Mountain View
Gregory Vellner
Report Sees More Bucks Homelessness
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- The number of Bucks County residents sleeping in emergency shelters, transitional housing or outdoors on a January night this year increased 27 percent over last year, according to the annual Point in Time (PIT) Count reported to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Indoor Pickleball Club Planned
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- The Utah-based company currently engaged in the major nationwide expansion of its pickleball franchise locations could establish an 11-court, member-only indoor facility with a pro shop, lockers, showers and other amenities in Newtown Township by this fall.
Historic Bridge Issue Heats Up
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. -- Some 248 years after Gen. Geoge Washington stealthily and successfully crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night, another skirmish is taking place at the site of the historic Revolutionary War passage here. But this clash is not between the Continental and British armies, but over possible replacement of the beloved 119-year-old Washington Crossing Bridge.
Program Benefits Cops, Community
YARDLEY, Pa. -- Three Bucks County police departments – in Lower Makefield Township, Morrisville Borough and Yardley Borough – have joined the county’s Co- Responder Program that provides a “valuable resource” to law enforcement and, in turn, to the needy in town.
Minor Work Leads to Major Success
MORRISVILLE, Pa. -- Bucks County roadway improvements in the spring typically involve filling pothl.es large and small, but a different kind of gap here was a big deal this time – a “major accomplishment” though it only included two ramps and a street crossing.
School Start Time Delayed
FALLSINGTON, Pa. -- Citing “an increasing body of research” that recommends a later school start-time for adolescents, Pennsbury High School here has announced its day will begin at 8 a.m. instead of the current 7:20 a.m. at the beginning of the 2025 school year.
New Park Needs a Name
NEW HOPE, Pa. -- A walk in the park offers many choices in Solebury Township – Aquetong Spring Park’s 48 acres has natural winding trails, for example, while steep hills ideal for sledding and other activities are at Magill’s Hills Park – but it’s a new location now getting attention – if not getting a name.
Warning Issued to Beware Black Bears
YARDLEY, Pa. -- Bucks County homeowners need now to prepare for the impending end of the black bear hibernation season, says the Pennsylvania Game Commission, because it means that, like last year, hungry black bears will begin to roam area neighborhoods.
Petition Seeks New Game Commission Name
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Should the Pennsylvania Game Commission change its name to “showcase” its full efforts… like, maybe, call it the Pennsylvania Wildlife Commission?. That query is at the heart of a petition for a name that more accurately describes the commission’s work managing, among other things, the nongame species that make up the majority of animals in the state.
County Sues Big Oil Companies
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- Several of the biggest oil and gas companies have for decades intentionally deceived Bucks County and the entire nation as they knowingly destabilized the climate with their chief product and consequently caused “catastrophic” damages locally, according to a lawsuit filed by the county.
Wegmans Set to Open 2d Market
YARDLEY, Pa. -- More than a year after crews put up an 88,000-square-foot marketplace and shopper anticipation for opening of the site began to grow, Wegmans Food Market is poi to welcome Yardley as its second store in Bucks County, 19th in Pennsylvania and 111th overall along the east coast.
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