TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO DOYLESTOWN STAFF
September 11, 2024
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Twelve high school seniors from the Central Bucks School District have been named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program.More than 16,000 high school seniors from across the United States were named semifinalists in the program’s 70th year. The semifinalists will ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Amid grumbling from some members of the public, the Central Bucks School District Tuesday night chose a new member for its school board.The board chose Chalfont-based architect Daniel Kimicata to represent region 5, which includes Chalfont and parts of New Britain Township. He ...
JAMISON, PA—The Middle Bucks Institute of Technology has received a big grant that it can use to address environmental concerns in its buildings.The technical school, which serves the Central Bucks School District and three other districts, received a $197,613 grant from the Pennsylvania Department ...
JAMISON, PA—A local victim-assistance group is looking for volunteers to help victims of sexual assault and other crimes.NOVA, Bucks County’s victim-services agency, needs volunteers to staff its phone and text helplines and to accompany victims during visits to the emergency room and during police ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A judge yesterday gave life in prison without parole to a man convicted of kidnapping, robbing and killing a Sellersville man who disappeared from his Silverdale job in the fall of 2021.Authorities had previously charged Michael Allen Stark, 50, of Royersford, with the murder of ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Police are asking how a car ended up on its side in a residential part of Warrington Township on Monday morning.Warrington police said that at about 11:40 a.m., a two-vehicle accident near the intersection of Palomino Drive and K Street in the Palomino Farms development ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A local mental health organization will hold a suicide-prevention vigil in the courtyard of the old courthouse in Doylestown on Tuesday, Sept. 10.Lenape Valley Foundation will hold the candlelight vigil, which is free and open to the public, to commemorate World Suicide Prevention ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A welcome day of fall-like weather on Sunday packed Doylestown’s streets with thousands of people at the 33rd Doylestown Arts Festivals.After an afternoon rainstorm on Saturday afternoon, temperatures in the high 60s and bright sunshine brought out crowds on Sunday. The borough was ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns in the Doylestown area for the week of Sept. 8, 2024.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 is scheduled to ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A band made up (mostly) of teachers from the Central Bucks School District will play a rescheduled show at Doylestown’s Central Park for the Thompson Performing Arts Summer Concert Series on Wednesday, Sept. 11.The band Class Act was started by a teacher, and most of its members ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Only one Central Bucks team emerged from week 3 of high school football with a perfect record. Here’s a roundup of scores from this week’s games. The CB South Titans won their home game against Upper Dublin 33-7, giving the reigning District One champion a 3-0 record for the season.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—While Doylestown has been hard at work preparing for tens of thousands of visitors coming to town this weekend for the arts festival and the bike race, it hasn’t been able to resolve a mess on State Street that’s right in the middle of the action.The three-story brick building at 34 ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—As Doylestown heads into one of its busiest weekends of the year, hosting the Doylestown Arts Festival and the Bucks County Classic bike race, borough officials have released a list of roads that will be closed over the weekend. Here’s the full list:Road closuresThe following roads ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—For the second time this year, the Central Bucks School District will hold a special meeting to replace a school board member who has resigned.The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Sept. 10 before the regularly scheduled school board meeting. School board President Karen Smith said ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was in Warrington earlier this week to tour the township’s new police building.State Rep. Brian Munroe accompanied Shapiro on the tour of the Easton Road building, which was opened in the fall of 2020. The 18,000-square-foot building has ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Red-light cameras on Route 611/Easton Road in Warrington issued more than 6,000 violations to drivers since going live in March of this year.Data from the Warrington police show that between March 22 and July 31, 2024, Warrington’s red-light cameras produced 6,031 violation ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—One of the biggest bike races in Pennsylvania will celebrate its 20th anniversary when it comes to Doylestown this weekend to coincide with the second day of the Arts Festival.The Bucks County Classic is a series of races held on the streets of Doylestown. The action begins on ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Two state legislators will host an informational fair this Friday to give older residents from Central Bucks information on health care and state-related programs.The senior fair will be held on Sept. 6 at the Central Bucks Senior Activity Center on Shady Retreat Road in Doylestown.
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A Warrington man is facing a felony charge after he allegedly fired a bullet through the floor of his condominium into the unit below him, narrowly missing his downstairs neighbors.The Warrington police were called to the 400 block of Redbud Court on Sept. 1 for the report ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The new Barnes & Noble in Barn Plaza may be part of a large chain, but it wants to bring a Bucks County feel to the books on its shelves.That’s the message store manager and Doylestown resident Sean Curran wanted to relay at the store’s grand opening on Wednesday morning. At ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A foundation focused on young men and women entering the military will be asking attendees at this weekend’s Doylestown Arts Festival to stop by and contribute to a special painting that will be shared with new recruits from the Central Bucks area.A booth on State Street near the ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A 34-year-old Warrington man has been charged with simple assault and harassment for his role in an incident that happened in the township last week. On Aug. 26, police responded to the 600 block of Warrington Avenue for the report of an assault that had happened. The ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns in the Doylestown area for the week of Sept. 1, 2024. In Bedminster and Tinicum townships, Dark Hollow Road between Route 32/River Road and Route 413/Durham Road will be closed 24/7 from Aug. 5 through Oct. 4, 2024. Motorists will be ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Frankie Valli tribute show scheduled for early August will come to town this week (weather permitting), bringing tight harmonies and lots of choreographed dance moves to Doylestown’s summer music series on Wednesday night. The band Lights Out will play songs from Valli’s solo ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—All three of the Central Bucks School District’s football teams won their games this week, with two of them playing on the road. Here’s a roundup of the three CB teams’ games in week 2 of high school football. The CB West Bucks beat Upper Dublin in a convincing 35-14 win on ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—When the Doylestown Arts Festival comes back to town next weekend, the streets of Doylestown will be packed with 160-plus artists exhibiting their work. And while some of the artists will be familiar to people who have attended the event before, there will also be plenty of new ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A Warrington man has been charged with assault after allegedly punching out the window of his girlfriend’s car in a Home Depot parking lot. Police said that on Aug. 26, a woman told them that her boyfriend, Juan Lopez-Garcia, 22, had accused her of stealing money from him ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A pair of lawsuits claiming that the Central Bucks School District systematically underpays its female teachers was dealt another setback by the courts this week as a judge placed limits on how the cases can proceed. Earlier this week, a judge agreed with a decision from early ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Renovations to Doylestown’s Central Park hit a milestone on Tuesday afternoon when a topping-out ceremony was held at the site of the new recreation center. The township will spend about $13 million to build a new recreation center, install bathrooms near Kids Castle and add ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A celebration of all things Polish returns to Doylestown over the next two weekends. The 58th annual Polish American Family Festival and Country Fair will take place at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa on Ferry Road Aug. 31 through Sept. 2 and Sept. 7-8. The five-day ...