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Lower Saucon Township residents may end up with the chance to vote on leadership during the fall 2023 election, allowing two terms of four years per representative, effective in 2025.

Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board examined rail cars that derailed Saturday morning after a collision in the Steel City section of Lower Saucon Township. They also retrieved video from inward- and outward-facing cameras on each train, and data recorders in each locomotive. A preliminary report is expected in 3 weeks.

Hellertown Borough Council said it couldn't make an official decision on Lower Saucon's recent library services offer, as the Hellertown Area Library is its own separate entity.

Bethlehem Area school directors approved the purchase agreement for 315 Columbia St. in South Bethlehem at their Monday meeting. The space would serve as a satellite campus for the Bethlehem Area Vo-Tech School.

The township appears to have voted all Democrats into three open seats on its council. Come 2026, the board will likely start adhering to term limits following unofficial results from a ballot question.

Tuesday was the deadline for candidates in scores of political races to file their nominating petitions in hopes of getting on 2025 election ballots. Here's a look at how some of the races are shaping up.

Hellertown Area Library officials say that they can't comment broadly on the matter just yet, as the library wasn't made aware of the proposal until this week. The proposal expires on Oct. 12.

Some people say they're concerned Gov. Josh Shapiro will nominate people to the Charter Appeals Board who have political agendas.

The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary findings from a March 2 crash and derailment involving three trains in the Steel City section of Lower Saucon Township.

None of the circumstances the National Transportation Safety Board described in its report on the March 2 derailment would have triggered the automated positive train control system to stop the trains.