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A Visit to a Bucks County Corn Maze Is Perfect for Families Stalking a Day of Fall Fun
Looking for great fall-themed activities for families? Challenge your brain and sense of direction at a Bucks County corn maze, three of which were cited as being among the best in the area. Lori McManus navigated the options for Mommy Poppins. The corn maze at Hellerick’s Family Farm in Doylestown is designed for a good, old-fashioned,…
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It’s Apple Picking Season, and Philadelphia Magazine Says Bucks County Blossoms with Options
If apple picking is on your fall bucket list, there are several places nearby that offer a perfect setting. Bailey King harvested the best-of list for Philadelphia Magazine. Three Bucks County orchards found their place among the nine recommendations. Whether you’re going to bake them in a pie, press them into cider, smother them with…
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Yardley Açaí Fans: Prepare to Be Bowled Over by the Opening of SoBol
When local businessman Todd Stecker sought “some fulfillment” in his life, he ditched his high-paying corporate job. He instead became owner-operator of SoBol, an açaí smoothie-and-bowl shop in Yardley. Jeff Werner served up the details for Bucks Local News. SoBol’s flavor profiles lean heavily toward tropical fruits, not surprisingly. Mix-ins include granola, coconut, peanut butter,…
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AFA Real Estate Partners, Yardley, Parlays a Workaday New Jersey BJ’s into a Glitzy Las Vegas Office Building
AFA Real Estate Partners (AFA) — through its investment advisor, Apex Financial Advisors, Inc. — sold a local retail location to purchase a prime piece of commercial real estate (CRE) out west. The sale of the Maple Shade BJ’s Wholesale Warehouse enabled a 1031 exchange opportunity for AFA investors to purchase the Montecito Tower in…
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Bucks County Borough Gets a Late-August Exemption from Kitchen Duty: It’s Yardley Restaurant Week
Leave the microwaves empty and don’t bother setting the table. Your lunches and dinners can be outsourced. It’s time for the 2021 edition of Yardley Restaurant Week. Jeff Werner previewed the culinary carnival for the Bucks Local News. Yardley’s 2021 food-a-palooza, organized by Experience Yardley, runs August 16-22 in the borough’s downtown district. More than…
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Grieving Owner-Operator of Promised Land Organic Farm in Yardley Gets Help with Summer Harvest
A Yardley organic farm family, left short-handed and heavy-hearted by the passing of its matriarch, received some unexpected help with a labor-intensive task. Freda R. Savana, for the Bucks County Herald, covered the volunteers who responded to this grieving clan at Promised Land Organic Farm. Paul Hansen and his wife, Jackie, were the owner-operators of…
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Crown Holdings, Inc., Yardley, Recognized for Mitigating Environmental, Social, and Governmental Risk
Crown Holdings, Inc., of Yardley, achieved a “negligible risk” rating from Sustainalytics, a Netherlands-based corporate sustainability ratings service. The evaluation looks at corporate tactics for mitigating environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. Crown Holdings supplies protective packaging products made primarily from metal or glass. Its status in Sustainalytics’ negligible risk category is a professional recognition…
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A Notable ‘Garbage’ Pie Turned a Would-Be Broadway Star into a Pizza Master Chef
The influences that redirect a budding career are often unpredictable. Eliyahu Kheel’s transformative moment came from some “garbage” pizzas that almost ruined his wedding day. Jeff Werner for Bucks Local News covered Kheel’s lane-swap from Broadway performer to impresario at Yardley Pizza. “I got into pizza making when I had the worst pizza in my…
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Yardley Med-Tech Company’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Feeding Software Keeps Arkansas Babies’ Tummies Full
Astarte Medical, headquartered in Yardley, has closed a deal with St. Bernards Medical Center, Jonesboro, Ark., for its newborn intensive care feeding software. The high-tech system monitors neonatal nutrition, protecting some of the most vulnerable patients a health care system can treat. The capability, NICUtrition, takes part of its name from the acronym for neonatal…
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COVID-19 Blog, ‘Dear Pandemic,’ Was Yardley Nurse’s Idea for a ‘Dear Abby’-Style Forum for Health Advice
Nurse Ashley Ritter, from Yardley, spent the coronavirus lockdown looking at online information about the health crisis. There was good info out there, but there was a lot of sketchy “advice,” too. She launched a blog to cull the wheat from the chaff. Katie Fishman, MSN, reports on “Dear Pandemic,” named for the “Dear Abby”…
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Newtown-Yardley Residents Invited to Comment on the Expansion of the Delaware and Lehigh Canal Trail
An April feasibility study done for the Bucks County Planning Commission identified 11 options for giving residents in Newtown and Yardley expanded trail access. Peter Blanchard covered the proposals for the Newtown Patch. Now that the Commission has brainstormed ideas, it is turning to potential users — cyclists, runners, and stroller-pushers — to guide them.…
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Yardley’s Crown Holdings, Inc., Ranks as One of the Nation’s Top Ten Climate Change Performers
3BL Media, a content distributor promoting environmental governance, has placed Crown Holdings, Inc., on its 2021 100 Best Corporate Citizens list. The ninth-place ranking results from the company’s ongoing efforts to stem climate change. Crown is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of packaging products and equipment for consumer and industrial products. Its packaging includes steel and aluminum cans…
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Morrisville Author, Severely Burned as a Child, Wins Two International Book Awards for Her Story
As a four-year-old, Lise Deguire endured an accidental burning that covered 65 percent of her body. She recovered physically, but the emotional scars that remained affected the rest of her life. She chronicled her past in a memoir, Flashback Girl, that garnered recognition by two international competitions, reports Lisa Gage for the Yardley Patch. Deguire’s writing won the 2020…
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Bucks County Salutes its First Female Eagle Scout
Yardley’s Sarah Elizabeth Hogan now soars as an Eagle — an Eagle Scout, that is. Hogan received her official badge at a recent Court of Honor ceremony, reported Jeff Warner for Bucks Local News. Hogan entered scouting in the first grade, with her twin brother. Since their mom was den leader, Hogan participated in the activities as well. She formalized her membership in 2019 and vaulted through…
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Scootch Over, Therapy Dogs; Yardley Senior Living Facility Welcomes Therapy Dolls
Triplets were delivered to the Artis Senior Living Memory Care Facility in Yardley. The two boys and a girl were quiet, well-behaved and much loved, reports the Bucks County Courier Times. The “infants” were a lifelike set of Reborn Baby dolls donated by Carolyn Sterner of Morrisville. Sterner, who collects them, wanted to downsize her brood a bit. She offered…
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Yardley Jeweler’s Bridal Business Acumen Shines in National Publication
Instore Magazine, a nationwide trade publication for jewelers, offers tips of the trade for store owner-managers. Eileen McClelland of Instore Magazine recently covered the COVID survival tactics of Yardley jeweler Michael Kanoff. Kanoff, owner-operator of Michael’s Jewelers, cited the strength of his business plan. Its marketing allocation focused sales on the bridal specialty business. His sustained investment in advertising, he asserted, saved him from a pandemic-forced closure in 2020. He…
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Bucks County Roadrunners Club Builds Endurance by Leaps and Bounds
Ultrarunning is catching on in Bucks County. Its local popularity stems from the ruggedness of Bucks County’s local topography, a necessary component for participants. Wayne Fish caught up with a Yardley fan for the Bucks County Intelligencer. Ultrarunning uses the high-elevation trails normally traversed by hikers. The difference is that ultrarunners navigate the sharp rises and falls at top speed over long distances. Yardley resident Mike Acer, with the Bucks County Roadrunners Club, indulges every weekend. The group favors cross-river sites…
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Yardley Volunteers Nurture Mother Nature for Earth Week
A record number of volunteers — more than 40 — got out in the bright sun of an Earth Week day to spruce up Lake Afton, reports Jeff Warner of Bucks Local News. They plucked weeds, raked leaves, spread mulch and planted bushes and perennials. Notable volunteers included Yardley Borough Council President David Bria; David Appelbaum of Experience Yardley; Rich Wayne, leader of the Harvest Day…
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