TOP LOCAL News
By ED DOYLE
January 28, 2025
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Borough is getting nearly $6 million, most of it in the form of a grant, to remove “forever chemicals” from the wells where the town gets its public water.Large tanks that use carbon to filter out PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) will be installed in three of the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Bucks County Drug & Alcohol Commission is asking Bucks County residents to complete surveys the agency can use to help prevent substance abuse and problem gambling. The anonymous surveys are part of a process used by the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Multiple water pipe problems in Doylestown on Monday left several businesses out of water and motorists facing detours.Borough officials announced a water main break on West State Street around noon near McCaffrey’s Food Market. Detours shut down that block of the road for most of ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown residents will get a chance two world-class guitar players this weekend—and get a sneak peek of an iconic borough building that is rarely open to the public.On Saturday, Feb. 1, at 3 p.m., Doylestown Masonic Lodge will hold the first of two concerts held by the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks Regional Police Department recently presented a check for $1,333 to Easterseals Eastern Pennsylvania that its officers raised during No Shave November last fall.Corporal Sean Tropiano made a surprise visit to the organization’s headquarters to deliver the check. The ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns in the Doylestown area for the week of Jan. 25, 2025.In Buckingham Township, Cold Spring Creamery Road North between Marlard Lane and Burnt House Hill Road will have a single-lane closure for a utility installation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks School District will launch a series of town hall meetings beginning next week to get community feedback about the future of three its elementary schools: Doyle, Kutz and Linden.The first of the meetings will be held on Jan. 30 at CB West High School at 7 p.m. A ...
NEW HOPE, PA—The New Hope-Lambertville Bridge reopened to car traffic headed into Pennsylvania yesterday.The bridge, which is officially known as the New Hope-Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge, reopened to Pennsylvania-bound traffic shortly after noon on Thursday, Jan. 23. That was four days ahead ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A Doylestown man was charged with assaulting a female in a car after she was heard yelling for help on Easton Road in Warrington Township.Police said that on Jan. 22, they received a report of a woman yelling for help on the 900 block of Easton Road, near the intersection of ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Plans to build a 124-unit apartment complex for senior citizens on the vacant lot near York Road and Route 313 were back on the table Tuesday night at the Board of Supervisors meeting.Preliminary plans for the 15-acre property were approved by the township in 2020. Those plans show a ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Warrington police made arrests this month in two cases where out-of-state shoplifters worked in groups to steal from township stores. Here’s a look at the two incidents.Wegmans: January 2025Police this week arrested three shoplifting suspects they said tried to steal $550 of ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks School District is going to take another look at charges that a non-verbal special-needs child was abused by staff at an elementary school and that the abuse was then covered up by the district.The allegations were made at the school board’s Jan. 16 meeting. A group ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Warrington police have arrested a man they say admitted to stealing nearly 300 pairs of sunglasses from a LensCrafters in the township while he was an employee.Police said that Kenneth Gibson, 41, of Philadelphia told them that he had stolen 280 pairs of sunglasses worth ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks Regional Police Department swore in its newest K-9 team this week with the addition of K-9 Officer Granite and his handler, Officer Kyle Maloney. At the team’s swearing-in on Jan. 20 at the Police Commission meeting, Chief Karl Knott expressed gratitude to The ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A multi-vehicle accident on Tuesday morning closed a busy Doylestown Township intersection on Tuesday morning.Doylestown police reported that the accident at the intersection of Limekiln Road and Sandy Ridge Road left a downed utility pole and wires.The police warned that the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Borough is hosting a seminar later this month to help business owners prepare for natural disasters.The presentation, which will be held on Jan. 30 at Doylestown’s Borough Hall, is being offered by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. The meeting is free and will ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Doylestown area received 3” to 4” of snow throughout the day on Sunday ahead of a cold front that will plunge the area into frigid temperatures for much of the week.With forecasts calling for up to 8”, several Central Bucks municipalities issued a snow emergency. Doylestown ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—As the owner of Doylestown’s newest cheesesteak shop, Steaks on State, Jackie Stover has a goal: She wants to make the spot, which was until last year known as Coaches Steak & Hoagie House, a destination for cheesesteak aficionados.Stover knows a thing or two about steaks. For ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns in the Doylestown area for the week of Jan. 18, 2025.In Buckingham Township, Cold Spring Creamery Road North between Marlard Lane and Burnt House Hill Road will have a single-lane closure for a utility installation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A music series returns to Henry Mercer’s old tile factory next weekend with two acts from the area.The “Night of Song” music series returns to the TileWorks next weekend with two acts: Dirty Dollhouse and Greg Sover.Dirty Dollhouse, which is led by Newtown’s Chelsea Mitchell, merges ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Last night’s meeting of the Central Bucks school board was rocked by allegations that the district covered up the abuse of a nonverbal special-needs child who his father said was treated “worse than an animal.”The child at the center of the allegations is the son of school board ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—Plumstead police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a porch pirate who struck a home this week.The police released a Ring video taken at 8:24 a.m. on Jan. 16 that shows a man walking down a home’s long driveway carrying a white bag that looks like it could be a ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Warrington police this week caught up with a man they say was part of a group of six people who worked together to steal more than $1,000 of merchandise from the Wegmans.Police said that on Oct. 28, 2024, six suspects took seven shopping carts of merchandise out of the ...
JAMISON, PA—The Middle Bucks Institute of Technology (MBIT) has received an $85,000 grant to buy new welding equipment to help students develop advanced skills in automation and manufacturing.The money, which is coming from the Career and Technical Education Equipment Grant program, was announced ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown is getting a new bar this weekend, but the setting is unlike any other in the borough. That’s because at this new bar, patrons can take their drink and play some golf or bowl just a few steps away.The Main Sip Bar & Lounge will open on Friday evening on the third floor ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A 64-year-old Warrington man allegedly plowed into the back of a police car last week, injuring the officer and getting himself charged with driving under the influence.On Jan. 5 at about 5:48 p.m., the officer was sitting in his car at the intersection of Street Road and ...
DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA—Doylestown Township police are warning residents that an old scam with a new twist is making the rounds.An alert from the department said that scammers are sending e-mails to residents containing the resident’s name, address and phone number. The e-mail says that the scammer ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown is celebrating Martin Luther King Day with several ways to serve. Here are four organizations celebrating the holiday with service-oriented events this year.Doylestown Presbyterian Church will hold its Day of Service at DPC from 10 a.m. to noon on Jan. 20. The day will ...
NEW BRITAIN BOROUGH, PA—Police have issued arrest warrants for two men they saw were part of a larger group that passed counterfeit $100 bills at a pizzeria in New Britain Borough in December.The Central Bucks Regional Police Department are looking for Rogelio Belisar Cerda Vera, 40, of Newburgh, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—More than 10 Doylestown organizations were among the 53 groups sharing a total of $600,000 in grants from the Bucks County Tourism Grant Program.The program is a collaboration between Bucks County and the organization Visit Bucks County that aims to boost tourism in the area. Grants ...