TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO DOYLESTOWN STAFF
June 21, 2024
DOYLESTOWN, PA—With temperatures expected to reach the high 90s this weekend, Doylestown Borough is asking residents to take it easy with water usage as it finalizes repairs on its water distribution system. The borough is implementing a voluntary water conservation plan to reduce nonessential ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Bucks County Free Library is getting a new CEO. At its June 17 board meeting, the library appointed Dana Barber as the organization’s new CEO. She starts on July 15 and replaces outgoing CEO Martina Kominiarek, who has held the title for 20 years. Barber may be new to her ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A concert held at a Central Bucks middle school earlier this year raised $50,000 for a music foundation and more than $5,000 for instruments for Central Bucks students. The Save The Music concert, which was held Jan. 26 and 27 at Holicong Middle School, raised and donated $50,000 ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The ice cream business seems to be good in Central Bucks. As evidence, two local outlets are expanding their footprint locally and down the shore. Owowcow, which has five locations in the area, has announced that three new locations in Cape May will offer its brand of homemade ice ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Despite temperatures predicted to soar into the 90s, Doylestown’s fifth annual Pride Block Party will return to East State Street on Saturday for a day of pride-related activities and entertainment. Michael Kendrick, Co-Chair of the Doylestown Pride Festival, said that despite the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—As Doylestown gets ready for its annual Pride Block Party this weekend, officials are condemning the theft of a pride flag from the borough last week. In the early morning hours of Thursday, June 13, someone took a pride flag hanging from the flagpole next to the Civil War ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks School District las night announced that it will raise school taxes by 5.3% for the next school year. Taxes for the 2024-2025 school year will come to $278 for an average household. That’s the maximum amount the school district can raise taxes without holding a ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Township will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Native Plant Demonstration Garden in Central Park this weekend with a garden party. The free June 22 event will go from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The township’s Environmental Advisory Council is hosting the event, which will ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The third annual Juneteenth celebration held at the Mercer Museum this past weekend kicked off with a community yoga session, which turned out to be a fitting start for a celebration that focused on health and wellness. The previous two Juneteenth celebrations focused on ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—Bridge construction will close a section of Route 32/River Road for the rest of the summer. Starting June 17, River Road will be closed between Old Ferry Road and Fleecy Daley Road through September. That part of the road crosses over a tributary of the Delaware River in ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Township has joined other municipalities in asking residents to think about the birds when it comes to keeping lights on at night. The township’s Board of Supervisors adopted the Lights Out program last month encouraging homes and businesses in the township to turn off ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—Plumstead Township officials this weekend dedicated a bridge to the memory of a young man who died in Vietnam nearly 60 years ago. A bridge that carries Old Easton Road over Pine Run Creek next to the Water Wheel Tavern now bears the name of Clifford Dale VanArtsdalen of ...
NEW HOPE, PA—Beginning June 17, the New Hope-Lambertvile Bridge on Route 202 will be one of three bridges that no longer accepts cash to pay for tolls. The move is part of a decision by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to stop accepting cash tolls at its three bridges that have a ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Here's a look at road closings and slowdowns in the Doylestown area for the week of June 16, 2024. In Bedminster and Plumstead Townships, Aquetong Road/Wismer Road/Carversville Road between Route 32/River Road and Dark Hollow Road will have periodic lane closures for sealcoating ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A 27-year-old singer who specializes in songs from huge stars from the past will take the stage at Doylestown’s Central Park on Wednesday night. Tommy Cono will bring his tribute show to this week’s 2024 Thompson Performing Arts Summer Concert Series at the C&N Amphitheater.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The battle over antisemitism in Central Bucks schools took a new turn on Wednesday when a truck equipped with digital billboards entered the parking lot of CB West High School displaying an image of one of the school’s teachers. The truck, which featured a huge picture of Spanish ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The pride flag thieves appear to have returned to Doylestown just in time for the start of Pride Month activities. At about 1:50 a.m. on Thursday morning, someone was seen cutting the rope on the flagpole next to the Civil War Memorial across from Mom's. That allowed them to take ...
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DOYLESTOWN, PA—The campaign for the Senate came to Doylestown on Tuesday afternoon with a stop by Republican candidate Dave McCormick. A group of about 100 people representing the who’s who of local Republicans packed into a small auditorium in the headquarters of the Bucks County Republican ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—Two Warrington police officers have finished training in the first graduating class of Bucks County’s Veterans Response Team, a network of police officers and veterans who help veterans and their family members who are in crisis. The class of 28 officers came from several ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown’s third annual Juneteenth celebration will get back to the basics when it arrives on the lawn of the Mercer Museum this weekend. This year’s free event will take place on Saturday, June 15, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. While it will bring back popular attractions like food ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The Central Bucks School District will not challenge the $700,000-plus severance pay it gave its previous superintendent last fall. The severance package, which was approved by the previous board, gave outgoing Superintendent Abram Lucabaugh more than $740,000 in severance pay.
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown’s Pride Music Day returns on Saturday, June 15, with a trio of bands to help the borough ring in Pride Month. The show will be held on Pine Street in the parking lot behind St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. It’s the same location used by the Picnics on Pine concerts, which ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Police are looking for a vehicle that was involved in a hit and run in front of Chambers 19 Bistro & Bar on Friday night. The Central Bucks Regional Police Department said video shows that a blue Chevy Impala hit a legally parked motorcycle in front of Chambers on the south ...
PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, PA—A portion of Patriot’s Ridge Drive in Plumstead Township will be closed for construction from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on weekdays for the next three weeks. The section of the road between Sawmill Road and the Captain Molly/Louise St. Clair intersections will be closed from ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A roadside rally for Donald Trump in Doylestown was part political demonstration and part party. About 50 people held signs—and lots of flags—to support the former president and presumed GOP presidential candidate. They gathered on a beautiful, breezy Saturday morning on the ...
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