TOP LOCAL News
By ED DOYLE
May 6, 2025
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A coalition of groups opposed to the Bucks County Sheriff’s Office decision to work with ICE to identify and detain undocumented immigrants is gathering at the Bucks County Justice Center in Doylestown tomorrow to protest the move and to publicly question county officials about the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Township police warned on Monday that there may have been a bear sighting in Central Park near Kids Castle.The report of the sighting, which came in at about noon on Monday, said that someone walking in the park reported seeing a “small brown animal” that looked like a ...
PHILADELPHIA, PA—A Doylestown native took first place in the 46th annual Broad Street Run over the weekend. Josh Izewski, 35, ran a time of 46 minutes and 13 seconds, nearly two minutes ahead of the runner-up and his personal best for that distance race. Izewski took an 800-meter lead early in the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Funding for the Head Start program in Bucks County got a one-month reprieve over the weekend, but the future of the program under the Trump administration remains far from certain.On May 1, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit, which administers the Head Start program in Bucks County, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Bucks County Book Fest returned to Doylestown Borough on Saturday afternoon with an event that drew hundreds to Broad Commons Park.This weekend’s event was the seventh iteration of Book Fest to come to town, but it was easily the biggest. Huge tents graced the lawn of the park on ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A local animal rescue is holding a picnic this weekend to help adopt dogs and raise money.Waiting on a Friend Animal Rescue is hosting the picnic at 3650 Cold Spring Creamery Rd. That’s the site of Maennerchor Field, which is used by the Doylestown Rugby Football Club.The $25 ticket ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Two more administrative staff from the Central Bucks School District have been placed on leave in the wake of a report detailing abusive treatment of nonverbal autistic children at Jamison Elementary.A district-wide e-mail sent Friday afternoon announced that Director of Pupil ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Borough kicked off its Concerts at the Commons music series on Thursday night, packing the huge lawn of Broad Commons Park with hundreds of people for the first of two shows this season.People with camping chairs and blankets sat on the lawn in front of a portable stage ...
NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, PA—Officials pulled six trucks off the road during inspections this week in New Britain Township, including one that tipped the scales at 160,000 pounds.On Wednesday, the Central Bucks Motor Carrier Safety Enforcement Team inspected commercial traffic along the 202 corridor, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A national organization that ranks the quality of health care organizations has given Doylestown Hospital an “A” in its latest safety ratings for the third consecutive year.The Leapfrog Group, an organization that examines the safety, quality and affordability of health care ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The doors opened this past weekend for the Bucks County Designer House & Gardens Tour, but tours for the fund-raising event for a Doylestown group will continue through the end of May.The 49th annual House & Gardens Tour raises money for the Village Improvement Association of ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Two more administrators from the Central Bucks School District have been placed on leave in the wake of a damning report that substantiated accusations of abuse against special-needs children at Jamison Elementary School.On Wednesday afternoon, the district announced that Rob ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—During last weekend’s Drug Take Back Day, Bucks County collected more than 10,000 pounds of expired or unused medications and vaping products from 48 locations across the county.More precisely, the county gathered 10,303 pounds of unused and expired medications and vaping products on ...
BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, PA—Officials released more details on Tuesday about the shooting of a motorist who crashed into a Buckingham neighborhood and terrorized its residents before being shot by a police officer on Saturday afternoon. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said that the events ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The demand for possible criminal charges against staff who abused autistic students at Jamison Elementary continued to grow this week as two prominent Bucks County Democrats on Monday called on authorities to take another look at whether the treatment of children in the school broke ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Warrington police have released data showing that red-light cameras at two major intersections along Route 611/Easton Road have led to a sharp drop in crashes.Data show that from 2023-2024, all accidents at Route 611 and Street Road fell by 15%, while “reportable ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—On Thursday night, Doylestown Borough will host the first event in a two-concert series taking place at Broad Commons Park. On May 1 at 6 p.m., the Concerts at the Commons series kicks off with a free concert featuring Mo Lowda & the Humble. The indie-rock band is based in ...
BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, PA—A man who was shot by Buckingham Township police on Saturday had chased people with a weapon in the neighborhood where his car crashed before police arrived.At about 4 p.m. on Saturday, an officer shot a man on the 4800 block of Redfield Road in Buckingham. Media reports ...
BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, PA—Authorities are investigating why Buckingham police shot a man who had been involved in a traffic accident on Saturday afternoon.Buckingham police said that on at about 4 p.m. on Saturday, an officer shot a man on the 4800 block of Redfield Road. Media reports said that two ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Two local law enforcement agencies this week weighed in on the treatment of special education children at a Central Bucks school, and both issued statements saying they have no plans to file criminal charges.A 75-page report issued on Wednesday by Disability Rights Pennsylvania, an ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks school board’s decision to suspend Superintendent Steven Yanni over allegations of abuse at Jamison Elementary School was applauded at Thursday night’s meeting, but most people made it clear that they want the district to cast a much wider net in assigning blame—and ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—An advocacy group issued a report on Wednesday that found nonverbal autistic children at Jamison Elementary School experienced abuse—and that district officials didn’t adequately report that abuse, as legally required, to the state.Disability Rights Pennsylvania, an advocacy group ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A prominent Catholic shrine in the Doylestown area will hold a mass this weekend for Pope Francis, who died earlier this week.The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa on Ferry Road will hold the mass at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 26. Francis, who served as the Pope for 12 ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Borough has created an interactive map to help residents and visitors alike find everything from shops and restaurants to events and parking spots.Because the map is web-based, you don’t need to download an app to use it. A version that’s easy to view on smaller screens ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Three Central Bucks high school seniors have won scholarships in the first round of awards from the National Merit Scholarship program.Here are the three Central Bucks students who won:Ayooluwa Joshua Popoola, a senior at CB South, won a scholarship sponsored by Motorola Solutions.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Borough Council on Monday night weighed in on the debate about what to do with its two elementary schools when it unanimously passed a resolution calling for both to remain open.Until recently, the Central Bucks School District had considered closing Linden and Doyle ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Four sophomores from Delaware Valley University participated in a “dairy challenge” in Florida earlier this month to show off their knowledge of the inner workings of dairy farms.Students from about 260 colleges and universities from the U.S. and Canada participated in the North ...
BUCKS COUNTY, PA—Two Central Bucks police departments are celebrating officers graduating from a prestigious school that gives police training in leadership and management. The following two officers graduated from the latest class of the Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and ...
NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, PA—New Britain Township police are looking for a porch pirate who struck a neighborhood near Limekiln Pike and Upper State Road last week.On April 18 at about 3:30 p.m., a suspect left a black sedan parked on Far View Road and stole a package that contained on iPhone that had ...
BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, PA—A local group that provides services for Bucks County cancer patients and their caregivers is giving area residents a chance to pamper themselves while raising money for a great cause—and it’s looking for local businesses that want to join the effort.Kin Wellness and ...