Get Engaged Over the Holidays? Announce It for Free on Patch!

Celebrate your accomplishments, weddings, promotions and more on Hellertown Patch.

Patch 101: Posting Announcements is Easy

Celebrate your accomplishments, weddings, promotions and more on Hellertown Patch.

Are you the proud parent, sibling, grandparent, friend or admirer of a student who's made the honor roll? Did you earn an awesome promotion or get engaged? Do you have a press release with news you want our readers to see? Share the good news on Hellertown Patch! Whether your kid got straight A's for the first time, you've become a black belt, your company is looking for interns or you have a volunteer opportunity, Hellertown-Lower Saucon Patch is the place to let it be known. Go to the new announcement page. We have a category for almost everything (births, deaths, sports awards, religious occasions, thank you, etc.), so feel free to post an announcement for just about anything. Make sure you're a registered user on Patch (all you need is…

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Patch to Observe Friday Morning Moment of Silence for Newtown Victims

Exactly one week after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Patch and much of the Web will briefly go dark at 9:30am, in tribute to the students and school personnel who died.

Patch is among the many websites that will display a tribute to victims of the Sandy Hook shooting across their sites tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 21 at 9:30am. According to Patch's sister site Techcrunch, the online campaign was inspired by a call for a moment of silence by Connecticut’s governor--and follows a coalition of tech leaders calling for more gun control. Techcrunch writes: The awareness strategy seems inspired by the SOPA [Stop Online Piracy Act] website blackouts from January. Instead of completely blocking functionality of participating websites, though, the tribute message can be closed to resume normal browsing. Alternatively, people can click a link in the message to find out what else they can do to aid the campaign. The …

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Last Chance to Enter Holiday Lights Contest

The grand prize winner of Patch's "Deck The House" contest will receive $100,000 for his or her local school district, as well as $500 to help offset a personal electric bill.

Time's Running Out to Enter Holiday Lights Contest

Just by entering Patch's "Deck The House" contest you could help Saucon Valley schools win $100,000! The grand prize winner will also receive $500 toward his or her electric bill.

Enter Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest for a Shot at $100K

Just for uploading a photo of your decorated home you could win $500 toward your December electric bill and $100,000 for the Saucon Valley School District!

Patch 101: Advertise Your Yard Sale for Free

It's the season for fall yard sales, and Hellertown-Lower Saucon Patch offers you a free way to reach the community.

Fall is the perfect time to make a little extra cash by hosting a yard sale and getting rid of that extra stuff cluttering your home or garage. Whether you are a homeowner, church group, civic organization or sports team, you can let the community know about your upcoming sale by posting it on our events calendar, for free. Here’s how to post your garage sale: Now the whole Hellertown-Lower Saucon Patch community will know about your sale, so you better get busy tagging those items!

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Enter Patch's 'Deck the House' Contest for a Shot at $100K

Just for uploading a photo of your decorated home you could win $500 toward your December electric bill and $100,000 for the Saucon Valley School District!

Tweet #PatchRebuilds to Help Hurricane Sandy Survivors

Patch will make a $1 donation to AmeriCares for every tweet with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds.

You can help rebuild communities that were hit by Hurricane Sandy by donating cans of food, volunteering for cleanup efforts—or simply sending a tweet. Patch is excited to announce our new effort to help support devestated communities after the storm. For every tweet sent with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, we will donate $1 to the AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund, up to $125,000. Your contribution will go toward medical and humanitarian aid, grants and programs to help Sandy survivors. You can simply tweet the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, or go to our Patch Rebuilds website, rebuilds.patch.com, and tweet directly from the site. A customized tweet that starts “My heart belongs to…” is created from the Patch Rebuilds website, and …

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Hellertown-Lower Saucon Patch Election Guide

The candidates, incumbents and issues that will be affecting Hellertown, Lower Saucon Township and Northampton County in November's election.