TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO DOYLESTOWN STAFF
September 22, 2024
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns in the Doylestown area for the week of Sept. 22, 2024.In Bedminster Township, Route 313/South Dublin Pike will have a lane closure between High Street and Chelfield Road for utility pole replacements from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The work is ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—In week 5 of high school football, the Central Bucks South Titans beat their district rival CB West, advancing to a 5-0 record and winning the school district’s CB Cup. The award goes to the team that beats the other two district football teams.Friday night’s game, which was played ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A 38-year-old Bristol woman was arrested and charged for her alleged role this week in an assault at the Bucks County Parking Garage.The Central Bucks Regional Police said that on Sept. 17, Tina Marie Dale attempted to verbally engage with a person she knew at the parking garage, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Delaware Valley University has received a grant to preserve two films from the mid-1900s that provide a glimpse of life at the school when it was known as the National Agricultural College.The films record the school’s rapid growth following the Great Depression and World War II. The ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A union that staffs Bucks County services like 911, Neshaminy Manor nursing home and the Bureau of Children and Youth Services is going on strike on Friday to protest a lack of a contract and what officials say are cuts in health care benefits. More than 300 workers with SEIU Local ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Warrington Township is stepping up its efforts to increase safety on its busy roads by creating a new traffic safety unit.In addition to conducting traffic studies, the new unit will enforce speed zones using two types of vehicle-tracking technology:ROBIC timers will allow ...
Editor's note: A representative from the Trump campaign confirmed on Thursday afternoon that the former president has canceled his visit to The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa scheduled for this Sunday.NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, PA—Is he coming or isn’t he? On Thursday, a report from the ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A Warrington man has been charged with providing liquor to teenagers for a party at his house this summer while he was home.On Aug. 1, Warrington police responded to Scarlet Oak Drive for the report of an underage drinking party. Police found teenagers, most of them between ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A national organization has named Doylestown Hospital’s oncology rehabilitation program one of its first “centers of excellence.”The Physiological Oncology Rehabilitation Institute (PORi) included Doylestown’s oncology facility in its inaugural program identifying centers of ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A local group cancer-support group will hold its second annual networking event for women in Peddler’s Village next month. Kin Wellness and Support Center will hold its Bucks County Women in Business Summit on Oct. 10 from 6-8 p.m. in the meeting space above the Cock ‘n Bull ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Since joining the Doylestown Township Police Department in 1987, Dean Logan has worked every job on the force, from patrol officer to detective and ultimately to chief. Now, after 37 years with the department, the last 12 in the top job, Logan is about to retire.At Tuesday night’s ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Two state lawmakers from Bucks County have honored a staple of downtown Doylestown for his efforts to promote awareness of and raise money for multiple sclerosis.State Reps. Tim Brennan and Brian Munroe presented a citation to Joseph “Smiley” Terinoni, who recently completed his 20th ...
NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, PA—Donald Trump is scheduled to visit The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa on Sunday, Sept. 22, but it’s not clear what the visit will look like.The former president’s campaign has confirmed that Trump will visit the shrine. One published report quoted a spokesperson ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown township’s fourth annual Food Truck Fest returns this weekend with about 20 food trucks and live music from a popular local band.The free event will be held on Sunday, Sept. 22, at Doylestown’s Central Park from 1-5 p.m. in the parking lot next to the amphitheater. About ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Scaffolding went up in front of 34 West State Street in Doylestown last week, offering pedestrians protection from loose bricks falling from the building onto the sidewalk. But the borough is still fining the building’s owner $1,000 a day until the front of the structure is ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP—Police last week arrested a 25-year-old man who was sleeping in the community room of an apartment complex and refused to leave.On Sept. 13, Warrington police responded to a report that a man was sleeping in the community room of the Park at Westminster Apartments on Valley ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks Regional Police Department has received a state grant of over $150,000 to manage its records and transition over to a new reporting system used by the FBI.The department, which serves the boroughs of Chalfont, Doylestown and New Britain, received a $162,467 grant ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A national education group has given the President of the Central Bucks school board an award for her work representing and advocating for “marginalized and underrepresented” communities, particularly LGBTQ youth.The National Education Association’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Township will hold a flag-raising ceremony before the final Wednesday night show of the season this week in the Thompson Performing Arts Summer Concert Series.The township’s Veterans Advisory Committee will host the ceremony on Sept. 18 at about 6:30 p.m. (The show begins ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns in the Doylestown area for the week of Sept. 15, 2024.NEW THIS WEEK: In Bedminster Township, Route 313/South Dublin Pike will have a lane closure between High Street and Chelfield Road for a pole installation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The work ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—A group of about 50 people gathered on a small bridge over the Pine Run Creek on Saturday morning to remember a young Marine who died in Vietnam nearly 60 years ago. Plumstead Township dedicated the bridge on Burnt House Hill Road between Landisville Road and Point Pleasant ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A popular dance band will play the last Wednesday night show of the 2024 Thompson Performing Arts Summer Concert Series on Sept. 18.Bigg Romeo features ‘60s soul, ‘70s disco, ‘80s retro and ‘90s dance classics. Expect to hear tunes from contemporary artists like Taylor Swift, The ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—One Central Bucks high school football team emerged from week 4 of the season with a perfect record by beating one of its district rivals.In the conference opener for both teams, the CB South Titans beat the CB East Patriots 34-15 in an away game. The Titans, who are reigning ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown police are looking for an elderly woman who shoplifted from two borough stores last week within about 15 minutes of each other.Police said the thefts took place on Sept. 6 at C. Ferry Home and The Paper Unicorn. In video surveillance from C. Ferry, an elderly woman can be ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The final Picnics on Pine concert of the season will be held next weekend in Doylestown with a band featuring three brothers from the borough. The band, Ceramic animal, has a sound that one music critic described as combining “Americana, rock and blues with buzzy six-string sounds ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The old courthouse in Doylestown is looking for veterans and first responders who want to get married this fall as part of the Weddings for Heroes event, which offers free wedding ceremonies.This year’s fall event, which is held by Bucks County’s Register of Wills and Clerk of ...
JAMISON, PA—A Jamison man on Thursday was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for multiple fraud schemes that included the theft of nearly $7 million in federal pandemic relief funds.Stanislav Bril, also known as Stan Bril and Slava Bril, 41, was also ordered to pay more than $14 million in ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Police looking for a man accused of stealing a cell phone from the Doylestown Target tracked him down on a SEPTA bus leaving town.Central Bucks Regional Police said that on Sept. 9, Kevin Alfredo Maldonado, 33, stole a Motorola cell phone valued at $300 from the Target. Police said ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Police are looking for a man that tried to start a fight in a Wawa in the borough last month.Central Bucks Regional Police said that on Aug. 16 at about 5 p.m., a man allegedly assaulted a customer in the Wawa on the south end of town. After a verbal exchange outside of the store, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Fanny Chapman Memorial Pool last weekend celebrated its 10th year of letting dogs swim in the pool for one special day of the year.In what has become an annual rite of the end of the swimming season, Fanny Chapman invites humans to bring their dogs to the pool just before it is ...