Sharon Fehlinger-Ricker, South Whitehall Township Commissioner

08/19/2026

Apply for the Agricultural Innovation Grant

08/19/2026

Last day to register for the release of the Housing Strategy designed to lift the Lehigh Valley out of its housing shortage, with PA Sec. for Housing Kevin Bush. Register for the 8 am, Aug. 26 full breakfast event at https://ow.ly/fQVr50ZBs5M

08/18/2026

Do you have a hard to read license plate? Join Senator Jarrett Coleman, State Rep. Gary Day, Lehigh County Sheriff’s Office, PA State Police, and Lower Macungie Township and get your license plate replaced for FREE! Free Replacement • If you have a personalized registration plate and want to kee...

08/18/2026

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08/18/2026

In honor of the women’s suffrage movement.

“The 19th Amendment is something every American can celebrate because it brought our nation closer to the promise of its own founding words: that government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.”

Grateful for those who were courageous enough to demand a voice and seat at the table. Celebrating the American idea that liberty and justice belongs to all of us! EVERY last one of us

On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the final state needed to ratify the 19th Amendment.

By the summer of 1920, thirty-five of the forty-eight states had ratified the amendment, with thirty-six needed for it to pass. Eight states had rejected it, and three others refused even to consider it. That left as a possible 36th only North Carolina — where defeat was all but certain — and Tennessee, which had extended presidential voting rights to women in a bitterly contested battle the previous year.

On August 18, the suffrage measure moved to a vote in the Tennessee House of Representatives. By the time they got to 24-year-old Harry Burn, the youngest member of the legislature, they were two votes shy of the required majority.

Burn represented a strenuously anti-suffrage rural district, but that morning, a page had handed him a letter from his mother, in which she asked him to "be a good boy and help Mrs. Catt," referencing suffrage leader Carrie Chapman Catt.

To the astonishment of all, Harry Burn voted "aye", bringing the tally dead even. At the last possible moment, Representative Banks Turner, professed opponent of ratification, announced he wished to be recorded as having voted "aye."

A rush wire from Nashville with the news soon reached a waiting Alice Paul, who hastily stitched the long-awaited 36th star to the flag she used to track ratification in the states. Eight days later, the 19th Amendment was certified, enfranchising 26 million women of voting age.

📸: Alice Paul, national chairman of the Woman's Party, unfurling the ratification banner from suffrage headquarters, Washington, DC, August 18, 1920. (Library of Congress)

08/18/2026

WEDNESDAY
Board of Commissioners Meeting
Date:08/19/2026 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Location:
Municipal Building + Virtual
4444 Walbert Ave
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18104

Board of Commissioners Meetings are held in person at the Township Municipal Building at 4444 Walbert Ave. They are also streamed on-line via the link found below.

Please find the proposed 184 page agenda packet here: https://www.southwhitehall.com/home/showpublisheddocument/6632/639223108329130000

Virtual Meeting Link:Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://meet.goto.com/992073781

You can also dial in using your phone.
Access Code: 992-073-781
United States: +1 (872) 240-3212

Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:
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08/17/2026

ICYMI:

08/17/2026

The schedule ahead in the township:
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08/14/2026

July 2026 | Monthly Activity Report

Each month, the South Whitehall Township Police Department responds to a wide variety of calls and incidents while also conducting proactive patrols, traffic enforcement, community policing, and crime-prevention activities throughout the Township.

During July 2026, our officers and staff recorded:

📋 1,553 Reports
👮 51 Arrests & Community Justice Panel
🚦 262 Traffic Stops
🏢 328 Business & Security Checks
🚓 580 Directed Patrol Assignments
🌳 90 Township Park Checks

These statistics provide just a snapshot of the work performed by our officers each month. In addition to responding to reported incidents, our personnel remain focused on visible patrol, traffic safety, crime prevention, community engagement, and proactive policing throughout South Whitehall Township.

We appreciate the continued support and partnership of our residents, businesses, and community organizations.