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Storm Downs Trees, Closes Roads Across Lehigh Valley
Authorities advise residents to adjust their travel routes after heavy rains flooded parts of greater Philadelphia Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, Jan. 9 and 10.
Flood and coastal flood warnings remain in effect Wednesday for Philadelphia and parts of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Lehigh, and Northampton counties, according to meteorologists at the National Weather Service.
Drivers should take care to avoid flooded roadways and should never drive into pooled water, authorities note.
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Longtime Lehigh Valley Corrections Officer Dies Suddenly, 49
Leon Hill, a Lower Saucon husband and father, died suddenly on Wednesday, Oct. 11 while fishing in upstate New York, loved ones said in his obituary. He was 49.
Born in Fountain Hill, Hill was a corrections officer with Northampton County for 16 years at the time of his death, family members said.
Friends and colleagues took to Facebook to memorialize him.
It's a shame it takes a tragedy to come together outside of that shithole, but here we are. R.I.P. Officer Leon Hill. You will be missed Posted by Allen Jr Pinkowski on Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Life is way too short. Res…
Local Historian, 86, Killed In Tractor Accident: Lehigh Coroner
A noted area historian has died from his injuries after being involved in a tractor accident, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.
Frank Fabian, 86, was driving a lawn tractor that rolled over onto him on Sunday, Sept. 17, officials said.
He died from complications due to abdominal compression injuries early Wednesday morning, Sept. 20, according to the coroner.
Fabian, of Lower Saucon, was a long-time member of the township's Historical Society, said President and Public Relations Chair Karen Samuels.
"He was a dedicated local historian and past treasurer of L…
