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Federal Funds Prove to Be Just What the Doctor Ordered for Doylestown Hospital’s COVID-Related Debt Recovery
Twenty-five million dollars in federal CARES funding mitigated the COVID-related debt Doylestown Hospital accumulated in 2020-2021. John George reported the save for The Philadelphia Business Journal. The hospital’s deficit for 2020 was a potential $5.5 million; however, CARES support (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) enabled it to post a $15.6 million operating income for…
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Because Even Santa Has Elves to Help with Toy Assembly, Thompson Toyota Offers Seasonal Help
Bucks County gift-givers take note: If you have ever struggled with assembling a child’s Christmas toy — laboring mightily over fitting Tab A into Slot B — there is help available for the 2021 holiday season. Kate Fishman, in the Doylestown Patch, profiled the assistance being offered by Thompson Toyota. The Doylestown car dealerships have…
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DelVal Students Fight ‘X Fever,’ a Fictitious Disease Devised to Test Epidemiological Readiness
Fifty-seven Delaware Valley University students joined experts from the USDA and the Pa. Dept. of Agriculture to fight “X Fever.” The invented malady was devised to provide reality-based training in how to prevent and contain disease transmittals from animals to humans. In the invented scenario, a woman contracted X Fever after coming in contact with…
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2021 Holiday Season in Bucks County: Plenty of Nice Things to Do, and Missing Them Would Be Downright Naughty
Heading into Thanksgiving week, the 2021 holiday season is about to bust open with bright lights, music, unique menu items, themed experiences, and plenty of ways to have a merry December. The following, from the Lower Bucks Times, is just a sample of what’s going on; the full roster would be longer than Santa’s ‘Nice’…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: Okay, Clichés Aside, George Washington Did Actually Sleep Here
Welcome to the John Fell House, built circa 1733. Washington reportedly stayed with Fell (a physician) when the Continental Army camped in Doylestown in Summer 1778. In fact, the home became one of Washington’s numerous headquarters in the area. 465 E. State St. can now be the place where a history-buff owner proudly hangs his…
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Doylestown Physician Creates Sunrise Educational Fund to Encourage ‘Researchers of the Future’
Timothy M. Block, PhD, president of the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, Hepatitis B Foundation and Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center, has announced the establishment of the Sunrise Educational Fund, an endowment to support the Institute’s academic and experiential learning programs for high school and college students. The Sunrise Fund was conceived by Nathaniel A. Brown, MD, a 1966 graduate…
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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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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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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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HV Bancorp, Parent of Huntingdon Valley Bank, Doylestown, Is a 2021 ‘SmAll Stars’ Institution
Doylestown-based HV Bancorp is among 35 notable “SmAll Stars,” a list of financial institutions recognized by Piper Sandler, a leading investment bank and institutional securities firm. Jeff Blumenthal covered the inclusion for the Philadelphia Business Journal. To earn SmAll Star status, financial institutions needed to have a market cap below $2.5 billion and have cleared…
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Bob Marino, New President of Huntingdon Valley Bank, Seeks to ‘Capitalize on the Upheaval’ of Banking M&As
Bob Marino, new president of Doylestown-based Huntingdon Valley Bank, is wasting no time in targeting growth. He’s now staffing up with seasoned professionals to grow the $500-million-asset-size institution to a $1 billion one. Jeff Blumenthal reported on Marino’s plans for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Marino sees the current whirlwind of banking M&A activity as an…
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These Bucks County Dining Experiences Have Backstories You Probably Didn’t Know
Most restaurants have a hidden gem. Maybe it’s a dish that the locals rave about. Maybe it’s the history of the dining room. A scan of Bucks County dining experiences on Yelp yielded several culinary instances of “I didn’t know that!” Vault Brewing, 10 South Main Street, Yardley Vault Brewing, established in 2012, occupies the…
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‘Women Bike Dtown’ Riders Use Cycles, Not Brooms, for Bewitching Fundraiser
Bicycling and witches may only be linked by the memory of The Wizard of Oz, in which Dorothy’s nemesis, the prim Miss Gulch (and her distinct theme music), morph into a cackling, black-hatted broom pilot. But for the sixth year in a row, a coven of witches on bikes recently flew down State Street in…
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‘High Cs’ Hijinks: Bucks County Country Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus Nov. 13 Concert Has Pirate Theme
After navigating through 18 months of a pandemic, the Bucks County Country Gentlemen barbershop chorus is again performing for live audiences. Its comeback concert, November 13, has a pirate theme, as the singers set sail on a tuneful voyage on the “high Cs.” Audience members will be required to meet state and CDC guidelines, which…
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Bucks County Police Departments Turn to Virtual Reality Training to Practice De-escalation Tactics
Four Bucks County Police Departments — Central Bucks, Buckingham, Doylestown, and Plumstead — will use virtual reality training to diffuse potentially confrontational situations. Funding for the initiative comes from a $150,000 federal government grant aimed at de-escalation measures. The resource is part of a $13 million nationwide investment from the Department of Justice’s Office of…
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Doylestown Venture Capitalist Paul Martino Funds $500,000 Effort to Ensure Pandemic-Related School Closings Don’t Happen Again
Paul Martino, a venture capitalist parent from Doylestown, started the “Back to School PA” advocacy group in response to statewide closures of public schools because of COVID-19 concerns. The move to virtual classrooms disappointed the father of two Central Bucks School District students. And his organization is designed to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Maddie…
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James A. Peruto, Local Auto Dealer and World-Speed Record Holder, Succumbs to Melanoma at Age 68
James A. Peruto of Lower Makefield passed away late last month after a three-year fight with melanoma. Bob Fernandez reported the details in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Peruto was the older brother of Charles A. Peruto Jr., the Republican candidate for city district attorney. Together, the siblings fixed cars in their youth, handling both the mechanics…
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Bucks County Intermediate Unit Deploys Oracle Cloud, Gaining Agility to Navigate the Pandemic
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (IU), like educational institutions worldwide, found itself trying to to respond quickly and efficiently to tech changes precipitated by COVID-19. Its best solution, it determined, came from transferring capabilities to the cloud. The Bucks County IU provides education services to more than 96,000 students from birth through adulthood, across both…
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