Salisbury Press

09/05/2024

Salisbury firefighters respond to Alton Street fire. See the Sept. 4 edition of The Press for details.

Firefighters respond to Alton Street fire Tweet Published September 04. 2024 03:14PM PRESS PHOTO BY JIM MARSHAssisted by mutual aid units from Eastern Salisbury, Emmaus and Lower Macungie fire departments, Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company crew members spend nearly two hours responding to a 9...

09/05/2024

The topic was “Hiding in Plain Sight, Hazardous Plants In Public Spaces: Parks, Disturbed Ground, Stream Buffers” at the Salisbury Township Environmental Advisory Council meeting recently. See our coverage of hazardous plants listed in the Sept. 4 edition of The Press.

At times, it sounded like a scene in “Little Shop of Horrors.” You know, the one about the plant with an insatiable appetite? The topic was “Hiding in Plain Sight, Hazardous Plants In Public Spaces: P...

08/28/2024

Lt. Christopher Casey is commended at the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners meeting. See our coverage in the Aug. 28 edition of The Press.

Salisbury Township Police Department

A high-ranking Salisbury Township police officer was honored for completing a voluminous university course on police administration. Salisbury Township Chief of Police Donald Sabo commended Salisbury ...

08/28/2024

Salisbury Township School District welcomes administrators, teachers and staff back to school! See our coverage in the Aug. 28 edition of The Press.

Welcome back, Salisbury Tweet Published August 28. 2024 12:03PM Salisbury Township School District held its opening convocation Aug. 22 for every employee of the school district. The day began at Salisbury High School with a light continental breakfast along with national speaker and author, Tom Mur...

08/22/2024

Salisbury cheerleaders hold a glam night at Salisbury High School. See our coverage in the Aug. 21 edition of The Press.

Salisbury cheerleaders host glam night Aug. 13 at Salisbury High School Tweet Published August 22. 2024 01:06PM Press Photo by Kathy HassickSalisbury cheerleaders hosted a “Taylor Swift Glam Night” party Aug. 13 at Salisbury High School. ABOVE: Salisbury cheerleader Aaliyah Ross gives Kalina Tim...

08/22/2024

Roasting Ears of Corn Festival welcomes visitors. See our coverage in the Aug. 21 edition of The Press.

Museum of Indian Culture

Roasting Ears of Corn Festival welcomes visitors Tweet Published August 22. 2024 01:06PM Despite the frequent rain showers Aug. 17 the Museum of Indian Culture, Fish Hatchery Road, hosted the 44th annual Roasting Ears of Corn Festival, which features traditional music, dances, food and crafts. The f...

08/13/2024

Rooted in Agriculture: The West End Fair is flourishing with opportunity! Find out what's going on at the West End Fair from August 18-24 in the 102nd Annual West End Fair Special Edition. Learn how you can get discounted tickets, their sensory-friendly hours, the different entertainment that will show up during the fair (including first time at the fair: Whiskey Mansion), and why you should look out for dinosaurs from The Stone Age Show!
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08/07/2024

The Lehigh Valley Health Network and Jefferson Health merger is now complete. See the story in the Aug. 7 edition of The Press.

Lehigh Valley Health Network

Lehigh Valley Health Network completed its merger with Jefferson Health Aug. 1 at its hospital in Salisbury Township. LVHN and Jefferson announced in December 2023, they signed a letter of intent to ...

08/07/2024

An eight-unit apartment building on an approximate one-acre lot at Van Vetchen Avenue off East Susquehanna Street in Salisbury Township has been recommended for approval. See the story in the Aug. 7 edition of The Press.

Salisbury Township

An eight-unit apartment building on an approximate one-acre lot at Van Vetchen Avenue off East Susquehanna Street in Salisbury Township has been recommended for approval. The Salisbury Township Planni...

08/07/2024

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08/01/2024

Temple/St. Luke’s medical student recalls competing in the 2016 and 2020 Olympics. See the story in the July 31 edition of The Press.

St. Luke's University Health Network

When he’s not “rounding” on hospitalized patients at St. Luke’s Bethlehem campus this week as he trains to become a physician, Temple/St. Luke’s medical student David Jessen will be near a television ...

08/01/2024

The Salisbury Township summer playground program wraps for the 2024 season. See our photos from the finale day in the July 31 edition of the Press.

That’s a wrap for the summer playground program Tweet Published August 01. 2024 09:55AM The township summer playground program began June 17 and ran through July 26 at Devonshire, Frank McCullough Sr., Lindberg and Laubach parks. Any township student who has completed kindergarten through age 12 w...

08/01/2024

The Girl Scouts’ South Mountain camp project is approved by the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners. Read the full story in the July 31 edition of The Press.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania

At 7:40 p.m. July 25, the Salisbury Board of Commissioners unanimously voted 5-0 for a resolution to approve the Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania land development for Adventure Place at Mountain Ho...

07/26/2024

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07/24/2024

After nearly five years, the Girl Scouts project to improve its South Mountain camp sits atop the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners’ 7 p.m. July 25 meeting agenda in the municipal building, 2900 S. Pike Ave. See the full story in the July 24 edition of The Press.

Salisbury Township

After nearly five years, the Girl Scouts project to improve its South Mountain camp sits atop the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners’ 7 p.m. July 25 meeting agenda in the municipal building, 29...

07/24/2024

Salisbury Township sponsors a cool down event at Salisbury High School. See our coverage in the July 24 edition of The Press.

Salisbury Township

You probably heard the phrase over and over: “Everybody complains about the weather - but nobody does anything about it.” Not true anymore. When the heat got too much to easily bear, Salisbury Townshi...

07/18/2024

Salisbury police report on July 4 complaints in the township at the Salisbury Township Board of Commissioners meeting. See our coverage in the July 17 edition of The Press.

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Salisbury Township Police Department

Showers seem to have had a calming effect for the Fourth of July in Salisbury Township. Even so, the Salisbury Township Police Department was kept busy. According to the July 4 holiday weekend report ...

07/18/2024

The Summer Playground Program is in full swing. See our coverage in the July 17 edition of The Press.

Salisbury Township

Summer playground program in full swing Tweet Published July 18. 2024 08:35AM by None The township summer playground program continues through July 26. Locations include Devonshire, Frank McCullough Sr., Lindberg and Laubach parks. Any township student who has completed kindergarten through age 12 i...

07/12/2024

An annual school project at Salisbury Elementary School brings history to life. See the July 10 edition of The Press for the photos.
Salisbury Township School District

Annual school project brings history to life Tweet Published July 12. 2024 09:34AM by None Third grade students put their research skills and singular knowledge of a historical figure on display in the annual wax museum project at Salisbury Elementary School. Students study a historic figure and por...

07/12/2024

The Salisbury High School Sewing Club thanks first responders. See the story in the July 10 edition of The Press.

Salisbury Township Police Department Salisbury Township School District Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company Eastern Salisbury Fire Dept

On June 22, a fire on Hawthorn Road destroyed a family’s home and damaged other neighboring structures. First responders braved the heat to ensure no injuries and the fire did not spread. It was the ...

07/03/2024

Salisbury Elementary School says goodbye to fourth grade students as they move on to middle school in the fall. See the photo in the July 3 edition of The Press.

Fourth grade students gather for a photo Tweet Published July 03. 2024 12:52PM Fourth grade students gather for a photo commemorating their time as students at Salisbury Elementary School. Many of those pictured will enter Salisbury Middle School Aug. 27, the first full day of school for the 2024-20...

07/03/2024

Salisbury Youth Association chooses new directors. See the story in the July 3 edition of The Press.

It was standing room only during the June 13 meeting of the Salisbury Youth Association. More than 50 people crammed into the library at Salisbury High School to attend the meeting where nominations a...

07/03/2024

A mural is being painted at Salisbury Elementary School. See our photos in the July 3 edition of The Press.

Salisbury Township School District

Brightening the halls at Salisbury Elementary School Tweet Published July 03. 2024 12:51PM LEFT: Kristen Miller who drew the mural, Josh and Emily McSparin and Laura Harstine work together at Salisbury Elementary School. An additional photo appears on Page A2. Press Photo by Rebecca Foehrkolb Elaine...

06/26/2024

The Salisbury Township School Board passes the 2024-2025 with a tax increase. See our coverage in the June 26 edition of The Press.

Salisbury Township School District

The Salisbury Township school board held its regular meeting June 20 with a full agenda as this was the last school board meeting of the academic year. The board honored retirees, discussed the distr...

06/26/2024

Shortly before 5 p.m. June 22, after multiple calls to the Lehigh County 911 Center reporting a residential fire along Hawthorne Road in Salisbury Township, first arriving fire officer, Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company Assistant Chief Williams Sames, radioed the communications center of a “fully involved working fire.” See our story and photos in the June 26 edition of The Press.''

Western Salisbury Volunteer Fire Company Eastern Salisbury Fire Dept Lower Macungie Fire Department Borough of Emmaus Fire Department Cetronia Ambulance Corps

Shortly before 5 p.m. June 22, after multiple calls to the Lehigh County 911 Center reporting a residential fire along Hawthorne Road in Salisbury Township, first arriving fire officer, Western Salisb...

06/26/2024

Scores of friends and neighbors of Frank McCullough Sr. gathered June 22 at 2732 Green Acres Drive to honor the late McCullough’s memory by renaming Green Acres Park to Frank McCullough Sr. Park. See our coverage in the June 26 edition of The Press.

Salisbury Township

Scores of friends and neighbors of Frank McCullough Sr. gathered June 22 at 2732 Green Acres Drive to honor the late McCullough’s memory by renaming Green Acres Park to Frank McCullough Sr. Park. McCu...

06/21/2024

Salisbury Middle School announces its fourth quarter honor rolll. Congratulations students! See the June 19 edition of The Press for the full list.

Salisbury Middle School has announced the names of students named to the honor roll for marking period four. HIGH HONOR ROLL Grade 6: Lara Bella Al-Bajjali, Chloe Catherine Bianco, Juliana Sky Bobo, M...

06/21/2024

Salisbury High School presents academic and service awards in a recent ceremony. See the June 19 edition of The Press for a full list and additional photos.

Salisbury Township School District

Salisbury High School presented its academic and service awards in a recent ceremony. HONORARY AWARDS AND SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS The Collaborative Leadership Award: Allison Beckage, Addison Paulik, Geo...

06/21/2024

Allentown Central Catholic High School holds its baccalaureate Allentown Central Catholic High School

ACCHS Baccalaureate service held at St. Thomas More Parish Tweet Published June 19. 2024 09:28PM ABOVE: Allentown Central Catholic High School celebrates a Class of 2024 baccalaureate Mass at St. Thomas More Parish May 30. On the eve of Allentown Central Catholic High School graduation, graduates ta...