TOP LOCAL News
By ED DOYLE
April 20, 2025
DOYLESTOWN, PA—When A-Day returns to Delaware Valley University this weekend, the school will be celebrating the event’s 75th anniversary with a look back at its history and with new events like goat cuddling.The three-day event, which runs from April 25-27, is expected to draw more than 10,000 ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A Bucks County court program that aims to keep adults with substance abuse and mental health issues out of prison has received national recognition.The Bucks County treatment courts have been named a National Mentor Court for three years. It’s one of only 10 court programs in the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Bucks County Book Fest rolls into Doylestown the first weekend of May with three days of events that aim to connect readers, authors and book lovers. The festival is made up of three events:The Books ‘n Brew event will take place on the night of Friday, May 2, at three locations: ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A local group will hold its fourth anti-Trump rally this year in front of the old courthouse in Doylestown on Saturday.The Doylestown Action League, a group that was founded earlier this year, will hold a rally at Court and Main streets on Saturday, April 19, from 3-5 p.m. The group ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—A herd of cows that wandered off a Plumstead dairy farm was mostly home by Wednesday afternoon after wandering about three miles away.About 25 cows made a break for it sometime between Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning from their farm on Worthington Road in Plumstead ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—While construction on the new recreation center in Central Park is chugging along, the new indoor bathrooms won’t be ready in time for the summer concert series held at Central Park.Township officials got that bad news at a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Warrington police arrested a man they said has a bad habit of showing up at an Easton Road laundromat while “highly intoxicated.”On March 24, police were called to a possible overdose at TNT Laundromat at 1111 Easton Road. That’s where they found 34-year-old Oscar Perez of ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Police arrested a 40-year-old woman from Delaware County at her workplace after they say she rear-ended a car near Easton Road late last year and took off.Warrington police said that on Dec. 18, 2024, Michelle O’Toole of Morton rear-ended a car near Easton Road and Valley ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks School District has found a replacement for a high-level official who is retiring this year.In an announcement on the district’s website, the district said that Helen Sclama Zaleski is the “finalist candidate” to serve as the next assistant superintendent for ...
BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, PA—The Buckingham police have received a grant to purchase technology that will allow the department to update the body cameras its officers wear.On Monday, State Sen. Steve Santarsiero and State Rep. Tim Brennan presented Buckingham Township and its police department with a ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Warrington police have charged a 40-year-old Ivyland man with damaging a car and flashing a gun after a minor accident.Police said that on March 13, an accident at County Line and Easton roads escalated when Michael Gleeson got out of his car and punched the other vehicle’s ...
BUCKINGHAM TOWNSHIP, PA—Buckingham police are alerting residents that high school seniors will soon be playing a game in which they try to “assassinate” each other using water guns.The police are not only warning residents that they might see young people sneaking around with water guns that can ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—Burnt House Hill Road will be closed for several days beginning on Thursday, April 17.The section of the road between Point Pleasant Pike and Old Oak Road will be closed on Thursday April 17, Friday April 18, and Monday April 21 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Only local traffic will ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—About 300 kids descended on Broad Commons Park on Sunday morning for Doylestown Borough’s second annual Easter Egg Hunt for their chance to scoop up some of the thousands of plastic eggs scattered across the park’s field.Separate Easter Egg Hunts were held for three groups of ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks School District is considering pausing the planned renovations of eight of its elementary schools because of economic uncertainty resulting from the Trump administration’s on-again, off-again tariffs and talk of a looming recession.At a meeting of the school ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—A Florida man has been arrested for defrauding a 77-year-old Plumstead woman out of $45,000 of an insurance payout after promising to protect her from scammers.Plumstead police said that in October 2023, Kerry Matthew Sherian-Werner of Sunrise, Fla., took the money, promising ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Warrington police have arrested a 67-year-old Lansdale man in the 2016 assault of a minor.Police charged Gary R. McCunney with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and the corruption of minors. The charges stem from an ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—Plumstead Township police have identified the suspect who broke into the Jersey Mike’s Subs on St. Patrick’s Day as a 17-year-old who used to work at the sandwich shop.Just before midnight on March 17, Plumstead police were called to the store in Cross Keys Place off of Route ...
NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, PA—A former Philadelphia Eagle has expanded his real estate business by purchasing a shopping center in Chalfont.Brent Celek, a tight end with the Birds from 2007 through 2017, recently bought Chalfont Village Shopping Center, a 12-unit complex on Butler Avenue. Property ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Doylestown VFW this week gave its Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award to a Plumstead Township police officer who helped prevent a woman from jumping off a highway overpass last year.During a meeting of its Explorers Post 5708 on Tuesday, the Doylestown Post 175 Veterans of ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Three men, including one from Buckingham, were charged for their role in the sex trafficking and sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl from Bucks County.The Bucks County District Attorney announced on Tuesday morning that Zachary Lee McCauley, 29, of Louisville, Ky., was charged with ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—When school starts in the fall at CB West High School, students have a school resource officer (SRO) on campus. But instead of the sheriff’s deputy who has been there for nearly two school years, they’ll see an officer from the local police department.The current school resource ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—The Plumstead Township police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 36-year-old man who has been missing since last week.Christopher Ashley was last seen near Curly Hill Road in Pipersville on April 3 at about 10 a.m. He left his home driving a dark blue 2019 ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A 56-year-old Doylestown man police said was behind the borough’s shelter-in-place order on Sunday afternoon was arrested without incident and is in jail.On Monday, the Central Bucks Regional Police Department released more details on the Sunday incident. Police said they received a ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Borough rang in opening day of the 2025 trout season at Chapman Park on Saturday morning with its annual fishing derby.The weather was cool and a little wet, but that didn’t stop anglers from trying to catch some of the 1,200 trout that had been stocked in the pond in late ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Borough officials lifted a shelter-in-place order on Sunday afternoon after arresting an armed individual barricaded in a residence.At about 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, the Central Bucks Regional Police Department announced that an armed subject barricaded in a residence had been ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Borough joined an estimated 1,200 other U.S. towns and cities that saw “Hands Off” rallies protest Trump administration policies on Saturday.The event in the borough was organized by the Doylestown Action League, a community group that was created last month. Community ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown’s American Legion Post will hold a pancake breakfast this weekend.The event will be held at the Albert J. Atkinson Jr. American Legion Post 210 at 315 North St. on Sunday, April 6, from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The menu will feature all-you-can eat pancakes, scrambled eggs, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown’s newest apartment complex on North Broad Street officially opened on Thursday afternoon, and hundreds of people showed up for a look inside.The 235-unit complex, which is officially called 333 North Broad Street, has been going up for the last several years. It’s on the ...
Editor's note: We've updated the following events where necessary because of weather-related changes.DOYLESTOWN, PA—Where can you find an Easter Egg Hunt in the Doylestown area?Doylestown Borough is holding its second annual Easter Egg Hunt on April 12 in Broad Commons Park, but the free event ...