Doylestown
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Central Bucks Regional Police: ‘In a Good Spot’ in Its New Headquarters
The Central Bucks Regional Police Department has traded its cramped Doylestown office for a spacious new one. Christopher Dornblaser reported on the additional elbow room in the Bucks County Courier Times. The former site was tight, especially for resources covering three boroughs. Clerical staff huddled near the computer server; visitors had scant seating; detectives were…
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Bucks County Florists Overcome Thorny Supply-Chain Issues to Stock Valentine’s Day Roses
Valentine’s Day is around the corner (next Monday, folks), leading numerous shoppers to begin the annual scramble for flower arrangements. That means roses. Red roses. They have been a symbol of love since the days of Greek mythology. Aphrodite is said to have wept tears that, when blended with the blood of her lover Adonis,…
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Doylestown Biotech Firm FlowMetric, Often Courted, Never Seriously Considered Selling… Until Now
FlowMetric, a Doylestown biotech company, has sold to a Kansas buyer. John George, Philadelphia Business Journal reported on FlowMetric’s sell decision, which came after numerous offers. The Bucks County company is a specialized contract research organization (CRO), meaning it outsources research services to businesses in industries that include pharma, biotech, and medical devices. Its buyer…
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Bucks County Community College Stretches Students’ Brains, But Its Career Training Also Challenges Their Hands, Muscles, and Grit
It’s easy to think of Bucks County Community College (Bucks) students trotting to class, backpack slung over a shoulder, to study literature or accounting or music. But aside them, paralleling their vitality on campus, is another set of students. And their classwork may well involve grabbing a blowtorch or deftly navigating a high-power electrical box.…
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Quintuplet of New Bucks County Restaurants Arrives in 2021 — Sixth New ‘Baby’ on the Way
Choosing among top-notch Bucks County restaurants became a little harder a decision to make as 2021 unfolded. Five new dining experiences have opened in various communities across the past months, as Marilyn Johnson reported for the Philly Grub blog. And one more is about to hold its ribbon-cutting. Amsterdam Coffee Bar, Lahaska This new coffee…
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Doylestown ‘Secret Sauce’ in Kismet Bagels’ Rising Success Was Neither a Sauce Nor Much of a Secret
Kismet Bagels, a small-scale bakery born of a local couple’s COVID boredom, has proven so successful that it’s getting its own storefront in Phila.’s Fishtown neighborhood. Ryan Mulligan reported the hole story for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Kismet’s home-grown bakers are Jacob and Alexandra Cohen. The two originally took a locally sourced ingredient — stone-ground…
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Winter Blahs’ Relief: 1 Million Daffodils Are Currently Pushing Through the Frozen, Bucks County Earth
A Bucks County 2021 initiative to cover local open spaces with a million springtime daffodils is just a few weeks away from making itself evident. A staff report from the Bucks County Herald blossomed with the news. The Bucks Beautiful project, undertaken in collaboration with Gale Nurseries, Inc., Gwynedd Valley, added 40,000 daffodil bulbs to…
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IGM Biosciences Expands Silicon Valley Footprint by Stepping into Bucks County
IGM Biosciences of Mountain View, Calif. — nestled in the Silicon Valley between San Francisco and San Jose — is relocating one of its headquarters to the greener pastures of Doylestown. John George reported the eastbound moving vans for the Philadelphia Business Journal. IGM is relocating two business units to the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of…
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Doylestown Hepatitis B Foundation Doctors Appear on ‘This Podcast Will Kill You’; Return Unscathed
“This Podcast Will Kill You” — a globally popular medical-science streaming audio show — recently interviewed two leaders of Doylestown’s Hepatitis B Foundation. Dr. Chari Cohen and Dr. Su Wang contributed to a two-part episode focusing on hep B, which kills 1 million people worldwide, despite being preventable and treatable. Part one — which details…
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Local Hot Chocolate: It’s Not Just for Kids Anymore
The notion that hot chocolate is merely a kids’ means of warming up after a few dozen sled trips down a neighborhood hill can easily be put to rest in Bucks County. Chocolatiers in all directions are addressing the steamy winter treat with as much care and attention as they give their upscale inventory like…
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Doylestown American History Buff Has a Collection of ‘Stuff’ So Large, He’s Seeking a Museum to House It
Tom Lingenfelter of Doylestown is wildly patriotic, an outlook he gained from childhood exposure to comic books and movies where good guys wore white hats. His interest in the U.S. sparked an lifetime of collecting historical artifacts. He’s now amassed so many, writes Bridget Wingert for the Bucks County Herald, he seeks a permanent home…
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Doylestown Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Scott Levy: Get Vaccinated and Stay Out of the Hospital!
Every single day, Dr. Scott Levy, Doylestown Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer, bears firsthand witness to the enormous toll the pandemic is taking on his in-house colleagues. His advice to alleviate their physical, emotional, professional, and personal loads is succinct: Get vaccinated. Wear a mask. And significantly reduce your risk of joining the legions of patients…
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Penn Community Bank, Startup Bucks Announce Economic Development Partnership
Penn Community Bank has announced an exclusive partnership with Startup Bucks, aimed at supporting and growing the startup ecosystem in Bucks County. The collaboration brings together the largest mutual bank in eastern Pennsylvania and the Doylestown-based nonprofit to help entrepreneurs and small- to mid-size companies scale in size to create local jobs and drive economic…
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Five Bucks County Museums Make Philadelphia Inquirer List of ‘Essentials’
In an area-wide wrap-up of local museums for which The Philadelphia Inquirer calls “essential,” reporter Candis McLean cites five that are in our own backyards. They provide the perfect means of wiling away a chilly winter’s day peppered with culture, insight, and fun. Bucks County Civil War Museum, Doylestown Although its more common to think…
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Doylestown Hospital Chief Medical Officer Dr. Scott Levy Offers Good-News/Bad-News on Omicron Variant Spread
The weekly video update of Dr. Scott Levy, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Doylestown Hospital, describes the current good-news bad-news developments in the regional fight against the omicron variant of COVID-19. Dr. Levy framed the persistent spread of the possibly fatal illness as “…something we’ve never seen in the history of medicine, with…
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Digital Photography Saves Impressive Impressionist Mural of Doylestown Landmarks
An artist’s view of Doylestown landmarks — rendered in the geometric style of impressionistic cubism — has made the journey from its original site to the borough’s new home. Freda R. Savana, Bucks County Herald, filled in the details of this digital save. The work, done in 1981 by local artist Denver Lindley Jr., originally…
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Central Bucks School District Calls for Substitute Teachers, Waiving Past-Experience Requirements
Central Bucks School District, in dire need of substitutes, is now turning to its community for classroom coverage. Emily Rizzo of WHYY went through the ABCs of how this unusual hiring stance became necessary. This third-largest Pa. district (17,000+ students) found itself caught off guard owing to staff absences and thinning of substitute ranks. COVID-19…
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Bucks County Imbues Martin Luther King Jr. Day With More Than Just a Few Work-Free Hours
As was the case last year, the pandemic is modifying the ability to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Bucks County. But neither ongoing health concerns nor projected cold temperatures will dim the opportunity for residents to engage — in person or virtually — in the Day of Service dedicated to the civil…
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