Doylestown
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Local Superintendent on Texas School Shooting: ‘There Is a Profound Sadness That Is Difficult to Explain’
Dr. Abram M. Lucabaugh, Central Bucks School District Superintendent, shared his heartfelt reaction to the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, Tx., in a recent Facebook post. “The tragic loss of life at an elementary school … has once again shaken our nation,” he wrote. “For those who work in education, horrifying events like what…
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Doylestown Health Bereavement Volunteers: A Mooring Post to Those Set Adrift by Loss
After losing a spouse or a family member, the pain can be overwhelming. Connection to others is often a means of processing the emotions, evidenced by the heartfelt bereavement volunteers at Doylestown Hospital. Tony Marinelli is one of them. Conquering Hesitancy The loss of both his son and his wife in a seven-year span was…
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Bucks County Foundation Grant Keeps the Canines of Canines — And Other Pets — Sparkly and Healthy
The Bucks County Foundation, supporter of worthy causes since 1979, is taking a bite out of detrimental health issues resulting from poor dental hygiene for animals. The Bucks County Herald unleashed the story. The foundation provided a $10,000 grant to the Women’s Animal Center in Bensalem. The funds will be put toward new dental equipment…
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CB – East Alumna Succumbs to Breast Cancer at 31; ‘She Gushed Goodness,’ Said Her Father
Kerry O’Riordan McAdam was multifaceted and competitive. She was a businesswoman, fitness enthusiast, beloved wife, and fiercely brave breast cancer patient. Sadly, as reported by Gary Miles in The Philadelphia Inquirer, that final challenge proved to be unwinnable. McAdam was born in Phila., raised in Doylestown, and attended Central Bucks High School – East. College…
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Four Who Did More: Quartet of Local High School Students Honored for Public Service in Doylestown
Four students received a governmental thank you from Doylestown Borough for work they did beyond their required academic assignments. Ed Doyle chronicled the kudos for Tap into Doylestown. The honorees were: Jackson Laing, Central Bucks High School – West Carter Philo, Central Bucks High School – West Mary Frances McNulty, Villa Joseph Marie High School…
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Locally Handcrafted Bears Go to Ukrainian War Refugee Children; Gifts Arrive With ‘A Little Heart’
Two residents of Wesley Enhanced Living have been laboring to make war-torn Ukraine a little less scary for its youngest refugees. Sarah Bloomquist reported the Doylestown gifts for 6abc. Micki Keifer and Kass Vogle, both heartfelt seamstresses, have stitched together, stuffed, and shipped more than 50 of the huggable toys to Eastern Europe. Each bear…
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Terrain Gardens Smartly Plans New Doylestown Wedding Site on Del Val University Campus
Terrain Gardens, the event-space brand, is augmenting its Delaware County and Chester County locations with a new one in Bucks County. The site — on the Doylestown Campus of Del Val University — is expected to open next summer, reports Kristen Schott at Philadelphia Magazine. Terrain is driven by URBN, the apparel company behind Anthropologie…
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Shantelle Gammon of Bucks County Children and Youth on Her Work: ‘These Are *Our* Kids’
Bucks County Children and Youth Social Services in Doylestown advocates for a population often unable to further its own well-being: children. Shantelle Gammon, Volunteer Recruiter for the organization, described her mission to uplift them in a recent edition of the Bucks County Conversations podcast. The local network of foster parents and volunteers has close to…
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YMCA Is More than a Place Just for Toning Bodies; It Also Sharpens Minds
The YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties is big on instruction. Its staff members routinely guide members through exercise classwork, individual equipment training, and healthy lifestyle education. But it also offers content from the American Red Cross, providing the public with potentially lifesaving information. The curricula’s mainstays are general information in how to respond to…
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Pa. Biotechnology Center: What Has Its Economic Impact Been over the Past Half Decade?
When first proposed in 2001, the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center (PABC) in Doylestown was meant to stimulate scientific thought and innovation. It’s made good on that promise but has also proven valuable in a much broader sense. As one of the nation’s most successful life sciences incubators, the PABC and its member companies generated $7.3 billion…
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Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Holds Cultural Events: One Virtual; One Live
With the last of the spring chill finally receding locally, the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce is anticipating the coming days of summer. In its effort to spark connections, especially with the arts, the organization announces two public programs. The first is the annual Bucks Fever Artists’ Studio Tour. This chance to peek over the…
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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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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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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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Vita Education Services, Doylestown, Celebrates Half-Century of Changing Lives, One Lesson at a Time
Vita Education Services, Doylestown, marked its 50th year of service to Bucks County residents and families in need of a scholastic leg up. Its student support includes: Literacy and GED preparation Family literacy instruction Cognitive behavioral instruction Employment readiness workshops Skill-building coursework to people with low literacy levels, immigrants, the incarcerated, and returning citizens The…
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75 Doylestown Health Docs Make Philadelphia Magazine 2022 List of Top Physicians
The 2022 list of Top Docs in the area has been released by Philadelphia Magazine, honoring 75 healthcare providers in the Doylestown Health system. Each year, the task of compiling the list begins with doctors being nominated by peers. The finalists are then tallied by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. a healthcare research and information company…
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Two Bucks County Schools Make U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best-of List
Two Bucks County schools rank among U.S. News & World Report’s 20 best public high schools in Greater Philadelphia, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. U.S. News ranked more than 17,800 public high schools across the nation, rating them based on criteria that included: College readiness State assessment performance and proficiency Underserved student…
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