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Bucks County Township Has Eyes on How You Drive around its Schools
Bensalem is using a high-tech solution to increase traffic safety around its schools, reports CBS3. Officials reported the installation of 27 beacons that transmit live traffic information to police. This smart technology uses cameras and radar to report activity around the township’s 14 schools. The goal is to cut down on speeding and other dangerous driving in school…
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Commuter Cone-sternation: Route 1 Overhaul Creeps into Next Phase
PennDOT’s large-scale project to overhaul Route 1 moved into its second phase this week, writes Tom Sofield for LevittownNow. The state transportation department confirms that the second phase of the project will begin work between the Neshaminy Interchange in Bensalem and just past the Penndel/Business Route 1 (Lincoln Highway) Interchange in Middletown Township. Construction barriers are already appearing…
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Federal Grant Opens the Window to Additional Care for Mercer Museum Collection
A $40,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency, is enabling the Mercer Museum to ensure its curated items aren’t in danger of being harmed by streaming sunlight or dripping rain. The funding will support the herculean task of surveying all 256 windows, dormers, and skylights located in the original 1916 National…
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Dancing in the Streets: Bristol’s Newest Mural Honors its Doo-Wop Past
First, came the dances at the Good Will Hose Company, a Bristol fire hall where a step called The Stomp became a thing. That step was eventually memorialized in a song, “The Bristol Stomp,” which was a massive hit for The Dovells. Now, the public arts program of Bristol Borough is celebrating those original teenyboppers and their doo-wop ditty with a mural, writes Tom Sofield of LevittownNow. …
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Thousands of New Jobs and Millions of Square Feet of Industry Set to Revive Former U.S. Steel Site
By this summer, construction should be well underway to transform U.S. Steel’s Falls Township site from a vestige of the area’s grim industrial past to a harbinger of economic resurrection, reports Bucks Local News. Rising from the former hulks of steel-producing machinery will be the first 1 million square feet of large-scale warehouse space on the eastern side of River Road, south of Biles…
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Memorializing a Long-Term Commitment to Bucks County Beautification: A Tree Grows in Doylestown
The December 2020 passing of Bob Byers, Sr., co-founder of Bucks Beautiful, was remembered in a recent tree-planting ceremony in Doylestown, reports the Bucks County Herald. Members of the Bucks Beautiful Board, in partnership with Cole Nurseries, Inc., donated a weeping green beech tree, known for its growth into a leafy canopy, which turns rustic bronze in the fall. The massive tree, 20 feet tall…
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Local Entrepreneurs Ready to Evaluate Students’ Flashes of Business Brilliance
The judges for the second-annual Spark Bowl — the Shark Tank-esque competition at Delaware Valley University — are eagerly anticipating the new business concepts that will be pitched to them. Five local businesses and their student consultants will face this panel, vying for awards, capital and bragging rights. The competition rewards visionary, noteworthy concepts among Bucks County entrepreneurs, innovators and nonprofit organizations. All participating teams address a social,…
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State Funding Boosts Solebury Police Department Commitment to Protection and Transparency
The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency has allocated more than $16,000 to the Solebury Township Police Department to upgrade its in-car video capabilities to body cams, reports Doug Gross in the New Hope-Lambertville Patch. In announcing the technology shift, state Sen. Steve Santarsiero said, “Keeping our communities safe requires ensuring our local police have adequate resources, including body-worn cameras that increase accountability. These…
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Doylestown Considers Reduction in Penalties for Low-Level Marijuana Possession
The Doylestown Borough council is preparing for an April decision on an ordinance that redefines penalties for minor, nonviolent possession or personal use of marijuana. In advance of that determination, it voted to advertise its final stance, writes Peter Blanchard for the Doylestown Patch. Borough council voted to publicize its marijuana-related directives to the Central Bucks Regional Police Department. Possessing less that 30 grams of marijuana in the borough would become a non-summary violation for arrestees. …
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Neshaminy Mall’s Massive Historical Dioramas Are Saved by a Partial Rescue
The Historical Society of Bensalem has rescued four of the seven the massive Neshaminy Mall dioramas, keeping them safe for the time being, reports 6ABC. As reported two weeks ago, these intricate displays — installed as part of the Strawbridge & Clothier department store — were large-scale representations of local history. Through animated figures and music, they captured local moments in history, such as the winter encampment at Valley Forge and the…
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Perkasie Tax Abatement Clears Path for Replacing Blighted, Abandoned Gear Factory with Housing
A former Perkasie gear factory, which thrived in the early 20th century but sat dormant since 2007, is about to make way for a development of townhomes and apartments, reports Peg Quann for the Bucks County Courier Times. Bolstering the $20-million plan called The Delbar was a tax abatement arrangement recently approved by the Bucks County Commissioners. The developer, The Moser…
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Snapshots of Struggle: Art Exhibit Honors Bucks County’s Tireless and Dedicated Essential Workers
It’s hard to think about the COVID-19 pandemic in inspirational terms, given the woe that is being left in its wake. But that’s what artists do: capture beauty and grace amid pain and suffering. That’s what makes a new photography exhibit at the James A. Michener Museum so notable, reports Jamie Stover for WFMZ. “Essential Work 2020: A Community Portrait” comprises 20 photos that encapsulate the local…
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From Sit-ups in the Sunroom to Lunges with Laundry, This Fitness Van Brings the Gym to You
Brick-and-mortar gym openings in Bucks County have been sporadic over the past months, leading GymGuyz in Langhorne to take their fitness show on the road, writes Peg Quann for the Bucks County Courier Times. Tooling around Bucks County in a signature red van, Bill Alesio runs the local GymGuys franchise. He began a personal fitness journey five years ago when he used a calorie-counting app, regular workouts and a running…
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In Committing to Change the World, Nine Bucks County Teens Win Girl Scout High Honors
Nine Lower Makefield teens were awarded Gold and Silver Awards from the Girl Scouts of America, reports Bucks Local News. The effort took a combination of nearly 400 hours of research and work. Both distinctions are exercises in vision, leadership, community involvement, execution and assessment of results. Gold Awards are open to high-schoolers and is the most prestigious…
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NYT: Cases Continue to Remain About the Same, Keeping the Risk Level for COVID-19 Very High
The number of cases has remained about the same over the last two weeks, keeping Bucks County at a very high-risk level for the coronavirus, according to The New York Times. However, the numbers of hospitalized patients and COVID-19-related deaths have fallen once again compared to two weeks ago. The test positivity rate remains high, suggesting that the number of cases…
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Cleveland Indians’ Coaching Staff: A Mutual Admiration Society with Bucks County Roots
The professional and personal relationship between Cleveland Indians’ Manager Terry Francona and Bench Coach DeMarlo Hale started before the two even met, reports Joe Noga at The Cleveland Plain Dealer. In the late 1990s, when Francona was managing the Philadelphia Phillies and living in Yardley, news of the Double-A Trenton Thunder routinely floated across the Delaware River. Francona’s interest in the Thunder’s manager, Hale, was piqued…
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Bucks County Bank Set to Raise Over $100M in Offering to Take it Fully Public, Fuel Growth
William Penn Bank, headquartered in Bristol, expects to raise $126.5 million from its second-step conversion from a mutual holding company to a fully public stock holding company, reports Jeff Blumenthal in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The redefinition of its structure will create a new holding company: William Penn Bancorp. CEO Ken Stephon said half the raised capital raised will be allotted the holding company and half to the bank, to fund…
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Southampton Manufacturer Busier than Ever Producing Vaccine-Related Plastics
Most of the interest in the COVID-19 vaccine has centered on the pharmaceutical giants who manufacture it. But successful vaccine delivery also relies heavily on smaller firms whose contributions are just as vital, reports Alaina Johns for Keystone Edge. NewAge Industries, Southampton, produces and assembles plastic and rubber tubing for everything from healthcare to home brewing. At the start of the…
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