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Gregory Vellner
Here Come the Bears, Agency Warns
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Now is the time of year when hungry black bears roam throughout Bucks County looking for food before hibernating this winter, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has warned, in releasing advice on how best to handle an encounter with one checking out leftover pet food and alluring trash bags in the backyard.
Workers Walkout over Healthcare
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- Having worked nine months without a contract, 300 unionized Bucks County employees that handle 911 calls, Children and Youth Services, Area Agency on Aging, and drug and alcohol support, among other posts, hit the bricks in a one-day noisy walkout sparked with blasting car horns and speeches at the Government Services Building here demanding a contract that maintains healthcare benefits.
Historic Bridge Begins Long Review
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. -- In what was the first step in a years-long project to determine whether to alter the 119-year-old Washington Crossing Bridge seen as “aging, narrow and operationally challenged,” the owner and operator of the span recently completed analysis of single-lane travel restrictions on the steel structure.
No Big Rigs, State Rules
MORRISVILLE, Pa. -- It’s not gators, brown bears or cheese wagons causing the problem, says a state Senator and Transporation Department exective, it’s the countless wiggle wagons and heavy haulers at full bore discharging raucous sounds as they refuse to back out of it.
Voter Intimidation Warning Issued
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- Designed to “sow confusion, distrust and misinformation,” a voter intimidation scheme currently is targeting Bucks County voters, according to the county Board of Elections in labeling the arrangement as “fraudulent” and saying it will “not be intimidated by rogue groups.”
Greenwood Flips Endorsement
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- As political analysis continues to show Pennsylvania as key in the upcoming presidential election, former GOP Congressman Jim Greenwood of Bucks County, a lifelong Republican, has taken two steps to back the race’s Democratic candidate.
West Nile Virus Detected in Area
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- Bucks County had the fourth-highest number of West Nile Virus detections in Pennsylvania last year, according to the state Health Department, warning the season now underway already has local findings and could finish worse than 2023.\
West Nile Virus Detected in Bucks
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- Bucks County had the fourth-highest number of West Nile Virus detections in Pennsylvania last year, according to the state Health Department, warning the season now underway already has local findings and could finish worse than 2023.
New Turnpike Tolling Plan a Go
BENSALEM, Pa. -- Come this January, lower Bucks County motorists will find something gone from the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Traffic congestion, disabled vehicles and accidents still might be there, but missing will be toll booths, those overhang structures called gantries.
Plan Aims to Improve Parks
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- Bucks County’s 9,000 acres of park land – in settings like Core Creek, Playwicki, Silver Lake and Peace Valley -- provide residents and visitors an array of fun times like hiking, biking, running, fishing, boating, golfing, picnicking and more.
Town Faces Many Changes
MORRISVILLE, Pa. -- As officials in this snakk Bucks County town on the Delaware River grapple with filling a number of key positions – included are police chief, borough manager and council member – matters recently worsened with the surprise resignation of a second council representative.
$8 Million Study Set for Crossing Site
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. -- The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has taken another step toward possible replacement of the beloved 119-year-old Washington Crossing Bridge, but the action taken is seen as prolonged with a removal decision not anticipated for several years.
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