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In-Traffic Bicycle Stunts: Bensalem Kids Call It ‘Chicken’; Local Police Calls It Dangerous
Spring bike season is here. That means plenty of healthful exercise on county bike paths and suburban streets. But it also means an uptick in a dangerous form of stunt-bike riding among teenagers. Bensalem police are cracking down on the risky riding, reports Shawnette Wilson for FOX29 News. Natalie McNish drives Springdale Drive and Wexford Roads routinely. She’s often swarmed by packs of teenage bicyclists…
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As the New Miss Philadelphia, Downingtown STEM Academy Grad Sets Sights on Becoming Miss America
Elaine Ficarra, a Downingtown STEM Academy graduate, has taken home the title of Miss Philadelphia. Her win comes during the competition’s centennial anniversary, writes Fran Maye for the Daily Local News. “I plan to serve Philadelphia this year as a representation for the diversity of the city and an ambassador for the people,” said Ficarra.…
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Get Ready to Stomp and Squash: Lanternfly Season 2021 Is in the Wings
Spotted lanternfly nymphs are already on the move in Bucks County. As the weather continues to warm, the benevolent-looking dotted bugs will mature to goop up another summer. Grace Griffaton cited some early mitigation efforts for FOX43, Lancaster County. According to Emelie Swackhamer, horticultural educator for Penn State Extension, the hatching and nymph stage has been going on since mid-April. The pesky critters will…
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Once an Eagles Fan, Always an Eagles Fan: Atlanta Falcons Rookie Faces Loyalty Dilemma in Season Opener
Kyle Pitts will take the field on the September 12 Atlanta Falcons football season opener wearing red and black. But he’ll have to tamp down enthusiasm for the opponents in white and green. Pitts, from Warminster, spent his teenage years following the Philadelphia Eagles, reports Kevin Flaherty for 24/7 Sports. Atlanta’s new tight end played at Archbishop Wood. He told Good Morning Football, “I definitely did grow up…
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Pennsbury High School Student Goes Back to Nursery School
High School student Vanessa Nolan augmented her Junior-year Chemistry and Algebra classes with lessons in numbers and colors. She wasn’t learning these basics, she was teaching them. The swap to nursery-school instruction was part of her Pennsbury High School curriculum. She wrote about working with pre-K children firsthand for the Bucks County Courier Times. In prior years at Pennsbury, the high-school/nursery-school pairings were 1:1. Not…
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Bucks County Vocational Public School Earns Second Place in Statewide Ranking
The Public School Review has named Bucks County Technical High School (BCTHS), Fairless Hills, the second-best provider of trades-based education and skills training across Pennsylvania. The genesis of BCTHS sprung in the mid-1950s, when seven area school districts united to support education apart from a traditional baccalaureate or advanced degree. By September 1958, a building was erected and stood ready to welcome its first…
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Three Weeks Running, Bucks County’s COVID-19 Numbers Drop
ZIP Code analysis of this week’s COVID-19 new-infection rates show continued progress, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The countywide inoculation rate of 32 percent for fully vaccinated residents (47 percent for one-dose) is driving numbers down. The encouraging trend emerged over the past three weeks specifically. Late-March, early-April statistics showed something…
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Local Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Breeder Hosts Announcement on Efforts to Halt Pa. Puppy Mills
The shortfall caused by low-fee annual dog licenses ($8.50 in Bucks County) may inadvertently be hampering Pennsylvania’s ongoing effort to halt puppy mills. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Fred Strathmeyer held a press conference at Willow Spring Kennels in Doylestown to highlight the issue. This Bucks County location was chosen specifically to illustrate the operation of a humane, well-run dog breeding business. Dog license fees fund the Bureau of Dog…
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PennDOT Grant Funds Smoother Takeoffs at Bucks County Airports
The taxiways at Doylestown Airport will support gentler takeoffs, thanks to a statewide Department of Transportation grant paying for their repavement, reports ConnectRadio FM. State dollars are funding enhancements to the smaller airfield in Quakertown as well. The local projects are part of a $10 million allotment of infrastructure support for 12 airports across the Commonwealth. The $150,000 Doylestown funding will upgrade the…
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Which Doylestown Illegality Now Carries the Bigger Fine: Planting Bamboo or Possessing Marijuana?
Illegal possession of marijuana in Doylestown Borough now costs lawbreakers $25, thanks to a legal revision reducing the penalty. In comparison, the fine for growing illegal bamboo is a whopping $600. The pros and cons of this new policy toward pot currently reverberate throughout the community, reports Shawnette Wilson for FOX29 News. Two lines of…
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Adult Baseball Team Goes to Bat in Doylestown for Nine-Year-Old Cancer Patient
Homers for Hope Yankees, a volunteer baseball team that fundraises for charitable causes, will take to the field at the Joseph E. Hanusey III Community Park, Doylestown, on May 16. Sports-wise, their foe is the Montco Phillies. But the real opponent here is cancer. Every Yankee is on a season-long drive to raise money for nine-year-old Reagan Rutenberg, a Leukemia patient. Rutenberg will be guest of honor at the game.…
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Being Out of Work May Be Difficult, But the Task of Filing Pa. Unemployment Claims Is Getting Easier
Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry is readying a solution that should help soothe the frayed nerves of people out of work in the Commonwealth. It’s being touted as an answer to an avalanche of complaints about the existing method of filing unemployment claims, writes Marc Levy for WHYY. The announcement follows a year of…
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Scootch Over, Therapy Dogs; Yardley Senior Living Facility Welcomes Therapy Dolls
Triplets were delivered to the Artis Senior Living Memory Care Facility in Yardley. The two boys and a girl were quiet, well-behaved and much loved, reports the Bucks County Courier Times. The “infants” were a lifelike set of Reborn Baby dolls donated by Carolyn Sterner of Morrisville. Sterner, who collects them, wanted to downsize her brood a bit. She offered…
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BCCC Recognizes Solebury Student-Poetess as Being Well-Versed
Casey Epstein-Gross, a senior at The Solebury School, was named the 2021 Bucks County High School Poet of the Year. Her distinction was awarded by Bucks County Community College and covered in The Centurion, the community college’s school newspaper. Epstein-Gross rose to the top of more than 150 entrants. The competition, with a 30+ year history, is part of the…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: Seven-Bedroom, Tri-Level Home Offers Beverly Hills Ritz in BucksCo Setting
The impressiveness of this seven-bedroom, 10-bathroom, one-of-a-kind property in Washington‘s Crossing is evident even at a distance. The exterior makes a bold statement, with its cut stone, Palladian windows, pediments, keystones and oval window accents. . . The arched doorway tempers the formality, however, with a sense of welcome, aided by the lush landscaping on either side. .…
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Bristol Township Park Ranger Remembered at Statewide Law Enforcement Memorial Service
This May, Peace Officers’ Memorial Day and National Police Week overlap. That convergence provided a fitting timeframe to remember Pennsylvania’s fallen officers. In memorializing lost men and women in blue, an Indiana, Pa., service recalled a Bucks County Park Ranger in a stirring service covered by Patrick Cloonan for the Indiana Gazette. In June of last year, Park Ranger Thomas E. Booz, 64, passed away from complications related…
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The Right Job in Lower Southampton Enables Rescue Dog “Arrow” to Hit His Sweet Spot
A Belgian Malinois’ journey from New Jersey to Bucks County is a lesson in patience and potential, reported George Woolston in the Burlington County Times. The Burlington County Animal Shelter accepted Arrow as a surrender — twice. His first owner found him incompatible with his other pets. The second feared he was over-protective. So, for eight months, Arrow waited. Angela Connor of the Rescue 22 Foundation eventually got…
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69-Year Volunteer for Richlandtown Fire Company Is Laid to Rest
In 1969, a local 20-year-old walked into the Richlandtown Fire Company to volunteer. John Kandel remained a vital presence there for the next seven decades of his life, reported Jamie Stover for WFMZ-69 News. “It’s tough,” said Floyd Bless, fighting back tears as he commented on the loss. “It hurts. He was special — You better believe that.”…
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