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Training Tomorrow’s Tycoons: C&N Educates 600 Local Kids on Financial Management
C&N bank team members, out to seed the next generation of citizens with fiscal skills, participated in an American Bankers Association Education Foundation educational program. The 2022 Teach Children to Save initiative had its staff making 21 financial presentations and bank tours throughout April, reaching over 600 children. It’s been an ongoing effort at C&N…
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Wawa Expansion Effort Continues With 40 More Stores in Nashville
Wawa plans to open its first Nashville location in 2025, writes Julia Masters and Laura Smythe for Philadelphia Business Journal. Wawa, which already employs more than 35,000 people, is considering up to 40 locations in Nashville, continuing “the most aggressive growth” plan in company history, according to CEO Chris Gheysens. The iconic Phila.-area convenience chain…
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Doylestown Hospital Hops to the Top of Leapfrog Patient Safety Ranking, a National Rating of Care
Doylestown Hospital received an “A” in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for spring 2022. The national distinction recognizes the hospital’s achievements in protecting patients from preventable harm and error while onsite for treatment. It’s the 12th straight annual A for the healthcare provider. “We are driven to provide the highest quality care possible,” said Scott…
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Bucks County Playhouse One-Woman Show Features First Asian-American Actress to Win an Emmy
Jodi Long is the first Asian-American actress to win an Emmy Award, an accomplishment worth noting during June’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The witty, talented writer-performer is currently lighting up the Bucks County Playhouse with an original, biographical work. Chandler Lutz, of CBS3, drew back the curtain on the tour-de-force night of…
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Bucks County Community College and Local Nonprofit Collaborate on Poverty Initiative
The Bucks County Opportunity Council (BCOC) — a local antipoverty nonprofit — has enlisted the help of Bucks County Community College for its Economic Self-Sufficiency (ES) effort. The ES program empowers low-income families with the education, skills, and resources necessary to achieve and maintain economic self-sufficiency. Its success hinges on 1:1 relationships with coaches who advise on improvement steps such…
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William Penn Foundation Funds Bucks County Effort to Promote, Protect Pleasant Pathways
The William Penn Foundation has awarded $5.9 million in grants to help extend the Greater Philadelphia Circuit Trails network. More than $1 million of the investment is earmarked for projects in the four collar counties, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Circuit Trails network is planned to stretch for about 800 miles, with…
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Summer Season at Lake Luxembourg: ‘For Hardcore People Who Don’t Mind a Little Mud’
Red-bellied cooters in Middletown’s Lake Luxembourg might soon lose some elbow room. The tighter turtle quarters will result from a purposeful draining of 3.5 feet of the pool’s waters. Rock Withers, with the Daily Utahan, explained the project. The lower waterline is needed to remove nearly 15,000 cubic yards of sediment from the lake floor.…
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Three of Four Phila. Collar Counties See Month-to-Month Unemployment Numbers Tick Up
Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties saw slight increases in their April unemployment numbers, while the overall Pa. rate continued to trend downward. Only Bucks County bucked the month-over-month trend. Donna Rovins reported the mixed-bag of economic news from the state’s Department of Labor & Industry in The Pottstown Mercury. The overall unemployment rate for the…
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New Hope Artist, Once Declared Learning Disabled, Now ‘One of America’s Outstanding Figurative Sculptors’
New Hope sculptor George R. Anthonisen has been compared with Rodin. It’s high praise for an artist who was thought to be learning disabled as a child to be likened to the creator of “The Thinker,” the iconic work of a man sitting, chin on fist, deep in contemplation. Anthonisen, a member of the Central…
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Horse Rescued in Phila. Recovers in Quakertown. Is His Situation Still Dire? Caregivers Say, ‘Nay’
An abandoned horse wandering the 4000 block of North Darien Street in Phila.’s Hunting Park section is no longer orphaned. Alicia Vitarelli rounded up the details for 6abc. On May 29, the stray caught the attention of residents who then reported him to authorities. Absent a name, the animal care experts who got him off…
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Jefferson Health – Abington Holds Its Way-More-Than Fair Fair, 109th Annual Cancer Patient Fundraiser
A dog and pony show is a somewhat pejorative term for an overblown, over-hyped event. A horse and pony show, however, is an altogether different animal. It’s a competition among beautiful equines, groomed to perfection, and evaluated under the professional eye of a team of breed experts. It’s also, referring to this weekend’s Jefferson Health…
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Delaware Canal State Park Towpath Named Pa.’s 2022 Trail of the Year
Pa.’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DNPR) has named Delaware Canal State Park Towpath its 2022 Trail of the Year. The distinction recognizes its multigenerational appeal — past, present, and future — for outdoor recreation. Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of the PA DCNR, called the trail “a gem.” She expressed her hope that the…
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Chalfont Student — Adopted as a Guatemalan Infant — Earns Scholarship, Commits to Helping Others
Jamie Hennigan of Chalfont — with her 3.5 GPA and twin studies at Central Bucks High School – South and Middle Bucks Institute of Technology — is the 2022 recipient of a Warrington Lion’s Club scholarship. Hennigan’s academics, combined with her backstory, made the award an easy one to bestow on her. She was born…
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New Quick-Serve Stir-Fry Spot in Quakertown Is a Sweet Addition to the Local Food Scene
Quakertown fans of stir-fry made with fresh, locally sourced ingredients are buzzing with excitement. A new location in the honeygrow chain of quick-serve shops opened last Friday. WFMZ 69 News boxed up the particulars. The site was once a Boston Market; honeygrow occupies half the commercial site (sharing the footprint with Chipotle) that resulted from…
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In-Box Debut: BUCKSCO.Today Welcomes Readers to Its First Afternoon Edition
Welcome to the debut of the BUCKSCO.Today afternoon email edition. With this issue, in your hands at this moment, this publication will now be served up twice daily, doubling the once-a-day-frequency with which it launched in Dec. 2020. BUCKSCO Today’s revised publishing schedule will not dilute its reason for being: to bring upbeat, positive, life-affirming…
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Climbing Grocery Costs Has Us Peeling off More Green to Purchase Greens… and Other Staples
April provided a modest reprieve in inflation, dropping to 0.3 percent from March’s staggering 1.2 percent. Nonetheless, some grocery items still saw prices steeply climb, writes Lauren Liebhaber for Stacker. Year-over-year, the cost of groceries went up by 10.8 percent, the largest annual foodstuff increase in more than four decades. The increase was primarily driven…
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Bristol CareerLink Office Provides 1:1 Counsel to Unemployed Bucks County Residents
The Pa. Department of Labor & Industry is now providing in-person services to unemployment claimants at CareerLink centers across the commonwealth. The news is particularly applicable to Bucks County job seekers, as the Bristol office is currently one of the six in southeastern Pa. providing the help. The initiative — funded by the American Rescue…
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Penn Community Bank Deepens Its Ongoing, United Relationship with United Way of Bucks County
Two corporate leaders from Penn Community Bank will be bringing/maintaining their expertise and community connection to the board of directors for the United Way of Bucks County. Jeane M. Vidoni, President and CEO, is continuing in her position as Vice Chair of Community Impact, a role she has filled since 2016. Bernard Tynes, Senior Vice…
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