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Levittown Wound-Care Company Strategically Sets Distribution Center Amid Florida’s Retired Residents
Bristol manufacturer Gentell Corporation makes various dressings, gels and cleaners used for wound care. It has opened a distribution center in Boca Raton, Florida, reports John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The location gives Gentell a decided, strategic, geographic advantage. It has close proximity a number of nursing home and other senior-care facilities throughout Florida and the south. “Our goal…
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Perkasie Wife, Mother, and Business Owner Wants to Add One More Job Title: Mayor
Kelly Lausten announced her candidacy for Perkasie mayor, looking to ensure that the borough maintains its status as “America’s Hometown,” reports the Montgomery News-Herald. She’s currently stumping for write-in votes on Republican and Democrat ballots, ahead of the May 18 primary. Lausten owns Bloom Flower Co., a full-service floral design studio and retail gift shop. She’s also co-leader…
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Lower Makefield Parks & Rec Outlines a Gradual, Cautious Return of Summer Events
Lower Makefield Township’s pool is coming back; so is its camp and outdoor programming. Health concerns will alter their look and feel. But participants who can adapt will have a good time, reports Jeff Warner for Bucks Local News. Parks and Rec director Monica Tierney announced the good news at a board of supervisors’ meeting. The Pool at LMT will reopen in May, after being shuttered since last spring. Locking…
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CB West Senior Sails Right Over PA’s All-Time Highest Pole Vault Record
The first girl ever to clear 14 feet in a Pennsylvania pole vault event did so at the Central Bucks West Relays recently, reports Nur B. Adams at the Bucks County Courier Times. Central Bucks West senior Chloe Timberg used a powerful run and fiberglass pole to hurtle herself 14 feet, 2.25 inches in the air. By the time she thumped to the mat…
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Proposed Quarry in Springfield Township Continues to Face a Rocky Road
The months-long discussion about the safety of a proposed quarry continues to unfolds at Springfield Township Board of Supervisors meetings, writes Hannah Chinn for WHYY. H&K Group has long asked the Supervisors to green-light its conditional-use request for a proposed noncoal surface mining project. The public objects, fearing detrimental effects on health, property values and the environment. At the latest meeting, H&K project engineer Scott Drumbore and H&K lawyer Joseph LaFlamme presented their case once again. The latest…
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PA State Grants Represent Progress in STEMming the Tide of Gaps in Science Education
Governor Tom Wolf is continuing the rollout of his PAsmart initiative with the announcement of $10.8 million in PAsmart Advancing Grants. Funding will expand STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and computer science curricula in schools statewide. Together with the PAsmart Targeted Grants announced last year, the Wolf administration has awarded close to $20 million in STEM support. “Workers in all types of jobs increasingly need to use computers and…
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Bucks County Playhouse Puts Sex (in the City) Onstage
Candace Bushnell, writer-producer behind Sex in the City, is appearing in a one-woman show this summer at the Bucks County Playhouse, reports Peter Crimmins for WHYY. The performance will chronicle Bushnell’s career from fledgling writer in New York to pop-culture touchstone. The Sex in the City franchise comprises novel, a TV show, two films and now a theatrical presentation. The Bucks County Playhouse presentation isn’t a stage version…
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Bucks County Lawmakers to Mayor Kenney: Hands off Our Constituents’ Wallets
Bucks County residents with Philadelphia-based jobs that were shifted to work-from-home by COVID-19 can get their city wage tax contributions reimbursed. But Bucks County state lawmakers call for a simpler process, reports Peter Blanchard in the Newtown Patch. Remote employees who logged hours in Bucks County rather than their usual Philadelphia places of work are entitled to have the 3.5 percent city wage tax waived. But doing so…
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Pandemic Demand Pushes Amazon to Double its Number of Philadelphia-area Warehouses
Amazon has doubled its warehouses in the Philadelphia region during the pandemic. The e-commerce titan now has more than 50 area locations, write Jake Blumgart and Christian Hetrick for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Amazon currently has 57 buildings online or underway across Philadelphia, the collar counties, the Lehigh Valley, South Jersey, and northern Delaware. According to real estate and industry analysts, the company’s explosive expansion is unprecedented. “They’ve been…
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One Bucks County Township Places Fifth on List of Safest Communities in PA
Buckingham Township has been cited as one of the top 10 places to live in Pennsylvania for 2021, reports Safewise’s Rebecca Edwards. Safewise is an independent research, safety and reviewing organization. FBI crime data are foundational to its rankings, published annually since 2014. Bucks County was cited as follows: Community Safety Ranking Buckingham 5 Northampton 12 New Britain 17 Central Bucks Regional 24…
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Schwenksville Woman Creates Custom Tent Company That Turn Themed Sleepovers Into Special Events
Allison Kozej, a Schwenksville mom who previously worked in finance, has started Dream Hutz, a company that makes custom-themed tents that turn themed sleepovers into special events, writes Alicia Vitarelli for 6abc. Her tents help children feel special while celebrating in more intimate gatherings with siblings or family. “I think that people really still want…
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Arbor Hill Estate in Fort Washington Once Priced at $30M Sells to Local Developer for $5.6M
Arbor Hill estate, formerly owned by ex-Advanta bank chief executive Dennis Alter, has been sold for $5.6 million to Sal Paone, a Montgomery County home developer, writes Katie Park for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Paone partnered with Jenkintown-based Goodman Properties to acquire the house he officially settled on in December. He plans to keep the house…
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Doylestown is Super Excited about its Super Wawa
Communities slated for an upgrade of their Wawas from economy-size to super-size often worry about traffic flow and light pollution and other drawbacks of large-footprint convenience stores. Those concerns, however, have been alleviated in Doylestown, reports Natalie Kostelini in the Philadelphia Business Journal. When Provco Group, the developer of Wawa convenience stores, approached Doylestown in 2017 about a building a new Super Wawa, the borough was…
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H2-Ooh: Philadelphia Mag Recognizes New Hope Sites as Best Places for Dining by the Water
Outdoor dining is popular any spring, but this year, it’s often the only game in town, given coronavirus restrictions. Whether driven by safety precautions or not, al fresco is always better with a water view. Maddy Sweitzer-Lammé, of Philadelphia Magazine, determined the area’s best. Two New Hope locations got the nod. Great Barn Taproom hugs the shores of the Delaware Canal. Tableside at…
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Where Bucks County Renters Pay the Most vs. Where They Pay the Lease
Bucks County rents were in the middle of the pack in the Philadelphia area in March, according to a new report by RENTCafé. RENTCafé compiled the report using data on average rents at competitively rented, large-scale, multifamily properties in the Philadelphia area. Data were gathered by Yardi Matrix via telephone survey. Only locales with a statistically relevant stock of large-scale multifamily properties were included. Doylestown had the highest…
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D.C.’s Grade to Pennsylvania for Addressing Statewide Infrastructure Issues: A Solid Meh
A new report from the White House gives Pennsylvania’s infrastructure a C- rating after decades of “systemic” underfunding, writes Christen Smith for WFMZ 69 News. Pennsylvania is one of 25 states to receive the sub-par score. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has been lacking the resources to address the decaying infrastructure — highways, roads and bridges — for years. Meanwhile, the state’s General Assembly is trying to…
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Bucks County’s Progress Against COVID-19: Two Steps Forward; One Step Back
The Pennsylvania Department of Health statistics regarding COVID-19 cases in Bucks County show some improvement. But the overall numbers are still grim. As of April 13, 54,881 Bucks County residents — 8.76 percent — have COVID-19. That’s 278 more cases per day than the week prior, the highest rate since the end of January. The pandemic claimed more than 1,000 local lives this week, six more…
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Doylestown Pool Contractor Treads Water to Keep up with Deep Demands
As it did last summer, the coronavirus outbreak is cancelling vacation plans countywide. Isolated Bucks Countians therefore continue investing in at-home leisure upgrades like in-ground pools. Demand remains high, leading to a gush of sales and plenty of backorders to dive into, reports Katie Park for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The timing of this rise in the pool construction business, however, isn’t the best. Supplies are short nationwide, affected by spikes in weather-related pool repairs across the…
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