TOP LOCAL News
By ED DOYLE
January 6, 2026
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Elected officials—many of them Democrats—were sworn in to their offices on Monday as the results of a blue wave in last year’s elections trickled down to boroughs and townships in the Doylestown area and the “row offices” of Bucks County.In Pennsylvania, municipalities traditionally ...
HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA—Easton Road in Horsham Township is closed because of a fire at Clayton’s Hunting & Indoor Range south of County Line Road.The fire, which broke out on Monday afternoon, called in fire departments including Doylestown Fire Company No. 1. The business reported on social media ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A fight on North Main Street just after midnight on Dec. 27 has left one man in prison for fighting with a police officer and the police looking for another man for questioning in the incident.A police officer arrived at about 12:13 a.m. and tried to separate two men who were ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A 48-year-old Warrington woman has been charged for hitting a shopper standing behind her in the checkout line at a dollar store just before Christmas.Warrington police said that on Dec. 20, 2025, Darlene Heather Godshall was in the checkout line at the Dollar Tree at 1380 ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Main St., a local nonprofit formed to help breast cancer patients, raised $130,000 in 2025 that it will give to several organizations in Bucks County.The money will be used for services that include cold capping or scalp cooling to reduce hair loss from chemotherapy, out-of-pocket ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Several police agencies gathered on Friday to thank departing Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn for her service on Friday as she heads to a new role with the state.Schorn, who served as the county’s DA for two years, lost her election for a full term last November. She ...
WARWICK TOWNSHIP, PA—Two local fire companies started off 2026 by giving a senior horse a lift—literally—on New Year’s Day.The Warwick Township Fire Company No. 1 and the Midway Fire Company were called to a barn on Thursday morning in Warwick Township to help Snickers, 30, get back on his four ...
NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, PA—Route 152 in New Britain and Hilltown townships will be closed on weekdays during the week of Jan. 5 for a pipe replacement.The section of road between Hilltown Pike and Business U.S. 202/Butler Pike will be closed from Jan. 5-9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. During the closure, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Hospital welcomed its first baby of 2026 at exactly midnight with the arrival of little Henry Schamp, who weighed 8 lbs., 9 oz. and measured 20.5”.The boy was born to parents Sarah and Ryan Schamp of Ambler at the VIA Maternity Center at Penn Medicine Doylestown Health.
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A Doylestown man who crashed into another car at an Easton Road intersection in the middle of the day has been charged with driving under the influence and a long list of other offenses.Warrington police said that on Dec. 6 at about 1 p.m., Timothy Joseph Gorski, 45, failed ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Bucks County office that administers real estate transactions is warning residents to be wary of marketing materials that try to trick consumers into thinking they’re official correspondence.In a Facebook post, the Bucks County Recorder of Deeds published a sample of a direct ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—A man who worked for years in fast food restaurants in Plumsteadville and Doylestown has been charged with giving his teenage male employees alcohol and drugs in an attempt to groom them.Plumstead police said that on April 1, 2025, they received a ChildLine report alleging ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Doylestown Historical Society will host a lecture on a famous general and lawyer from the 1800s who called Doylestown his home. General W.W. Hart Davis, who local historians view as “the patron saint of Doylestown,” was born in Upper Southampton but lived half of his life in ...
NORTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A bridge on Route 232/Second Street Pike will close for most of January next week.The bridge over Neshaminy Creek on Second Street Pike between Twining Road and Sacketts Ford Road is scheduled to close Jan. 6-30, 2025. The bridge, which was built in 1936, carries an average ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission has given $4 million in grants to 177 museums and other cultural institutions around the state. Ten Bucks County organizations received a total of more than $170,000.Here are the grants made to cultural institutions in Buck ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Foundations Community Partnership awarded $197,300 in grants to 30 non-profit organizations serving Bucks County. The group included 18 Bucks Innovation and Improvement Grants and 12 Capital Improvement Grants.Innovation and Improvement Grants recognize innovative programs and ideas ...
BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, PA—The Buckingham Township Police Department has added three new police officers to its ranks and promoted one from sergeant to lieutenant.Officer Emma Reese graduated from the Allentown Police Academy on Dec.12, 2025, where she was awarded the Tracy Szoke Memorial 110% Effort ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A Warrington man has been charged with possessing child sexual abuse material on at least one electronic device.Around Nov. 19, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Warrington police received a notice that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Borough has created a climate action plan that calls for the town to slash its greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2050.The borough’s Environmental Advisory Council has been working with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Penn State University to ...
Editor's note: Due to the threat of inclement weather, the Mercer Museum will be closing at 4 p.m. on Dec. 26 and the Kwanzaa celebration planned for that afternoon has been canceled. Visitors to the Mercer Museum can still view the Kinara, a seven-branch candelabra used in Kwanzaa celebrations, in ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—Plumstead Township is receiving nearly $400,000 in grants for its police and fire departments to upgrade their equipment.The Plumsteadville Volunteer Fire Company will use a $250,000 grant to buy a ladder truck, which will help the department restore vital aerial firefighting ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks School District is asking for community feedback as it opens the search for a new superintendent.The district fired the previous superintendent, Steven Yanni, in October over his handling of the abuse of nonverbal autistic students at Jamison Elementary School.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—After seeing a hefty hike in real estate taxes for the last two years, Doylestown Township residents will see their tax bill jump about $10 per year for an average property in 2026. The raise is part of the township’s 2026 budget, which projects bringing in $17.9 million in revenues ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Three cultural institutions in Doylestown received hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money from the state of Pennsylvania to upgrade their facilities, from improving how artwork is displayed to protecting acreage from being developed.The grants were announced by the offices ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—There’s nothing like a group of Santas and elves walking the street less than two weeks before Christmas to get peoples’ attention. That proved to be the case on Saturday night as a Santa Crawl made its annual pilgrimage to four bars in Doylestown.The group of about 50 included ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Bucks County taxes are going up 8% in 2026.The Bucks County Commissioners approved a $517 million budget for next year that included a $16.4 million deficit. To close the gap, the commissioners increased the 2026 rate by 2.2 mills, from 27.45 mills in 2025 to 29.65 mills in ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Thursday night will be the last of three Holly Jolly Sip and Stroll nights in Doylestown featuring live holiday music and carolers, selfie stations, photo opportunities and special promotions inside participating stores.The event will give shoppers a chance to participate in a ...
DUBLIN, PA—A church in Dublin, Pa., will transform itself into the town of Bethlehem on the first Christmas Eve as part of its bi-annual live nativity this weekend.Living Hope Community Church on Route 313 bills the event as a “walkthrough drama experience” that engages all five senses. Visitors ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Borough will host an outdoor Hanukkah celebration on Sunday at a busy intersection.The event will run Dec. 21 from 1-3 p.m. at the corner West State and Hamilton Streets, in front of the giant dreidel. The event is also next to Santa’s Cottage.The party will feature ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown’s Borough Council on Monday night passed a new budget that will hike taxes and the costs of water and parking in the borough, but the increases are all relatively small. Here’s a review of the increases:Real estate taxes. To pay for a huge increase in the town’s share of ...