Fairless Hills
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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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YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon County Wants to Hire You to Boost Neighbors’ Health and Your Own Wallet
Full- and part-time employment opportunities are currently open across numerous locations of the YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon County. The spots represent an opportunity to beef up personal finances for the summer — or launch/revive year-round career. As well, working for the Y comes with some sweet perks: Competitive pay Free Y memberships Fee reductions…
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Bucks County Community College’s Short Fiction Competition Honors Novice Novelists
Three local high-school authors earned recognition for their short fiction from Bucks County Community College. The annual literary competition is funded by the college, including its Department of Language and Literature, which also supplied Professor Joseph Shakely as judge. The three winners are: Maria Kesisoglou, ninth-grader, New Hope-Solebury High School Bethany Conover, sophomore, Council Rock…
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Two Fitness Providers Forge Cross-River Alliance: YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties
George Washington isn’t the only high-profile figure to ford the Delaware River for a strategic advantage. On Apr. 1, the YMCA of Bucks County united with a N.J. counterpart to form the YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties. The commingling of fitness providers was led by Bucks Y President/CEO Zane Moore. As a result, Y…
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YMCA of Bucks County Fairless Hills Branch: Almost Ready for Its Big Reveal
The renovation of the Fairless Hills branch of the YMCA of Bucks County is in its last lap. After an 80-year history, the site has been refreshed and rethought inside and out. Improvements include: Increased parking Repainting of the gymnasium, walking track, and pool Observation area added to the aquatics center Modernization of the façade…
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Big Bucks for Bucks County: $6.5M in Funding: Who’s In for a Windfall?
Last week’s passage of the Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act is bringing $6.6 million in funding to Bucks County communities. The dollars will fill needs made known through the Community Funding Request process, which U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick championed for the betterment of the county. Nine community projects are getting a shot in the…
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Wells Fargo Bank Unhitches Another Bucks County Location from Its Team of Branches
The Wells Fargo branch at 120 N. Pine Street, Langhorne, will soon close, joining the financial institution’s 49 other darkened regional locations this year. Jeff Blumenthal explained the thinking behind the shuttered locations in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The bank has filed paperwork with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to notify the…
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Drone Alone: As Appealing as Bucks County Is from the Ground, It’s Especially Magical from the Air
Bucks County drone operators have filled Instagram with some downright stunning aerial views of our county. Doylestown, for example, quietly watches a spectacular sunset, in advance of an approaching rainstorm. , , Grey, clouded Chalfont receives a blanket of white from a recent dose of winter weather. . . But resilient Chalfont can just as…
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Fairless Hills Auto Dealer Donates Cars for Bucks County Technical High School Students to Dissect
Like biology students with a frog, class participants at Bucks County Technical High School will gain hands-on knowledge of two Ford compacts by working closely on one. Bucks Local News covered the car coursework, made possible by a Fred Beans Automotive Group donation. The cars — one red Focus and one white one — will…
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Traffic Accident, Normally a Teeth-Grinding Moment, Produces Broad Smile for Fairless Hills Driver
It’s hard to imagine a fender-bender, normally a very stressful occurrence, resulting in a broad smile. But that’s exactly what happened when two cars collided recently on the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. The 6abc Digital Staff (and Nicole Borocci), brushed up on their journalistic skills to report the story. A driver who preferred to use only his…
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Falls Twp. Diametrically Opposed to Underuse of Geometrically Named Three Arches Homestead
Falls Township officials hope a local organization or historical group can make better use of the 300-year-old Three Arches home. The property, which has ties to William Penn, sits empty most of the time and is underused. Falls has owned the Three Arches property, located at 335 Trenton Road, since 1971. The township has meticulously…
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Great Skates: Bucks County Is Graced with Numerous Sites for Traditional Pond Ice Skating
The blustery January weather has gotten Bucks County off to a full-bore parka, mittens, scarf, double-socks, chapped skin winter. But there’s something bracing in facing the cold outside, on its own terms, and finding enjoyable things to do. Like good, old-fashioned ice skating — traditional, outdoor-style. Visit Bucks County has a list of fresh-air sites…
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Local Lawmakers Collaborate to Ratchet Up Funding for Technical Trade Education in Bucks County
Technical trade education in Bucks County got a high-octane shot of fuel as county lawmakers secured nearly $100,000 in state funding, according to an item in the Doylestown Observer. State Reps. Perry Warren, John Galloway, and Tina Davis — as well as state Sen. Steve Santarsiero — secured the infusion of capital from through Pennsylvania…
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YMCA of Bucks County Kicks Its Marketing Efforts into High Gear with BUCKSCO.Today Partnership
The YMCA of Bucks County, seeking to increase the traction of its marketing efforts and brand awareness, has partnered with BUCKSCO.Today. The online news organization publishes six times weekly, supplying news to more than 20,000 subscribers across Bucks County and beyond. It is part of a wider network of similarly focused, county-centric e-publications: VISTA Today…
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Conwell-Egan Alum Chases Poker Dream, Refusing to Let Setbacks Get His Antes in a Twist
As a senior at Conwell-Egan High School, John Coyne watched the World Series of Poker on TV. He knew then that he wanted to be a part of it. Lower Bucks Time’s Samantha Bambino chronicled how he went all-in. “My friend put live poker on one day,” he recalled. “The idea of trying to figure…
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Fairless Hills Creator of Accessible Pharmacy Services for the Blind Noted a Healthcare Need and, Like a Prescription, Filled It
In an ironic twist, it took a sightless man to see the solution to a potentially dangerous reality: Blind people are very susceptible to fatal errors with their prescription medications. TaRonda Thomas covered the problem and its logical answer — Accessible Pharmacy Services for the Blind — for 6abc. Alex Cohen of Fairless Hills came…
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Hydrofarm, Citing a Relationship That Has ‘Organically Grown,’ Acquires Canadian Ag Nutrient Company
Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc., a Fairless Hills distributor/manufacturer of hydroponics equipment, has purchased a Canadian nutrient company. Hydrofarm intends for the $83 million acquisition of Greenstar Plant Products, Inc., to help cultivate its agribusiness brand. Greenstar is one of several plant nutrient manufacturers Hydrofarm is eyeing or has bought. The acquisition mode is part of…
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PREIT Secures Loans With Properties From Its CRE Portfolio, Including Court of Oxford Valley
The Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT), property owner for numerous East Coast-based malls and shopping complexes, recently secured $172 million in loans. One of its collateralized properties is in Bucks County, reports Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Court of Oxford Valley, the 21-store open-air retail complex in Fairless Hills, is one of the anchors for a $27.5 million, 10-year,…
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