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More Than a Store: Why Wawa Is Part of Daily Life in the Delaware Valley
There’s a moment most people in the Delaware Valley know well. The car idles. The radio hums. You’re not quite ready to go home, or you’re not fully awake yet, or you just need a minute before the next thing begins. So you pull into Wawa. Not because you planned to. Because it’s there. That’s…
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Doylestown Dancer Taking Stage with Radio City Rockettes This Holiday Season
The Radio City Rockettes are preparing for a busy holiday season, and among them is an amazing dancer from Doylestown, reports Janelle Burrell for CBS News Philadelphia. Emily Willett is currently busy working on the Christmas spectacular, which opened on November 8 and will run through January 5. This is her first season with the…
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BUCKSCO.Today Wishes Bucks County a Happy, Healthy New Year
BUCKSCO.Today would like to wish our subscribers, readers, partners, and neighbors across Bucks County a happy and healthy New Year. As 2025 comes to a close, we’ve been reflecting on a year filled with stories that resonated right here at home, from big moments that shaped Bucks County to the everyday wins unfolding in our…
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American Community Journals is Hiring: Social Media Editor
BUCKSCO Today, part of the American Community Journals (ACJ) network, is looking for a Social Media Editor to help shape how hyperlocal news reaches people across Bucks County and the greater Delaware Valley. This role sits at the center of our daily publishing operation. Facebook is one of our most important platforms for both reach…
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21 Little-Known Facts About Wawa: What Wawa Tells You, and What It Doesn’t
It’s 6:42 a.m. The parking lot is already half full. Inside, a contractor in mud-caked boots waits for his coffee. A mom in scrubs taps through a breakfast order she’ll eat in the car. Someone grabs a hoagie that they swear tastes “just like it used to,” even if they’re not totally sure that’s true…
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VondernLust: The Grange Estate is a 300-Year-Old Havertown Landmark Hiding in Plain Sight
I was born and raised in Haverford Township, and somehow it took me until my 40s to finally visit the historic Grange Estate. I’ve driven past it my whole life, but never stepped inside until recently. The first time I wandered onto the property while on a run, I felt like I’d stumbled into another…
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Navigating the Holidays While in Recovery: 6 Practical Tips for Staying Grounded and Sober
The holidays can be a wonderful time for connecting with family and friends and taking a much-needed pause from our busy routines, but for people living with substance use disorder, the festive season often brings added stress and emotional pressure. This time of year often includes more social invitations, many of which center around alcohol.…
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Norwegian Jewel Sets Sail from Tinicum: How to Reserve Your Cabin on Philadelphia’s Newest Cruise Route
The excitement surrounding the region’s new cruise ship terminal near the airport in Tinicum, Delaware County keeps building, and now it’s official: Delaware Valley travelers can book their spot on the first-ever Norwegian Cruise Line sailing departing from the brand-new PhilaPort cruise terminal in April 2026. This moment marks a turning point for the Port…
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What Wawa’s 1 Billion Customers Really Want: 14 Improvement Wawa Fans Keep Asking For
For a company that serves roughly a billion customers a year, Wawa doesn’t have a demand problem. It has an expectation problem. In a BUCKSCO Today post last week, we looked at where Wawa stands in 2025 and what changes may be coming in 2026, exploring how the region’s hometown convenience store chain has evolved…
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What Changed at Wawa in 2025, and What the Hometown Convenience Store’s 1 Billion Customers Can Expect in 2026
For many Bucks County residents, Wawa is more than a gas station or a quick coffee stop. It’s part of the daily routine. Morning coffee runs. Built-to-order hoagies at lunch. A late-night stop that turns into dinner. When the home-town convenience store chain serves roughly one billion customer visits each year, even small changes can…
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Why Delaware County Was Chosen as the Home of the New Norwegian Cruise Line Terminal
A major new chapter in our region’s tourism economy is taking shape along the Delaware River, where construction has begun on the new PhilaPort Cruise Terminal in Tinicum Township. Beginning in April 2026, Norwegian Cruise Line will officially make Tinicum in Delaware County its homeport, launching 41 sailings every year through at least 2033. It’s…
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Adults Take Over LEGOLAND This Friday at Plymouth Meeting Mall
If you’ve ever wished you could wander through LEGOLAND without weaving around strollers or stepping over toddlers, your moment has arrived. This Friday night, the LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Philadelphia in Plymouth Meeting is throwing open its doors for an Adults-Only Holiday Bricktacular, and it’s shaping up to be one of the most playful nights of…
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5 Joyful Year-End Planning Moves to Set You Up for a Brighter Year Ahead
As the year winds down, it’s easy to get caught up in the bustle of the holidays and the rush to wrap things up at work and home. But before the calendar turns, it’s also the perfect time to pause, reflect, and make a few intentional moves that can set you up for a more…
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Where the Revolution Lives Today: 5 Philadelphia Area Revolutionary War Sites to Visit This Winter (Plus a Bonus)
After spending a month living inside the stories and settings of the American Revolution and riding the excitement around Ken Burns’ new series (Now streaming for free for the next three weeks on PBS), it feels right to shift from watching history to walking through it. One of the remarkable things about living in Southeast…
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The Philadelphia Fort That Bought Washington’s Army Precious Time: The Heroic Stand at Fort Mifflin
If you’ve ever flown into Philadelphia from the New Jersey side, you’ve passed right over one of the most dramatic and least-known battles of the American Revolution. Fort Mifflin, now sitting directly beneath the landing pattern of jets heading into Philadelphia International Airport, looks quiet today. But in the fall of 1777, this muddy island…
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Why Benjamin Franklin Chose Philadelphia: How a Boston Childhood Led Him to America’s Greatest Colonial City
Benjamin Franklin’s story usually begins with the famous scenes: the lightning rod, the Pennsylvania Gazette, the founding of the American Philosophical Society, or the long table at the Second Continental Congress where he sparred with John Adams and later helped shape the Declaration of Independence. But the story really starts much earlier, in a cramped…
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Bensalem Engineers Launch Makefield Putters to Manufacture and Sell Their Revolutionary Golf Putter
Two Bensalem engineers designed a revolutionary golf putter in 2021 and have since started a new company to manufacture and sell their invention, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc. After his job was curtailed due to the pandemic, Everett Farr spent most of his spare time at home watching YouTube videos about golf putters. Despite the…









































