Lower Southampton
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SCORE Bucks County Helps Local Woodworker Scale Business, Hire Staff
Andrew Barbaro was working a dead-end job as a property inspector when his wife asked him to create a cat and dog barrier from extra lumber. Little did he know that the project would change his career trajectory dramatically. A former metal fabricator, Barbaro, of Philadelphia, had always loved building things. The gate he created…
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Bucks County Parents Start Foundation to Give Back After Recent Family Tragedy
Karen and Michael Babcock, of Lower Southampton Township, are giving back after an unimaginable tragedy changed their family forever, writes Madeleine Wright for CBS News Philadelphia. The pair lost their two-year-old son, Dax, in April when a gust of wind landed a 30-foot-long tree branch down on top of him in their yard, right in front…
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Lifesaving Aid Continues to Be Shipped from the Bucks County Area to Ukraine
Bucks County continues to send help and aid to those in need in the Ukraine, even after the initial shock of their invasion has subsided. John McDevitt wrote about the international aid for KYW Newsradio. A year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Federation of America volunteers are continuing to sort, pack, and prepare…
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Southampton Company Working to Make Sure Residents Get the Proper Heating They Need for the Winter
With the winter fast approaching, one Bucks County company is working to make sure everyone gets the heating they need. Reporters at NBC10 Philadelphia recently covered the heating that will be commonplace soon. Petro Home Services, located at 650 Knowles Avenue in Southampton, is one of many heating companies working to ensure that Bucks County…
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These Bucks County Roundabouts Have Significantly Reduced Local Traffic, Accidents
With Pennsylvania utilizing more roundabouts to control traffic, two of them are in Bucks County, making commutes much easier. Dino Ciliberti wrote about the updated roads for the Bensalem Patch. The areas of Feasterville and Lower Southampton now have two of the 33 roundabouts used in the state. Over the past decade of their presence…
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This Bucks County School District Just Announced Their New Director of Pupil Services
A former education director is returning to a Bucks County school district to take on an important role for students and staff. Dr. Kevin Kane was recently named as the new Director of Pupil Services for Neshaminy School District. Before this, he served the same role in the same district from 2004 to 2011. “He…
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Southampton Middle School Collects Over 2,000 Pounds of Groceries with Local Food Bank
A middle school in the Southampton area recently worked with a food bank to feed Bucks County residents in need. Staff writers for the Lower Bucks Times wrote about the recent charitable collaboration. Klinger Middle School, a part of the Centennial School District, recently worked with the Warminster Food Bank for a “Stuff the Bus”…
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Retired Bucks County Journalist Continues Search For Living Kidney Donor
A former journalist from the Bucks County area is continuing her search for a living kidney donor so she can get a much-needed transplant. The journalist, Petra Schlatter, wrote about her search for the Lower Southampton Patch. Schlatter, a retired journalist who wrote for The Advance of Bucks County, Yardley News and BucksLocalNews.com, is looking…
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Bucks County Filmmakers Create Documentary on Philly Power Plants, Looking For Final Kickstarter Donations
Two filmmakers from the Bucks County area are wrapping up on a passion project documentary, and they are looking for the last donations before the Kickstarter ends, since the campaign is all-or-nothing if they don’t reach the goal. John Kramer and Ben Kees, two Bucks County documentarians with a love of local history, have been working…
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Bucks County Police Departments Lay Out Plans to Keep Students Safe for Upcoming School Year
Several Bucks county police departments are their police chiefs have begun to lay out their plans to keep students safe this school year. Damon C. Williams wrote about the Alcoa law enforcement’s efforts for the Bucks County Courier Times. Chiefs from police departments in New Hope Borough, Lower Southampton, Hilltown, Morrisville, Richland, and Bedminster have…
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Several Bucks County Companies Make the 2022 Inc. 5000 List for Fastest Growth
Ten Bucks County companies made the 2022 Inc. 5000 list. Ryan Mulligan wrote about the local companies that were featured in the list for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The list ranks the fastest-growing companies in the nation based on their revenue growth in the last three years. To be considered, the companies have to be…
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Peaceful Pups: Bensalem Scout Project Provides Calm Setting for Shelter Dogs
It’s not easy being a shelter dog. There’s the confusion of being removed from home, the strangeness of a new pack, a parade of curious onlookers filing by, and not a lot of 1:1 human contact (despite staff/volunteer efforts to connect as much as possible). The desire to help area dogs-in-waiting led local Girl Scout…
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Kravchenko Family Cites ‘Nonstop Prayers’ as Aiding the Escape of Adopted Son from Ukraine
A Bucks County family is now whole. Dmitry and Maryana Kravchenko were finally able to pick up their son, 16-year-old Maksym, this past weekend, rescuing him from the war in Ukraine. His parents frantic efforts and his narrow escape were reported by Peg Quann in the Bucks County Courier Times. Maksym was adopted by the…
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Sen. Robert ‘Tommy’ Tomlinson Foregoes Run for Seventh Term; Decides Instead to Retire
State Sen. Robert “Tommy” Tomlinson has announced his exit from Harrisburg. The Republican’s decision, posted on Facebook yesterday, caps nearly 30 years of service to Bucks County’s Sixth District, which covers Bensalem, Bristol, Hulmeville, Ivyland, Langhorne, Langhorne Manor, Lower Southampton, Middletown, Northampton, Penndel, Warwick, and Wrightstown. “When I look back to that first senate race…
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Adopted Teen Awaits Extraction from Ukraine to Lower Southampton Family That Fears His Wartime Inscription
Dmitriy and Maryana Kravchenko, both Ukrainian-Americans, have adopted a 16-year-old son in their homeland and were awaiting his 30-day processing time to leave the country. In the interim, however, war broke out. Their new son, Maksym, is now biding his time in a bomb shelter, awaiting authorization to come to his new, Lower Southampton home.…
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Kind Gesture from Castle’s Garden Center Leaves Popular Local Author’s Mother Speechless
Mary Johnson, mother of popular local author Maureen Johnson, was moved by a kind surprise she received from Castle’s Garden Center, a family-run garden center in Lower Southampton, writes Brock Koller for 6abc. The author, who now lives in New York City, received a call from her parents, both of whom are in their seventies.…
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