TOP LOCAL News
By ED DOYLE
February 6, 2026
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Michener Art Museum next week will open a new exhibit featuring by the author of the classic children’s book, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.”The exhibit will display illustrations by Eric Carle, who published “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” in 1969. The book went on to sell more ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Doylestown Historical Society will hold a lecture exploring the role that fashion and the textile industry played in the Revolutionary War.“The Threads of Revolution” will be presented by local historian Nicole Frederick. She’ll examine how 1700s fashion trends and the textile ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks School District is holding a wellness fair later this month featuring a presentation on mental health and a chance to talk with representatives from more than 60 organizations that focus on wellness.The free event will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at 6 p.m.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Simply Fresh by McCaffrey's will relocate next year to the store that is currently home to Weis Markets.The new location for McCaffrey’s and the closing of Weiss have been rumored for months, but McCaffrey’s made the move official today when it told employees that the new store will ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Pennsylvania is one step closer to banning cell phones in classrooms with the passage of a bill that would create a “bell-to-bell ban” that would keep the devices out of students’ hands while they’re in school.“Our classrooms should be places for learning, not constant ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Bucks County SPCA has a new officer who will investigate claims of animal neglect and cruelty and prosecute crimes.Kalah Ingle was sworn in as the organization’s Humane Society Police Officer on Jan. 30, 2026, at the Bucks County Justice Center. Ingle joined the Bucks County SPCA ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Delaware Valley University has received a $100,000 grant from one of the nation’s biggest poultry producers to help build a new state-of-the-art poultry science center on its Doylestown campus.The gift came from the Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, a charitable arm of ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—PennDOT has announced that it will begin repairing potholes beginning Feb. 2, 2026. The repairs are part of a broader effort to fix 39 state roadways in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties.Here are the roads in Bucks County that will be affected:U.S.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—What are the top issues that Central Bucks residents want to see a new superintendent for its school district tackle in the first year on the job?According to the results of a survey posted online by the district and completed by 800-plus people, more than 600 survey respondents ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A local victim services unit has received a boost in the form of a grant to offer more and better services to victims of crime.The Central Bucks Regional Police Department recently received a three-year $425,560 grant for its multi-jurisdictional victim services unit. The department ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—With frigid temperatures expected to last into the foreseeable future, Bucks County has extended its Code Blue through Feb. 12, 2026.Here are the details of the shelters in the county:Central Bucks (co2ssh.org)Doylestown Presbyterian Church (Andrew’s Hall)125 Mechanic ...
NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP—A part-time instructional assistant and coach who worked in the Council Rock School District—and possibly other school districts—is facing charges of soliciting and possessing child sexual abuse material.The Central Bucks District Attorney’s Office said that Charles Lucas ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A Langhorne couple is in trouble after police say they found canisters of nitrous oxide labeled “Whip It” in their car—and then skipped a preliminary hearing with a judge.On Nov. 13, 2025, police noticed a “suspicious” vehicle parked at the Sparta gas station on Easton Road ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A 55-year-old man who police say admitted killing his elderly parents in their Churchville home and then killing his 53-year-old sister is facing multiple charges of criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse, terroristic threats, and recklessly endangering another person along with other ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A high-school senior from CB West has passed away after battling a terminal illness.Owen McQuillan, 18, died on Monday after battling neurofibromatosis, a disorder that causes noncancerous tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body. The disease typically affects skin, the brain and ...
NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A man suspected of killing his elderly parents and sister in their Churchville home has not been charged with murder, but the Bucks County District Attorney plans to discuss the results of an investigation and possible charges at a Wednesday afternoon press ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—The Amazon Fresh store in Warrington is closing, a casualty of Amazon’s decision to close all the stores to focus more on its Whole Foods chain and on grocery delivery services.In a press release on Tuesday, Amazon said that some of the Amazon Fresh stores would be converted ...
BUCKINGHAM, PA—Buckingham Township has received a $2.4 million grant to clean forever chemicals out of its well water.The township will use the grant from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) to scrub forever chemicals like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks School District will close its buildings for the second day in a row this week following a big snowstorm, but that doesn’t mean that students get the day off. They’ll instead have a “flexible instructional day” and work from home.Beginning last year, the district ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The third snowstorm of the season was the biggest, dropping nearly a foot on the Doylestown area on Jan. 25, 2026.The storm was predicted to possibly bring more than a foot of snow—a lot more, according to some forecasts—but it turned into a mix of ice and snow a little after noon in ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Central Bucks schools will be closed on Monday, Jan. 26, with a snowstorm expected to drop about a foot of snow and ice. But the question on the minds of students and parents is whether the district is giving a real snow day or requiring that students work virtually from home.Because ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—With temperatures predicted to drop into the single digits and the arrival of a major winter storm possibly dropping 12-plus inches of snow on the area, Bucks County is calling a Code Blue and opening its shelters from Saturday through the end of the month.It’s the second time in ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—As a big weekend storm inches closer, more municipalities are declaring snow emergencies—and issuing guidance on leaving vehicles parked on streets and cleanup.Forecasts are still changing, but areas north of Philadelphia may get up to 18 inches of snow beginning late Saturday or ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—In anticipation of a major winter storm expected to impact much of the country this weekend, Doylestown Township has officially declared a snow emergency effective immediately and until further notice.The emergency order, which took effect at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, said that because ...
WARWICK TOWNSHIP, PA—Warwick Township swore in its newest Chief of Police earlier this week.Jon Ogborn has worked his way through the ranks of the Warwick Police Department after joining 26 years ago. Ogborn served as Deputy Chief for a year and currently serves as Deputy Commander of Bucks ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A Horsham woman was arrested at a Warrington gas station on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine.On Dec. 20, 2025, at a little before 11 p.m., police said they observed “suspicious activity” involving four people in two vehicles at the Sunoco gas station on the corner of ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Warrington police charged a man who allegedly confessed to dumping his roommate’s dog in a park and abandoning it.Warrington police said that on Dec. 26, the dog’s owner told them that while he was hospitalized for a medical issue earlier in the month, his roommate was ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Township may make it easier for residents to build accessory apartments and similar structures on their properties.At a Tuesday night meeting of the township’s Board of Supervisors, township officials asked staff to propose a new ordinance that would make it easier for ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Warrington police tracked down and arrested a woman they say left a four-month-old in her car while she shopped. On Jan. 10, police say that Tina Chiara Decarla, 42, went into the Easton Road Walmart at 3:55 p.m. A witness who noticed an infant in the front seat of the car and called ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—With the demolition of the movie theater at the Barn Plaza nearly done, a slate of new retailers has signed leases for the space, including stores like Pottery Barn and Williams Sonoma and well-known restaurant chains like Shake Shack.The movie theater will be replaced by nearly ...