Coplay Borough - Celebrating 150 Years
98 South 4th Street / Coplay, Pa 18037 / 610-262-6088
Coplay Borough
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We are now accepting applications for these 2024 Seasonal Positions:
Pool Manager
Lifeguards
Gate Guards
Social Hall Cleaner
Pavilion Cleaner
Vendor for the Pool Concession stand
Deadline to apply is Friday April 12, 2024.
Stop by the Borough Office or call 610-262-6088 for more information.


The Borough of Coplay, Pennsylvania is seeking applicants for an entry level police officer. This is a Civil Service category governed by applicable laws, ordinances and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Borough of Coplay. The Borough of Coplay offers an excellent benefits package and a starting salary of $27.24 per hour for 2024.
There will be a fifty dollar ($50.00) non-refundable application fee paid by check, cash, or money order at the time of application. Applications and all necessary forms may be obtained at the Coplay Borough Municipal Building, 98 S. 4th Street, Coplay, PA. Applications may also be found at https://www.coplayborough.org/police.html or e-mailed if requested. Completed forms must be returned to the Coplay Borough Municipal Building during normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Deadline for completed applications is April 8th, 2024.
The physical agility and written testing will be conducted on April 13th 2024. Physical agility will be held at the Whitehall High School, 3800 Mechanicsville Road, Whitehall, PA at 8:00 a.m. Written testing will be completed at the Coplay Borough Municipal Building, 98 S. 4th Street, Coplay, PA at 9 a.m. Valid photo identification (i.e., driver’s license) will be required for admission to the tests. Only those who have submitted a completed application, along with the application fee by the deadline, will be allowed admittance.
Following successful completion of the testing process, interviews will be held on April 18th and/or April 19th 2024.
To apply for a position as police officer, a person must be a citizen of the United States, must be at least 21 years of age, must be a high school graduate or possess a General Equivalency Diploma (GED), must possess a valid Pennsylvania Driver’s License and MUST BE ACT 120 CERTIFIED and maintain said certification. Candidates enrolled in a Pennsylvania police academy may apply but cannot be offered employment as a Police Officer until successful completion. Successful applicants must pass the written examination, physical agility examination, oral interview, psychological examination, background investigation and medical examination including drug testing. Polygraph testing may be waived if requirements are met.

New 25 Gallon Recycle bins with lids are in If you are in need, Starting March 1st they will be $15.00, please stop by the Borough office during Business hours M-F 8:00-3:30PM

TRASH/RECYCLING/YARDWASTE/METAL Metal is always 3rd Thursday of the Month
**No shredded paper or stytofoam in recycling
GARBAGE CANS in excess of 35 gallons will NOT be collected. You must call borough office at 610-262-6088 to schedule pick up of larger items (sofas, mattresses, etc.) on regularly scheduled garbage days, limit of two per year at no charge Please have your cans out before 7AM for both garbage and recycling and they must be placed on the edge of the property or curb, we can not go on your property.
We cannot return to your residence a second time. Also, please try to put lids or weights on cans if possible (especially when it’s windy!) to try and keep OUR town clean.

A per Borough code, all garbage bags must be placed in cans, especially with the upcoming winter. Flying animals and rodents will get in your garbage and tear it apart and spread it around.Lets keep our Little Borough Clean.

Agendas for Workshop, Regular & Park & Recreation Meetings will be posted under forms and documents no lesss than 24 hours before scheduled meeting.

Coplay Library is accepting applications and recomendation letters for open board positions.

Escape the great indoors – Join Cub Scouts K-5th grade
Pack 32 Whitehall/Coplay
Cubspack32@gmail.com


IT’S THE LAW: NO ELECTRONICS IN THE TRASH!
It became illegal in 2013 under the PA Act 108 of 2010, for any individual to dispose of electronic waste in any other
way except to recycle it. You may take your electronics to the following location.
DRC Technologies, 2005 Main Street, Northampton, PA 18067
- Call 610-502-0854 for acceptable materials list and fees - Appointment Only!

Welcome To Coplay Borough

The Borough of Coplay is situated along the Lehigh River, about 5 miles north of Allentown. It is part of the 400 acres of land John Jacob Schreiber bought from the William Penn heirs in 1740. For a long time it was known as Schreibers. Later it was known as the Lehigh Valley, because of the Lehigh Valley Iron Furnaces that were located here. Lehigh Valley was then changed to Coplay. This name came from "Kolapechka". The son of the Indian chief, Paxanosa, who lived at the head of the creek near Schnecksville. The Borough of Coplay was formed out of a part of Whitehall Township in 1869 and was incorporated as a borough on April 7th, 1869.

Gradually Coplay changed from a farming area into an Industrial Community. The Thomas Iron Company started the change. They brought in workers and built homes for them. When the Iron Company was liquidated, other industries gradually came to Coplay; the Cement Mill, the Silk Mill, the Cigar Factory and Knitting Mill.

Coplay became a "melting pot" of many nationalities. The Pennsylvania Dutch and Germans, who were the agricultural element. Due to growth of the Iron Industry, immigrants from Ireland came. Then, in the early nineteen hundreds, the Cement Mills attracted immigrants from Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Ukrainian Countries. It was thus that our town had its early beginnings.

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