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Holy Family University President Uses New Podcast to Stream Scholastic Stories
Among the numerous tasks involved with running a university such as Holy Family, Dr. Anne Prisco, President, has taken on another, interviewer. She’s now hosting Asked & Answered, the institution’s new podcast. In Asked & Answered, Dr. Prisco gets to know the most influential leaders in Phila. She also shares the stories of Holy Family…
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For a Mini Vacation This Weekend, Head Over to Ralph Stover (State Park)
Ralph Stover State Park occupies a narrow gorge, plateau, and island along the Delaware River. Its location — 6011 State Park Road, Pipersville — is just close enough to be accessible but just far enough to provide a welcome break from a workweek of home-office-classroom captivity. Josh Popichak chronicled its springtime appeal in the Saucon…
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Big Bash for Girls in a Sash: Local Scouts Win Gold Awards, the Organization’s Highest Honor
The Gold Award — an official recognition of leadership, time management, creativity, initiative, and skill of Girl Scouts — was presented to 23 Bucks County high-schoolers in a May 22 ceremony. The Advance of Bucks County was fired up to report the recognition. The girls’ works involved individually identifying a community problem, developing a plan…
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Newtown Homeowner Wishes His Dwelling a Happy 200th Birthday, Throws the Structure a Party
In the climax to the Dec.’s perennial film It’s a Wonderful Life, character George Bailey runs down the street of his hometown and bids his business — a building and loan — a Merry Christmas. Tony Petsis of Newtown has done something similar, as reported by Jeff Warner in the Advance of Bucks County. Instead…
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Yardley Baseball Phenom Poised to Win Same Accolade Bryce Harper Once Did
Ryan McCarty, Yardley resident and Pennsbury High School grad, is swinging for the fences in pursuit of achieving a prestigious college baseball player of the year award. And best of all, local fans can help him get there, as reported by Penn State Abington, his home field. McCarty is under consideration for the 2022 USA…
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19th Century Mansion on the Delaware — Just Downriver from Bensalem — Is Deliciously Appealing
Between busy Northeast Philadelphia and Bensalem sits a former 1850s home. The peaceful oasis — Glen Foerd — now attracts visitors with eclectic interests, reports Kevin Riordan in The Philadelphia Inquirer. It was constructed by a Phila. philanthropist, Charles Macalester on a Delaware River bluff across from Delanco N.J. It was one of several tony…
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U.S. Golf Association Identifies Bucks County Public Golf Courses as Best Picks to Bring the Sticks
The United States Golf Association (USGA), the sport’s domestic governing body, has compiled a national list of best public courses. Fifteen of them are right in our own backyard. If the mention of public golf conjures images of divot-pitted fairways, pockmarked greens, and boorish players, the stereotype is unfounded. The USGA finds that many of…
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Travel + Leisure Recommends Multifaceted Bucks County Destination for Vacation Season 2022
Travel + Leisure could have pointed 2022’s vacation-seeking readers to sun-soaked beaches. Or eclectic global cities. Instead, the magazine is recommending one of Bucks County’s gems: New Hope. Lindsay Cohn sang the destination’s praises. “Sometimes it’s a weekend trip to a charming small town that lures you back time and time again,” she wrote, explaining…
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Chalfont Runner Faces MS Fundraising Challenge, Logging 148-Mile Leg on Calif.-to-New York Run
Mike Knopp is taking his role as a cross-country runner very literally. He’s one of 19 runners covering the distance — relay style — from Calif. to New York. His effort is part of the MS Run the US, the first and only event of its type. It raises funds for those living with multiple…
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YMCA Fairless Hills Pool Renovation Hits Choppy Waters; July Opening Now Planned
When the YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties cut the ribbon on its newly renovated Fairless Hills branch in April, the new fitness rooms, updated equipment, modernized locker rooms, and reinvigorated staff were all ready to go. The Fairless Hills pool still needed some work. And unfortunately, through no fault of the Y, its revival…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: An Upper Black Eddy Gem You Won’t Spend Much Time In
1516 River Road in Upper Black Eddy is a home that is so oriented to the great outdoors that it’s new owners may well find themselves not spending much time at all under its roof. The property is just across the Delaware River from Frenchtown and Milford, N.J., where shopping, antiquing, and dining are year-round…
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Doylestown Boarding Facility Holds Out-of-This-World ‘Star Wars’ Pet Prom
The Holiday House Pet Resort and Training Center in Doylestown is aptly named. To engage its guests, the staff fills the calendar with events themed to various holidays, making it one of the more imaginative members of the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce. The business does much more than just mind pets whose owners are…
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Doylestown Man’s Mom — a Famed Puppeteer Who Strung Together an Influential Career — Passes Away at 99
Margo Lovelace was a working mother like countless others. But the performing career in which supported her family was anything but common. Her now-adult son, Doylestown’s David Visser, remembered her story-filled, storied life for Janice Compton at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Lovelace’s career lasted more than 30 years, during which she performed puppet shows in Pittsburgh’s…
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Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection Calls 2022’s First ‘Code Orange’ Day for Bucks County
Bucks County’s Memorial Day weekend revived several signs of summer: time outdoors, burgers on the grill, a backyard pool dip, and a fresh cut to the lawn. But it also brought back an unwelcome development: the declaration of a “Code Orange” ozone warning from the Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection, using its Air Quality Index…
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Local Superintendent on Texas School Shooting: ‘There Is a Profound Sadness That Is Difficult to Explain’
Dr. Abram M. Lucabaugh, Central Bucks School District Superintendent, shared his heartfelt reaction to the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, Tx., in a recent Facebook post. “The tragic loss of life at an elementary school … has once again shaken our nation,” he wrote. “For those who work in education, horrifying events like what…
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Doylestown Health Bereavement Volunteers: A Mooring Post to Those Set Adrift by Loss
After losing a spouse or a family member, the pain can be overwhelming. Connection to others is often a means of processing the emotions, evidenced by the heartfelt bereavement volunteers at Doylestown Hospital. Tony Marinelli is one of them. Conquering Hesitancy The loss of both his son and his wife in a seven-year span was…
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Bucks County Foundation Grant Keeps the Canines of Canines — And Other Pets — Sparkly and Healthy
The Bucks County Foundation, supporter of worthy causes since 1979, is taking a bite out of detrimental health issues resulting from poor dental hygiene for animals. The Bucks County Herald unleashed the story. The foundation provided a $10,000 grant to the Women’s Animal Center in Bensalem. The funds will be put toward new dental equipment…
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Penn Community Bank Receives National Recognition for Safe, Affordable Checking Account
Penn Community Bank’s new Access Checking Account has been officially certified by the national Cities for Financial Empowerment (CFE) Fund. The recognition results from its adherence to Bank On National Account Standards (2021–2022). These safe account analytics were created in a collaboration of consumer advocates, leading national nonprofit organizations, civic leaders, and other financial institutions.…
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