Politics & Government
Hellertown Borough is Now on Twitter
Hellertown Borough Councilman Tom Rieger announced Oct. 15 that the borough is now tweeting announcements and information via the popular social media platform. To follow the borough, look up @hellertownboro at Twitter.com.
In addition to its Facebook page, the Borough of Hellertown now has a Twitter account, borough councilman Tom Rieger announced Oct. 15.
Like Facebook, Twitter is a popular social media platform that is increasingly being used by businesses, local government, and even police departments to share timely news and information with subscribers known as followers.
Messages posted on Twitter, which are known as "tweets," are limited to 140 characters but can include links to additional information, as well as searchable words and phrases highlighted with the hashtag (#) symbol.
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The borough's first entry in the Twitter-verse was made on Oct. 13.
As of Oct. 17 the borough had tweeted about topics such as the community curbside yard waste pickup that's ongoing and .
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If you have a Twitter account, you can follow @hellertownboro here.
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