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Mom of Trans Student from Central Bucks High School – East Makes Anti-Book Banning Plea to Congress
A Congressional hearing yesterday morning brought Mindy Freeman, mother of a transgender student at Central Bucks High School – East, to Washington D.C. There, she testified against the growing trend of book banning. On the Oversight Committee’s YouTube livestream, Freeman told Lily’s story. She described her now 15-year-old as being into expected “kids stuff” for…
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Ultimate Encroachment Call: Bristol Youth Football Team Flagged for Use of Practice Field
The Bristol Borough Council has thrown a penalty flag at the Wildcats, its youth football team. The call? Encroaching on the high school’s field to practice. FOX29 Philadelphia suited up to report the details. The council has revised the guidelines of its recreation program under which the football team operates. Citing safety concerns about parking,…
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BUCKSCO Careers: Vice President of Development for American Community Journals
Where can you live the American dream of building financial security, work remotely, strengthen your community, and love every minute of it? Right here, as a part of our team that makes a positive impact on suburban Philadelphia residents every day. American Community Journals (ACJ) — the parent company of VISTA Today, DELCO Today, MONTCO Today,…
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Doylestown Hospital Recognized by Newsweek as One of the Best Hospitals Worldwide for 2022
Doylestown Hospital has been ranked seventh in the state and 119th in the nation on Newsweek’s 2022 list of World’s Best Hospitals. It is one of only 25 healthcare facilities from the state to be elevated to a slot on the national list. “We are honored that our tradition of excellence is recognized on the…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: Raising a Toast to Your Home in Holland Requires No Trip Out for the Bubbly
Oenophiles (that’s a wine connoisseur, to save you the time of a browser exit to dictionary.com), take note. The Holland property at 172 Churchville Lane will absolutely pop your cork. The four-bedroom, two-bathroom (plus two half baths) house sits on a lovely, wooded, plot of almost an acre near the Churchville Nature Center. The kitchen’s…
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‘Special Equestrians’ Generates Unbridled Enthusiasm in Supporting Persons with Disabilities
Unlike therapy interactions with small-scale animals (dogs, cats, rabbits), Special Equestrians in Warrington thinks big. Its sessions routinely pair special-needs individuals with 660 lbs. of equine friendliness, as reported in The Business & Arts Journal, the publication of the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce. Special Equestrians began with one dedicated person: therapeutic riding instructor Kathy…
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Kravchenko Family Cites ‘Nonstop Prayers’ as Aiding the Escape of Adopted Son from Ukraine
A Bucks County family is now whole. Dmitry and Maryana Kravchenko were finally able to pick up their son, 16-year-old Maksym, this past weekend, rescuing him from the war in Ukraine. His parents frantic efforts and his narrow escape were reported by Peg Quann in the Bucks County Courier Times. Maksym was adopted by the…
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The Gift (Card) of Life: Hero Saves Choking P.F. Chang’s Guest in Warrington
A simple gift card may have ultimately saved the life of a P.F. Chang’s patron in Warrington. Police officer Sean McCoy was lunching at the chain restaurant with his wife when an emergency interrupted their meal. Jon Campisi covered the public servant’s quick-thinking actions in the Lower Moreland Patch. Officer McCoy, 40, was about to…
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Former Bucks County Residents Finally Get Around to Visiting Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa was founded in Doylestown in 1953. And over the nearly 70 years of its existence, presumably the bulk of Bucks County natives — at least the ones interested in seeing it — have been there. But according to former local resident John Hook, a reunion that returned…
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Stop the Presses! ‘The Centurion,’ Bucks County Community College Newspaper, Wins State Honors
The Centurion marched over other competitors in the 2022 Keystone Media Awards to keep its status as one of the most-honored student newspapers in the state. The Bucks County Community College periodical has amassed 150 official honors to its name over the years, a number that increased by 15 this year. The 2022 wins include…
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Music of Villanova’s Basketball Season Silenced, Yet Warminster’s Collin Gillespie Was Instrumental to Big Dance
The 2021–2022 Villanova Wildcats basketball season came within a hair’s breadth of advancing to the final round before it ended. The disappointment of the final outcome, however, shouldn’t overshadow the overall talent that took the squad so far. Tim Casey, in Forbes, profiled one of the players who contributed much to its success: guard Collin…
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A Roarin’ Good Time, Blending the Jurassic and the Fantastic, Set to Stomp into Oxford Valley Mall
Oxford Valley Mall meets Ilsa Nublar (the ill-fated island of the Jurassic Park novels and film franchise). From May 6–15, the Langhorne retail mecca is hosting Jurassic Quest, an interactive, experiential, and startlingly lifelike dino meet-and-greet. Jurassic Quest Holdings, LLC, of Conroe Tx., created the traveling show in 2013. Its exhibitions — comprising 90 events…
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Holy Family University Welcomes Its Sixth President, Anne M. Prisco, Ph.D.
The Board of Trustees, faculty, staff, and students of Holy Family University are pleased to announce the Inauguration of President Anne M. Prisco, Ph.D. as the University’s sixth President. President Prisco will be formally installed in office on Friday, April 8, 2022, at Holy Family University’s Northeast Philadelphia Campus. Dr. Anne Prisco began her tenure…
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Bucks County Free Library Champions Books for Neurodiverse Young Readers
Caitlin Lore, a local novelist and educator, has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Those credentials make her something of an authority on reading lists appropriate for that audience. A subset of that subset, however, benefits especially from exposure to fictional characters who look, sound, and act like them: the neurodiverse preteen.…
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Washington Post: Public Colleges in Pa. Scramble to Recruit Students Amid Enrollment Drops
The number of enrollments in public colleges has plunged nationwide, putting Pa. State System of Higher Education schools into a position of scrambling to attract more students. Nick Anderson and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel opened the book on the development for The Washington Post. Pa. State System of Higher Education has enrolled 219,113 students in fall 2021,…
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Wawa Tries to Recover from Community Support Goose Egg on New Store in Holland
Wawa continues to try to find a way to expand into Holland without ruffling neighbors’ feathers. The convenience store giant has resubmitted the proposal for its intended use of a plot at 287 Holland Road. John Fey reported the project’s latest revisions in the Northampton Patch. The ubiquitous coffee-newspaper-sandwich retailer’s original proposal met with swift…
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County Ratchets Up Skills Requirements for Construction Contractors Working on Area Projects
The Bucks County Board of Commissioners, to better ensure the quality of the construction work the county contracts, has modified the standards under which contractors’ skills are considered. Peg Quann reported this raised experience/education floor for the Bucks County Courier Times. The commissioners voted unanimously to amend the county’s Responsible Contractor Ordinance, the March 2020…
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Feasterville Author John A. McCabe Describes New Novel as Being a ‘Lifetime in the Making’
John A. McCabe, Feasterville author, has mastered numerous literary genres, publishing prior works of short stories, poetry, and a screenplay. His new novel, The Girl in Japan: A Young Soldier’s Story, will hit Amazon’s virtual shelves on April 19 for purchase. The story centers on Joe McGrath, a veteran who, in flashback, recalls the testing…
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