At a meeting this week, Hellertown Borough Council decided to put a Hometown Hero banner back on a utility pole where it was installed before a resident’s objection forced its removal. Council also authorized a roughly $19,000 downtown parking study at Monday night’s meeting and approved waiving police officers’ member pension contributions for the rest of 2026.
Hometown Hero Banner Ordered Back Up
Public Works Director Barry Yonney began the banner discussion when he approached the speaker’s podium not as a department head but, in his own words, “as a resident and public works director.”
Yonney told council the public works crew had recently installed Hometown Hero banners on borough utility poles, including one honoring his late father, a U.S. Navy veteran who, Yonney said, served on a battleship.
A nearby resident objected to the banner being placed on a pole in front of her home, telling Yonney, “That’s my property.” Yonney took the banner down to defuse the situation, noting his position with the borough left him in an awkward spot…