If Gary Petras were a comic book character, he would be called The Fantasist. He would spend most of his time with his head in the clouds and the rest of it writing down what he saw there.

A 19-year-old Hellertown man burst out of a district courtroom Monday after he found out the judge was sending him to Northampton County Prison, leading officers on a chase by car and on foot, police said.

They came on mountain bikes, in baby strollers and on foot. One rode a Big Wheel, another a Segway.

Freemansburg police said a 28-year-old man with three open cases of beer and two male occupants in his car led police from the borough, Hellertown, Bethlehem and Lower Saucon Township on a high-speed chase Sunday morning.

HELLERTOWN, Pa. - October 13, 2009 -- Officials in the Saucon Valley School District will hold a meeting Tuesday night in a last-ditch attempt to prevent a teacher strike.