TOP LOCAL News
By ED DOYLE
September 4, 2025
DOYLESTOWN, PA—When professional cyclists hit the streets of Doylestown on Sunday for the Bucks County Classic, some of the top talent from the world will be in the race.For a preview of the professional races taking place on Sunday, we talked to Doylestown resident Brian Boger, CEO of the Bike ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Bucks County Classic, a combination of bike racing for amateurs and pros, returns to Doylestown on Sunday, Sept. 7, on the second day of the Doylestown Arts Festival.The race is actually a series of races held on the streets of Doylestown. The action begins on Sunday, Sept. 8, at ...
BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, PA—A fire at a metals scrap yard caused closures and delays on Route 611 north of Doylestown on Wednesday afternoon as multiple fire companies battled what was called a “rubbish fire.”The fire took place at 611 Metals on Route 611 between Quarry Road and Deep Run Road next to ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—When the Doylestown Arts Festival returns this weekend for its 34th annual show, it will feature more artists, more bands, more food and—for the first time—a beer garden.The festival, which will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6, and Sunday, Sept. 7, is the anchor event ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown’s Broad Commons Park will once again be filled with live music and food trucks on Thursday night for the continuation of the borough’s Concerts at the Commons music series.This week’s show will feature two bands. Big Boy Brass is a Lancaster-based brass band that blends ...
JAMISON, PA—A Jamison father is in the national news and being hailed as a hero after rescuing a boy wandering on the track of a monorail at Hersheypark over the weekend in a video that went viral. In the video, which was taken around 5 p.m. on Saturday, a young boy can be seen walking on the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A 1980s dance band will take to the stage in Doylestown Township’s Central Park this week as part of the Thompson Performing Arts Summer Concert Series.On Wednesday night, ‘80s Revolution will bring its high-energy mix of dance sounds from the 1980s. Expect to hear songs from artists ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Two of the three Central Bucks high school football teams won their games in week two of the 2025 season, but the reigning CB South Titans, the Suburban One League National Conference champions, were not one of them.In their home opener, the CB West Bucks beat the Upper Dublin ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The desk where musical theater history was made returned to its former home in Doylestown last week.While the standing desk may look like an ordinary piece of furniture, it was used by Oscar Hammerstein II to write many of his famous musicals. The musical theater legend penned many ...
NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, PA—The man charged with breaking into CB West High School earlier in August has now been charged with breaking into the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa on Ferry Road the night before.Albert McLaughlin, 47, of Doylestown was allegedly found in the basement of ...
NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, PA—New Britain Township police are warning residents to beware of a scam involving people from “the water company” who say they need access to your home to look for water leaks or investigate high levels of water use.The callers claim to represent the North Wales Water ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Township has begun its paving work and announced the dates and locations where work will take place over the next two weeks. Here’s an overview of the township’s milling and paving schedule:MillingThursday, Aug. 28: East Butler (start Shady Retreat).Friday, Aug.29: Shady ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Police in Bucks County are teaming up with District Attorney Jennifer Schorn to crack down on impaired and aggressive driving through the long Labor Day weekend.The initiative is part of the national "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" and "Drive High, Get a DUI" campaign. The campaign ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A section of East Butler Avenue in Doylestown near the intersection of Route 611 will be closed on Thursday, Aug. 28.An announcement from the Doylestown Township Police Department said that the road between Burpee Road and Route 202 will be closed for unspecified work. Parking will ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A local group that raises awareness about ovarian cancer and honors survivors and victims of the disease is looking for volunteers who can help “turn the town teal” this weekend in Doylestown.The group behind the event named “Turn the Towns Teal” has the support of Doylestown ...
NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, PA—One of the country’s oldest festivals celebrating Polish culture returns to the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa on Labor Day weekend and the following weekend.Over five days, the Polish American Family Festival and Country Fair will celebrate all things Polish with live ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Progress on the makeover of the Barn Plaza shopping center on Route 611 continues with a new restaurant opening this week on the site of the old Applebee’s Grill + Bar.On Thursday morning, a new Chipotle Mexican Grill will open in the shopping center. The building will eventually ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A 23-year-old Doylestown man was arrested for punching another person in the face after an altercation at a local bar.On Aug. 22, Patrick Stan Kulikowski and another patron were told to leave Maxwell’s on Main (MOMs) by employees after getting into an argument. Police said that after ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Warrington police last month arrested a man they said fled to a nearby hotel after being involved in a hit-and-run accident.On July 15, police responding to Route 611/Easton Road and Titus Avenue found a disabled vehicle in the intersection. They were told that a silver ...
BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, PA—When the CB East football team played its home opener on Friday night, the team took a moment to acknowledge a graduate and former player who died three years ago—and to help his family raise awareness about the cancer that killed him.Connor Boyle had just graduated from CB ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—For the second year in a row, the Tileworks will host the Bucks County Renaissance Faire on Labor Day weekend.The fair, which will take place from Saturday, Aug. 30 through Monday, Sept. 1, will feature more entertainment, more vendors and more entertainment than last year’s event.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Township’s summer music series offers two shows this week—one of them a special Tuesday night concert highlighting hits from the ‘60s and ’70s—as part of the Thompson Performing Arts Summer Concert Series.The special show on Tuesday night, a makeup of a show canceled by ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The opening week of high school football saw exciting action, but two of the three Central Bucks teams ultimately lost their season openers. Here’s a roundup of scores from Friday night’s games.The CB West Bucks lost their season opener in an away game against the Easton Red Rovers.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—In continued fallout from the abuse of special-needs children at Jamison Elementary School, the Central Bucks School District fired its director of pupil services at Thursday night’s school board meeting.Alyssa Wright had worked in the position for just over four years. She was ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A state senator’s annual tour of roadwork hot spots highlighted several locations in the Central Bucks area earlier this month.State Sen. Steve Santarsiero hosted PennDOT employees on a county-wide look at some major roadwork projects. “Every year on the road tour,” Santarsiero said, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Fonthill Castle in Doylestown is bringing back the annual Fonthill Castle Beer Fest on Saturday to raise money.The fundraiser, which will run from 2-5 p.m., supports education, community programs and conservation efforts at the National Historic Landmark site. Participants will ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks School District held a hearing on Tuesday and Wednesday to make a case for firing its superintendent and a principal for their handling of abuse of nonverbal autistic children at Jamison Elementary School. The hearing focused on the roles that Superintendent Steven ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—CB East High School placed No. 36 of all Pennsylvania high schools on a new list from U.S. News & World Report, beating out the other two Central Bucks schools.CB East ranked No. 27 in the Philadelphia metro area and No. 1,111 in the publication’s national ranking. It ranked 264 ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A new music festival returns to Doylestown this weekend for its second year after nearly being put out of business in the spring of 2024.The festival, known as BucksMont Bonzeroo, began life as Perkasie PorchFest in 2022. In 2024, less a month before that year’s event was supposed to ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Several Central Bucks municipalities are urging residents to turn off or reduce outdoor lighting in the overnight hours to help migrating bird populations.The “Lights Out” initiative asks residents to reduce the impact of outdoor lighting from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. now through Nov. 15 ...