Fairless Hills
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Conwell-Egan High School Principal Assesses COVID-Tinged School Year in Virtual Educational Roundtable
Matthew Fischer, Conwell-Egan Catholic (CEC) High School principal, looked relieved on camera. As part of a virtual roundtable discussion on the 2020-2021 school year across Philadelphia and its suburbs, he appeared glad it was over. Fischer recapped his experience for WHYY. COVID-19 drove CEC to hybrid learning early. Room capacities were halved. Facilities staff installed cameras quickly and beefed up classroom air conditioning. “We were fortunate to have the resources to make…
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Pennsbury High School Student Goes Back to Nursery School
High School student Vanessa Nolan augmented her Junior-year Chemistry and Algebra classes with lessons in numbers and colors. She wasn’t learning these basics, she was teaching them. The swap to nursery-school instruction was part of her Pennsbury High School curriculum. She wrote about working with pre-K children firsthand for the Bucks County Courier Times. In prior years at Pennsbury, the high-school/nursery-school pairings were 1:1. Not…
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Bucks County Vocational Public School Earns Second Place in Statewide Ranking
The Public School Review has named Bucks County Technical High School (BCTHS), Fairless Hills, the second-best provider of trades-based education and skills training across Pennsylvania. The genesis of BCTHS sprung in the mid-1950s, when seven area school districts united to support education apart from a traditional baccalaureate or advanced degree. By September 1958, a building was erected and stood ready to welcome its first…
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Fairless Hills’ Hydrofarm Buys Agribusiness Manufacturer of Commercial Cannabis Growth Product
Agriculture equipment manufacturer Hydrofarm East of Fairless Hills announced its purchase of Field 16, a maker of plant nutrients. Pat Maio reported the $78 million transaction in the LA Business Journal. Field 16 manufactures and distributes Heavy 16, a liquid that boosts the yield and quality of crops. The nutrients it supplies are a staple in most commercial cannabis growing operations. After the…
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Fairless Hills Industrial Site Plans Advance, Thanks to Some Corporate Matchmaking
New Jersey developer J.G. Petrucci Company and its private equity partner Cabot Properties are teaming up again for a series of commercial real estate ventures, reports Real Estate Weekly. JLL Capital Markets, which cultivated the collaboration between the two businesses in the past, has again united them for the local projects. JLL announced the acquisition of a 18.31-acre land site and…
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Pennsbury High School — Recognized by USA Today for its Over-the-Top Senior Prom — Gives it a Go for 2021
There are high-school senior proms. And then there’s the Pennsbury High School senior prom. It’s been nationally recognized for its scope, a glam event of parades, floats, fans, stars, set pieces, red-carpet entrances and alumni. After being unplugged last year by COVID-19, it’s on its way back on June 5, albeit revised. “We have met with multiple groups of students, including…
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Federal, State Grants Expected to Plug the Holes that the Pandemic Poked in Bucks County Budget
In a recent meeting, the Bucks County commissioners expressed eagerness to inject an expected $122 million in federal funding — as well as financial help from Harrisburg — into the county’s COVID-19 response, reports Jeff Ward for 69 News WFMZ. “We’re still trying to get our hands around how we’re going to be able to spend that money,” Commissioner Gene DiGirolamo said. The comments were made at…
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