Opportunity Council sharpens focus on those facing eviction
Jul 11, 2024 · e-Edition. Opportunity Council sharpens focus on those facing eviction. Madison Kifolo. Thursday, July 11, 2024 12:26 am. The Bucks County Opportunity Council recently announced the results of its latest Community Needs Assessment, which shed light on the lack of affordable housing and resources locally. The BCOC’s mission is to “reduce ...
5 confirmed dead in Upper Makefield flood; toddler, baby still …
Jul 16, 2023 · The death toll Sunday night stood at five in the wake of Saturday's sudden, violent flash flood in Upper Makefield near Washington Crossing.
Bedminster makes sweeping changes to its zoning ordinance
Sep 21, 2023 · Bedminster makes sweeping changes to its zoning ordinance. Cliff Lebowitz. Thursday, September 21, 2023 12:00 am. Concluding a review that went on for more than a year, and described as the result of the most comprehensive such effort undertaken “in over a decade,” Bedminster has approved a variety of changes to its zoning ordinance.
Chalfont updates borough comprehensive plan
Apr 15, 2024 · Chalfont Borough Council recently voted 6-1 to adopt the municipality’s 2024 Comprehensive Plan update, a guiding document that sets down what the town aims to do in the coming years
Central Bucks School Board approves new contract and raise for ...
Jul 26, 2023 · In a 6-3 vote, the Central Bucks School Board Tuesday night approved a five-year contract with its superintendent that includes a $90,000 raise. The new deal immediately takes Abram Lucabaugh’s
Nockamixon family that escaped devastating fire now must start …
Mar 14, 2023 · Black smoke pours out of the Finger family’s Nockamixon home on Feb. 26. No one was hurt, but the blaze destroyed the house on Perry Auger Road. Contributed photo. On Sunday Feb. 26, a devastating house fire completely consumed the Nockamixon home of Scott and Toni Finger, their daughter Erica and her 18-month-old son, Cameron, at 492 Perry ...
Familiar faces take their places on Springfield board
Jan 14, 2024 · Barrie-John Murphy. Sunday, January 14, 2024 11:10 pm. Springfield Manager Rich Pursell Jr. swears in Lorna Yearwood at the township’s reorganization meeting this month. Barrie-John Murphy. After a long five years, Dave Long is back on the Springfield Township Board of Supervisors. Long and fellow resident Lorna Yearwood were sworn in this month.
Neshaminy senior named Bucks High School Poet of the Year
May 2, 2024 · Cecelia Shine. Cecelia Shine will read from her works Saturday, May 4, at the annual Reading and Celebration in Tyler Hall on Bucks County Community College’s Newtown Campus. Hailing from Neshaminy High School, senior Cecelia Shine rose to the top of more than 100 entries to be named the 2024 Bucks County High School Poet of the Year ...
For the safety of students, build a new Pennsbury High School
Nov 15, 2023 · For the safety of students, build a new Pennsbury High School. Colin W. Coyle. Wednesday, November 15, 2023 11:20 pm. In 1954, the civic leaders of Pennsbury School District laid the cornerstone for what would become, through five decades of expansion and renovation, the Pennsbury West High School.
It’s bamboo season – dreaded for its multiplication
Apr 8, 2021 · Community. It’s bamboo season – dreaded for its multiplication. Thursday, April 8, 2021 12:00 am. Thursday, April 8, 2021 12:00 am. Bamboo can grow to more than 30 feet, interfering with power lines. (David Scott) David Scott. The spring bulbs are in bloom again – a welcome sign of spring. Not so true when it comes to bamboo, one of the ...