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Wall Street Journal: Perkasie Couple Transitions from Living Off the Land to Traversing It in an RV
The Rutherfords of Perkasie — Claudia and Jack — did what many retirees did and downsized their living quarters, leaving behind a five-bedroom farmhouse on 39 acres. They replaced it with a four-wheeled, 600-horsepower recreational vehicle (RV) that they now use to travel the U.S. Robyn A. Friedman caught up with them for the Wall…
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Local High School Student Receives Girl Scout Gold Award for Artistic Effort at Chandler Hall, Newtown
The Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania has honored local high school student Juliana V. Marino for her work at Chandler Hall, a Newtown senior residence. She received the organization’s Gold Award in recognition of a project she oversaw to lift the spirits of hospice care residents. Marino devised her project with input from her mother,…
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YMCA of Bucks County Launches 2021 Holiday Giving Seasonal Outreach, Seeking Gift Cards, Donations
The YMCA of Bucks County has launched its annual Holiday Giving Seasonal Outreach. The charitable effort helps provide a festive November-December for the needy throughout the county. The Y is soliciting donations for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, benefitting the members of its prescreened financial assistance program. As was the case last year, it seeks gift…
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With the First Day of Winter Only Weeks Away, Colorful Vistas at Bowman’s Hill Tower Fade One Leaf at a Time
Mother Nature’s not going to wait much longer. Between her shorter daylight hours and frosty overnights, acres of Bucks County trees will soon be bare. That makes these weeks of November ideal for an outing to Bowman’s Hill Tower in New Hope, reports Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. “The view is wonderful. And the history of…
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Maternal Vulnerability: Bucks County Is One of the Safest Locations Nationwide for Expectant Mothers
While the United States generally ranked poorly for maternal health among developed countries, Bucks County is among the counties in the “very-low” risk category. That assessment results from a maternal vulnerability index compiled by Surgo Ventures, a Washington, D.C. healthcare- and social-issue advocacy nonprofit. The data were reported in the Patch. “When it comes to…
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Bishop Estate Vineyard & Winery Finishes Multiyear Renovation, Putting Its Dairy Farm Roots Out to Pasture
The long-term renovation of Bishop Estate Vineyard & Winery in Perkasie (the approvals alone took three years) have been completed. It has now shed all vestiges of its former use as a dairy farm and is wholly dedicated to wine. Paul Vigna covered the transformation for Lancaster Farming. Revamping the 100-year-old family property in Hilltown…
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Washington Post: Was Mark Lomax, Candidate for Bucks County Sheriff, ‘Constitutional’ Enough?
In prepping for his candidacy as Bucks County Sheriff, former Pennsylvania State trooper Mark Lomax expected that voters would examine his approaches on public safety and crimefighting. What he didn’t see coming, however, were queries about his leadership as a “constitutional sheriff.” Kimberly Kindy covered that question and its implications for The Washington Post. The…
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EPAM Systems Inc., Newtown: The One Bucks County Business Among Area Public Companies Showing Most Pandemic Growth
Newtown, Bucks County technology company EPAM Systems Inc. is among the 20 Philadelphia-area public companies that grew the most during the pandemic, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The list of companies reflects firms with the highest market capitalizations, which have collectively increased by 58 percent since March 2020 and currently total around…
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If You Want To Gobble Up a Fresh Thanksgiving Turkey, Bucks County Is Stuffed with Places to Get One
If your only exposure to a Thanksgiving bird is one wrapped in plastic, this year might be the year to try one that spent more time wrapped in feathers. Bucks County is stocked with markets that are eager to bump your annual poultry purchase up a notch with a fresh Thanksgiving turkey, reports Bucks County…
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2021 Package Panic: UPS Short 7,000 Workers for Seasonal Jobs Across the Philadelphia Area
How do you look in UPS brown? If you think that’s a good couture color and have the desire to pick up some extra funds, UPS is your place. The deliverer is looking to fill 7,000 seasonal jobs in the Philadelphia region to answer holiday demand. Ryan Mulligan wrapped up the hiring particulars for NBC10…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: Warrington Custom Home You’ll Want to Swing by to See
This custom-designed Warrington home, only two years old, is chic, spacious, and private, sharing its main roadway with only four other houses. Built in 2019 and situated in the Central Bucks School District, 1430 Cooper Lane, is a property that the right owner will glide right into. The property has a large yard, an attractive…
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‘Skeleton Crew’ at Bristol Riverside Theater Has Special Resonance, Given the Borough’s Industrial Past
The setting for Skeleton Crew, an award-winning play now onstage at the Bristol Riverside Theater, may be Detroit, but its themes resonate deeply in the borough in which it is now being presented. Jane M. Von Bergen, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, examined the local echoes that the production rekindles. In Skeleton Crew, four characters sift…
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For Landenberg Couple, Leaving Their Frank Lloyd Wright-Inspired Home a Bittersweet Experience
For architect Donald Dunham and classics professor Annette Giesecke, leaving their Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired home in Landenberg after two decades is a bittersweet experience, writes Drew Limsky for Main Line Today. The couple put their souls into the house. They were so committed to its look and style that they lived in a trailer on…
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Station Tap House, Doylestown: A Must-Stop for the Feeding Frenzy of Sunday’s Eagles Tailgate
Belting out “Fly Eagles Fly” at the Linc takes a lot of calories to get it to the deafening level that intimidates opposing teams. Jenn Frederick, FOX 20 Philadelphia, profiled Station Tap House in Doylestown, a great (and even somewhat healthy) place to fuel up for this weekend’s battle with the Los Angeles Chargers, whether…
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Bucks Business Recovery Grant Application Window Opens, Connecting Small Businesses/Nonprofits with $5M in Federal Aid
The appropriation of Bucks County funding from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is now available. Qualified applicants can submit information for a pandemic-related Bucks Business Recovery Grant, part of a $5-million pool allotted to the county. But needy businesspeople must act soon: The opportunity to file closes November 19, 2021, at 5 p.m.…
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Careers — Penn Community Bank
With more than $2.5 billion in assets and over 300 team members, Penn Community Bank is the largest mutual bank in eastern Pennsylvania. Our growth mission is to deliver solutions that genuinely serve the best interests of our individual and commercial customers in ways they cannot possibly experience at more traditional financial institutions. As a…
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CDC: Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine 93 Percent Effective at Protecting Teens from Hospitalization
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to be 93 percent effective in protecting 12- to 18-year-olds against hospitalization, reports Robert Towey for NBC10. From June through September, the CDC followed 464 COVID-19 patients in this age range, spread across 19 pediatric hospitals. While at…
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Gail Mirabella, Hatboro Dog Lover, Quit Pharmaceutical Job to Join the Circus; Now She’s Bringing Her Performing Dogs to National Dog Show
Gail Mirabella of Hatboro had a job. Her pharmaceutical career paid the bills. But it took a career swap to dog training to truly ignite her heart. She’s now one of America’s most accomplished performance dog trainers. From Pastime to Performance While forging her career at Pfizer and later Schering-Plough, Mirabella started competing with her…
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