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After Two-Decade Search, Historic Church in Wayne Debuts Million-Dollar, Custom-Made Organ
St. Katharine of Siena Parish in Wayne has been on a quest to replace its organ for more than two decades, and the long search has finally ended, according to a report from Main Line Tonight. The church recently debuted its new pipe organ handmade by Fratelli Ruffatti, a world-renowned organ builder in Padua, Italy.…
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NewSpring Capital in Radnor: Time to Invest in the Doughnuts
Radnor-based NewSpring Capital has lately had a hankering for doughnuts, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The private-investment group manages $2.5 billion for investors. It’s put that money into growth companies like medical devices, business software, specialty manufacturers and retailers. Last month, though, it bought a big stake in Philadelphia-based Federal Donuts and…
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Bucks County Community College: A Poet Who Hails from CB – West; Has Been Named the Area’s Best
Creative author Lauren Burchell, a junior at Central Bucks High School – West, has won the Bucks County Community College competition for skill and artistry with verse. The honor declares the student the 2022 High School Poet of the Year. Burchell’s work rose to the top of more than 100 entries in the 35th edition…
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New Food Franchise Coming to Fairless Hills; Sure to Ruffle Feathers in Quick-Serve Chicken Business
Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, a Baton Rouge, La. chain, is scratching its way into the Phila. market, including two Bucks County locations. Ryan Mulligan plucked the story for the Philadelphia Business Journal. After opening two sites in the city this spring and summer, the brand will spread its wings into Fairless Hills and Trevose in…
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Bucks County’s Natural Pinnacle Gains Permanent Protection; Views Will Remain Unimpeded Forever
Haycock Mountain, and the 15 acres that surround it, is now protected by a Pa. Game Lands designation that will keep its natural beauty forever. News of the environmental win was aired by Mae Axelrod in the Bucks County Herald. “This land is just stunning,” said Oliver Bass, president of Natural Lands of Media, Pa.…
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Nation’s ‘Fastest-Growing High School Sport’ Muscles Its Way into Truman
Harry S. Truman High School, Levittown, may become a Bucks County sports first, assembling an officially recognized competitive girls wrestling team. The Lower Bucks Times pinned down the details. Girls’ high school wrestling is becoming one of the fastest-growing sports nationwide. Truman’s entry into the ring will make it the 37th competitor in Pa. Interscholastic…
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$1M Grant Enabled Doylestown Hospital to Nearly Double the Capacity of Its Breast Cancer Screenings
A grant from the Pa. Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program has boosted Doylestown Hospital’s countywide efforts to combat breast cancer. The capital enabled the health system to increase the size of its new Clark Center for Breast Imaging, according to John George in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The grant provided $1 million in funding toward the…
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Pittsburgh Newspaper Enables Access to Statewide Bridge Inspection Data That PennDOT Removed
A database of notes that accompanied inspections for over 20,000 Pennsylvania bridges — posted and then removed from the PennDOT website — are again publicly available. Joel Jacobs steeled himself for the task of filing the story for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. PennDOT’s bridge assessments were removed following the collapse of Pittsburgh’s Fern Hollow Bridge in…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: A Bensalem Lesson in ‘Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover’
From the curbside, 1121 Park Avenue, Bensalem, looks like a cute little cottage, perhaps something seen on a side street in a Jersey Shore or Cape Cod resort town. But closer inspection — possible from just taking a few sidesteps into the driveway — reveals a huge footprint of a home, thanks to a 2017…
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Holy ‘Que Smokehouse in Lahaska Is Firing on All Cylinders for May, National BBQ Month
Holy ‘Que Smokehouse in Lahaska is celebrating May’s National BBQ Month with an expanded menu and on-the-house sides. PhillyGrub blogger Marilyn Johnson roasted her competition in the race to cover the story on NewsBreak. Holy ‘Que Smokehouse opened in 2020 under the ownership of pitmaster Tom Peters. He is a self-made expert who invested six…
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Rita’s Italian Ice in Warrington Thanks K9 Officer Team for Licking Local Crime
This week, Officer Murphy of the Warrington Police Department received a tangible thank-you for his work. He consumed the honorific — a vanilla custard — in only a matter of seconds and found its topping to be especially delicious. The frosty snack didn’t come with fudge, a cherry, or candies. It was crowned with a…
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Wanted by the YMCA This Summer: Awesome Girls Who Want to Ramp Up Their Awesomeness
The YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties seeks teenage girls who, rather than frittering away their summer gazing endlessly at a phone, are eager for some self-esteem building. The details on its Empower U camp were presented by Maya Lindsay, Marketing Intern, on the Y’s website. The program is free (!) and pitched at girls…
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Area Residents Support Increases in Real Estate Densities to Address Housing Crunch
The majority of Philadelphia-area residents have voiced support for “modest densification” measures in residential neighborhoods. In short, they favor residential real estate arrangements that allow multi-residential housing on a single building lot. Manny Garcia explained the trend — and its growing acceptance — for Zillow. The residential real estate shift of creating multiple living units…
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As Vintners Are to Fine Wine, This Pair of Discerning New Hope Chocolatiers Are to Decadent Candies
Bucks County’s burnished reputation for creating fine wine is certainly unquestioned. But local vintners aren’t the only gustatory specialists in the area. The sweets produced by Pierre’s Chocolates, New Hope, reflect a similar adherence to exacting standards and old-world precision. The original owner of Pierre’s was Jean Pierre Meyenberg, a Swiss chocolatier. He learned the…
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Citing Exciting Sites: Visit Pa. Spotlights Small Businesses That Excel in Serving Tourists… And Locals
Visit Pa. has compiled a list of recommendable small businesses for travelers to the Keystone State. Two of these gems are in our own backyard; some others are close enough for a stop-in. All are worth supporting from the standpoint of helping local economies and experiencing some unique shopping and dining. In County Within Bucks…
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Bucks County Human Services Recognized as ‘One-Stop Shop’ for Protecting Children
Meg Snead, Acting Secretary for the Pa. Dept. of Human Services, congratulated the Bucks County Human Services Division recently for its visionary structure. The Doylestown department is an all-encompassing resource whose long-term support has curbed incidents of child abuse in the county. The Bucks County Human Services Division is an organized variety of solutions that…
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When Parx Racing’s Equine Athletes Finish Their High-Speed Careers, What Happens Next?
When a horse has finished his or her career at Parx Racing in Bensalem, what happens next? Are they literally put out to pasture? Or resigned to a fate worse than that? Thanks to the work of New Start for Horses in Harrisburg, they transition to other engaging careers. The need for a post-track career…
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In a Move Oscar Will Surely Grouch About, Hugs Return to Sesame Place
Sesame Place, just on the cusp of its full-blown spring/summer 2022 season, is changing a former pandemic-related policy. Suffice to say, Oscar the Grouch will hate it; Elmo will love it. The close proximity character interactions that were sidelined by COVID-19 cautiousness, are back. In other words, it’s hugs all around, reports Laura Smythe for…
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