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In the Garden with Andrew: The Paperbark Maple Has Perfect Winter Appeal
By Andrew Bunting Over the years, I have attempted to be more and more mindful of adding plants to the garden that will provide winter interest. Fortunately, in this area there are many choices. There are many great broad-leaved and coniferous evergreens. There are many great choices of winterberry hollies which lose their leaves in…
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C&N Announces Strategic Changes to Pursue Continued Growth and ‘Optimize Organization for the Future’
C&N – an independent, community bank with locations in New York and Pennsylvania, including in Paoli, Newtown, and Doylestown – has announced strategic organizational changes that will allow it to pursue continued growth in a fast-changing marketplace. “C&N has been on a multi-year journey to optimize our organization for the future,” said Brad Scovill, C&N’s…
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Wiser Wealth: Resist the Post-Vaccine “Revenge-spend” Urge
As we officially reach a year since COVID really began gaining momentum in America, many experts are talking about “pandemic fatigue.” Everyone craves a return to normalcy, and with there now being three FDA-approved vaccines, it looks like there may finally be an end in sight. However, analysts worry that the long deprivation from leisure…
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Bloomberg: See How Much You Need to join Ranks of Richest 1% in Different Countries
According to a Knight Frank’s study, the United States is in third place based on the minimum net wealth required to join the ranks of the richest 1%, but it is in top spot for the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, write Benjamin Stupples and Yoojung Lee for Bloomberg. Joining the ranks of the wealthiest is…
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Tech Tips With Margaret: How Microsoft Teams is Helping Businesses
With the workforce heavily scattered due to the conditions of the last year, employers have needed to make a lot of adjustments to keep their teams unified. Fortunately, Microsoft Teams has helped many people adapt to the new way of working as smoothly as possible. Microsoft Teams comes free with subscriptions to Microsoft 365, and…
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Central Bucks Grad Returns to Kensington Streets She Was Once Desperate to Flee with Message of Hope
Each week, Megan Cohen, a Central Bucks South High School graduate, returns to the streets of Kensington that she was once desperate to escape to offer help and a glimmer of hope to those who are struggling with addiction, writes Marion Callahan for The Intelligencer. Cohen was able to fight her way out of addiction…
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Career Corner: New Job? Strategies for Negotiating and Countering Their Offer
By Chris Isaac It’s always exciting to find out you’ve been selected as the best candidate for a position, but that process is a two-way street. The job needs to be right for you too. So before agreeing to start at a company, it’s always wise to ensure you’re getting a deal commensurate with your…
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Makers Off Main in Doylestown Opened amid Pandemic to Help People Keep Busy During Pandemic
Makers Off Main, a handicrafts store in Doylestown, opened its doors for the first time in August to help people keep busy and engaged during the pandemic, reports Lucy Bustamante for NBC10 Philadelphia. The store offers products from 90 skilled artisans, all of whom live within an hour from Doylestown. The store offers everything from…
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See Which Bucks County Towns Made Philadelphia Magazine’s List of the Delaware Valley’s Priciest Neighborhoods
Nine Bucks County locations are among the top fifty priciest places and most expensive neighborhoods in the Philadelphia region in 2020, according to a staff report from the Philadelphia Magazine. The highest-ranked is Upper Makefield Township in sixth place with a 2020 average home price of $903,570. This represents a one-year change of 16 percent.…
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These New Hope Homes Are Among Most Expensive Houses Sold in Pennsylvania in 2020
The Philadelphia area is home to a whopping 19 of the most expensive houses sold in Pennsylvania in 2020, and three of them are in Bucks County, writes Daniel Urie for the Harrisburg Patriot-News. At $4,060,000, the house on River Road in Solebury Township ranked highest in eighth place. Located near New Hope, the 7,225-square-foot…
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Yardley Nonprofit Wants to Return Pennsylvania Rye to Its Former Glory
Pennsylvania’s rye was once as famous as the Philly cheesesteaks, and one Bucks County nonprofit is hoping to bring it back to its former glory once again, writes Jenn Ladd for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Delaware Valley Fields Foundation was founded by Laura Fields to champion farmers and their work. Now, it also champions the rye…
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Remembering Gaston Longchamp, Impressionist Artist Who Called Kintnersville His Home for Four Decades
Fernand “Gaston” Longchamp, the impressionist artist who learned his craft in Paris from Georges Seurat, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, and Marc Chagall, among many others, later called Kintnersville his home for more than four decades, writes Carl LaVO for the Bucks County Courier Times. His parents, a French mother and Cayuga-Iroquois father, moved from New…
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State Grant Means Quakertown Will Get Two Electric Vehicle Chargers
As part of a larger effort to expand electric vehicle use throughout the state, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has allocated $1 million for grants to install fast chargers in several new locations, including Ridley Township and Quakertown, writes Frank Kummer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. “DEP is committed to supporting this choice by increasing public…
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Delaware Valley University Recognized As One of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report
Delaware Valley University is named on the Best Regional Universities-North list in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and universities, according to a staff report from Delval.edu. The university was also featured on the Top Performers for Social Mobility list, which recognizes schools that have more success in enrolling and graduating…
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Bucks County Community College Breaks Ground on $9.9M Center for Advanced Technologies at Lower Bucks Campus
Bucks County Community College has broken ground on its $9.9 million Center for Advanced Technologies at Gene and Marlene Epstein Campus in Lower Bucks, according to a staff report from Bucks.edu. The region’s leader in workforce development training will use the state-of-the-art 28,000-square-foot building to continue to fill a critical need for skilled workers in…
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Amazon Warehouse Project in Falls Township ‘Not Happening’
An Amazon warehouse at the former Strick Trailer property in Falls Township is “not happening,” according to Bill Koelewyn, general manager of 225 Lincoln Properties, the company that owns the site, writes Chris English for the Bucks County Courier Times. However he confirmed that a preliminary sketch plan was sent to township officials. There were…
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Wiser Wealth: Most Americans Don’t Understand Bitcoin, with 1 in 10 Never Having Heard of it
As some financial services, such as Mastercard and ATMs, have begun embracing the usage of cryptocurrencies, that would seem to suggest it is becoming more commonplace. That seems logical since the value of a single Bitcoin has fluctuated in value around $50,000 at times. However, a survey reveals that many Americans might still have no…
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Bucks County Housing Market Seeing Bidding Wars amid Low Mortgage Rates and Inventory
Thanks to low mortgage rates and shrinking inventory, Bucks County housing market is seeing bidding wars break out over the too few currently available homes, writes Peg Quann for the Bucks County Courier Times. Megan McCormick and Gerard Mann, who started looking for a new home online last year, really jumped into a scorching hot…
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