Doylestown
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Michener Art Museum Features Local Painter Whose Documentary-Style Work Is Done ‘Onsite, in One Sitting’
The work of long-time New Hope/Lambertville artist Robert Beck will grace the walls of the James A. Michener Art Museum’s Beans Gallery, beginning July 30. Beck’s work is in the documentary style, capturing the people, occupations, and places familiar to locals. His talent is something of a lightning-in-a-bottle ability; he paints subjects in one sitting,…
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Financial Data Show Local Beauty Industry’s Pandemic Survival Tactics Weren’t Just Putting Lipstick on a Pig
Social distancing and mask mandates were particularly hard on the beauty industry, whose stock-in-trade is up-close, personal attention. Square, Inc., a San Francisco technology/financial services company, cited how these businesses survived, despite the absence of 1:1 interaction. The experience of Beauty Marx Aesthetic MedSpa, Doylestown, was indicative of the nationwide response, which turned out to…
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Doylestown Painter’s Art Career Began When Her Drawing of a Dog as a Nine-Year-Old Won an Award
As a budding artist, Doylestown’s Ilene Rubin painted things. Yes, she captured objects on canvas. But she also painted things, as in her parents’ mailbox, her closet doors, and a massive mural in a college dorm room. Michele Malinchak reported on her latest passion, landscapes, for Bucks County Magazine. Her talent earned early recognition. As…
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Invo Healthcare, Doylestown, Defines Standard of Care Protocols for Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Invo Healthcare, in collaboration with Magellan Healthcare (Phoenix, AZ), is working to define standards of care for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) whose treatment is applied behavioral analysis (ABA). ABA is a newer regimen whose success rate is difficult to assess, given the heavy reliance on long-term monitoring by caregivers. Nearly half of families…
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Doylestown Med-Tech Company Boosts Speed and Accuracy of Clinical Trial Data Collection
assisTek, Doylestown provider of clinical trial tech solutions, released the next generation of its electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) platform. Fully cloud-based, the updated platform includes enhancements for patients, clinical teams, sponsors, and contract research organizations. Its functionality aligns well with industry best practices for collection of clinical outcomes. “At assisTek, we have a 25-year-long commitment to leadership in our field,” said Cindy…
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Bestselling Bucks County Novelist — Former Editor-in-Chief of ‘Glamour’ and ‘Cosmo’ — Releases New Thriller
Kate White’s new novel, The Fiancée, reflects the COVID-19 timeframe in which it was written. It’s a domestic thriller set on a sprawling vacation estate that is nonetheless isolated, reports Rosemary Feitelberg for Woman’s World Daily. White has spent a lifetime on the other end of the editorial process, evaluating submissions, reading galleys, approving photos as editor-in-chief of Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Redbook,…
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Al Roker-Produced Documentary Depicts the Lengths to Which a Doylestown Nurse Went to Treat Her COVID-19 Patients
“American Nurse Heroes” — a televised documentary produced by the American Nurse Journal, NBC journalist Al Roker, and the American Nurses Association — spotlighted above-and-beyond COVID-19 caregivers nationwide. It included the exhausting, harrowing, frustrating, fear-filled, and emotionally wrenching first-person account of Shumi Mazzacano, an intensive care nurse at Doylestown Hospital. The 16-month pandemic forced Mazzacano, a 12-year veteran, to tap professional and personal reserves she wasn’t even…
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Mucus to Hikers’ Ears: ‘Elephant Snot’ Helps With Bucks County Trail Maintenance
With pandemic recommendations to avoid closed-quarters settings, the past 18 months led to a regionwide increase in outdoor activities. Most of that enjoyment was benign. But some people took it as an opportunity to leave their mark, reported WFMZ 69 News. Incidents of graffiti rose during the pandemic on trails throughout Pennsylvania. “Artwork” has defaced rock formations on…
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County Correctional Officer, Once a Cook in the ‘Pine Street Hotel,’ Retires After 39-Year Career
Just out of his teen years, Chris Pirolli entered the Bucks County Correctional system in 1982. He’s now walking out, 39 years later. He was never an inmate; he was an employee, and Peter Blanchard covered his lengthy career for MSN. Pirolli was a cook at the old Bucks County Prison in Doylestown, known as the…
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Central Bucks School District Reverses Decision on Funding for Gender Inclusiveness Training
Parental pushback against a Central Bucks guidance counselor’s denied training request has resulted in several notable policy shifts, reports Shawnette Wilson for FOX 29 Philadelphia. First, the Central Bucks School District approved the one request to attend a transgender-inclusion seminar that sparked the controversy. Then, it opened the coursework districtwide to any educator who wanted it. The reversal is especially heartening for students like Daniel Mautz, 16. He easily recalls the early-age pain of feeling like…
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Meridian Bank House of the Week: The Chance to Live Like Belgian Royalty in Doylestown
A unique home, like something out of a storybook, is available via this one-of-a-kind Doylestown home. It took two architects to create the desired impression of a castle, but the inside, with its six bedrooms and 5.5 baths, is nonetheless warm and inviting. The idyllic property provided a retreat for the original 1950s owners, as…
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If Willy Wonka Dealt in Toys, Not Candy, His Shop Would Resemble This Doylestown Kid-Centric Business
Fabby-Do Boutique in Doylestown can best be described as a creative café. Its business model is to inspire imaginativeness in children ages two to teens, reports Jenn Frederick for FOX 29 Philadelphia. The boutique is stocked nearly floor to ceiling with colorful crafts. Presorted kits enable kids to build or fashion something tangible and playable, rather than more paper fodder to tape to the refrigerator door. Parents…
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Pandemic Delays in Lifeguard Training/Certifications Leaves Some Bucks County Swimmers High and Dry
The 2021 swimming season at Nockamixon State Park Pool has officially tanked. Its closure stems from a shortage of available lifeguards. Peter Blanchard swam through the details for the Doylestown Patch. The current shortage of Bucks County lifeguards comes primarily from the pandemic, when water training and life-rescue certifications, which rely on in-person evaluations, ceased. Budget cuts also jeopardized some candidates’…
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‘The Local Vapor’ Wafts into New Doylestown Location
The Local Vapor — a retailer of e-liquids, vaping devices, and cannabidiol (CBD) products — is reopening in a new Doylestown location. The shop’s new address is 812 North Easton Road, Unit 7-2. “It’s great to be opening our doors in Doylestown again,” said Ken Cala, Co-Owner and Executive Director of The Local Vapor. “Like most small businesses, we faced some unexpected challenges in the wake of COVID-19,…
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Retirement Home Employee Honored for Pandemic Service, Facing ‘Great Risk’ But with a Smile
Pine Run Retirement Community housekeeping associate Wilfredo “Willie” Macatantan was named Staff Member of the Year by LeadingAge PA, a nationwide nonprofit devoted to aging advocacy. The organization recognized Macatantan for his work excellence during COVID-19. More than his assigned duties, the honor cited his above-and-beyond actions. When the pandemic hit, Pine Run shift coverage became a challenge, as it did at senior homes nationwide. Macatantan volunteered…
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Philly Mag: As You Emerge From the COVID Bubble, Don’t Overlook Sightseeing in Your Own Backyard
The drop in COVID cases, concurrent with the rise in number of fair-weather days, means that getting out of your Bucks County house is now more appealing than ever. The best part? An enjoyable day is as close as Doylestown, writes Sandy Hingston for Philadelphia Magazine. Hingston recommends the “Mercer Mile,” three highly accessible sites (they’re walkable) related to the multifaceted Henry Chapman…
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The Neshaminy Journal Invites Bucks County Readers to Explore Its Retro-Style Storytelling
The idea of a literary magazine in the U.S. — a compendium of essays, short-fiction, poetry, and other writings — goes back to a Philadelphia publication issued in the early 1800s. The idea lives on locally, thanks to a modern-day collection, writes Connie Wrzesniewski for the Bucks County Herald. Local authors, with quarantine time on their hands, busily prepared the manuscripts that have been collected in the third edition of…
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As High School Graduates Process, One Doylestown Student Marches to the Beat of the Social Justice Drum
Sarah Zhang, Central Bucks East High School class of 2021, has made a name for herself already. At 18, she’s a standout, leadership voice in the struggle for area social justice, reports Emily Rizzo for WHYY. In response to incidents of racism and targeted violence, Zhang started her own Doylestown activism organization, Youth 4 Unity. Through it — and her other initiatives — she campaigns…
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