TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO DOYLESTOWN STAFF
March 5, 2026
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A new mental health services clinic in Doylestown has received a big boost from a local bank.Bright Path Center, a behavioral health crisis stabilization center that’s being built on the campus of Doylestown Hospital, received a $100,000 donation from Fulton Bank. The bank donated ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Police are investigating after a dead adult male was discovered on a playing field of Central Bucks West High School on Wednesday night.Details are scarce, but a message to community members from school district officials said that the body was found near Pettine Field, a practice ...
LANGHORNE, PA—Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick has nominated seven high school seniors from the Central Bucks district to attend U.S. military academies as part of the class of 2030.At a Feb. 23, 2026, ceremony, Fitzpatrick said he recommended the young people because they have “distinguished themselves ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Stores in Doylestown are helping welcome an exhibit celebrating a famous children’s author at the Michener Art Museum with a “caterpillar crawl” scavenger hunt at borough businesses.The windows of 26 Doylestown businesses are featuring one of the foods the main character in “The Very ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Central Bucks Regional police said that a homeowner on North Main Street was the victim of a swatting incident on Tuesday night.A little after 10 p.m. on March 3, 2026, police were called to the Clear Springs Court neighborhood of the borough, which is down the hill from the Bucks ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Health launched its Community Heartbeat Program last week by giving five community organizations automated external defibrillator (AED) devices to help people having a heart attack.On Feb. 25, Penn Medicine Doylestown Health gave AEDs to the following organizations: Alpha ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—An 18-year-old from Chalfont is in trouble after attending sports events at CB South High School after he had been banned from the school.On Feb. 17, James Russell Nick Combs was stopped by a Warrington police officer at the request of school administrators to talk about ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—If you want to bring the kids to this year’s Easter egg hunt in Doylestown, you might want to put the following date in your calendar: March 12.The date is important because at 9 a.m. on that Thursday, the borough will begin accepting registrations for its April 4 Easter egg hunt. On ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—For the fifth week in a row, PennDOT has released its schedule for repairing potholes in area roads. This round of repairs was scheduled to begin on March 2, 2026, and targets the following roads in Bucks County:Route 332/Richboro Road, Newtown Township.Route 663/John Fries Highway, ...
NEW BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, PA—A truck inspection team in New Britain Township last week found that 14 of 17 commercial vehicles pulled over had one or more violations. Five of the vehicles were dangerous enough that officers took them off the road.The team was stopping vehicles on Butler Avenue near ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—At a rally to protest ICE at CB West High School on Monday morning, about 35 students gathered around the flagpole in the school’s front courtyard during their lunch period and peacefully demonstrated against Trump administration policies.The students remained on school property for ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Nearly 300 people walked the streets of Doylestown Borough on Saturday evening to raise money for—and awareness about—homelessness in Bucks County.The event known as Coldest Night of the Year took place on an unseasonably warm night. As the group made its way up State Street, people ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP—A Pennsylvania state representative hosted a hearing on Wednesday to discuss scams that are targeting seniors in the state.State Rep. Brian Munroe hosted the House Majority Policy Committee hearing to hear testimony from victims and experts on scams that are using social media ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Officers from the Central Bucks Regional Police Department received distinguished unit citations for their work in saving the life of a Doylestown Borough resident who was trying to stay warm by covering herself with piles of clothes and other items that she had hoarded.On Jan. 29, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A local nonprofit is helping low-income Bucks County residents file their taxes free of charge.The Bucks County Opportunity Council is bringing back its VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program, which it has been offering for more than 20 years. The service is available to ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Bucks County this week cut the ribbon on a new center designed to keep people with addiction and mental health issues out of the criminal justice by giving them treatment instead of time in jail.The Diversion, Assessment, Restoration and Treatment (DART) Center is located on ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Students at two Central Bucks high schools are planning to hold rallies protesting ICE on Monday, March 2, 2026.Instagram pages for the two rallies—CB West Against ICE and CB-East Against ICE—have posted details about the protests with guidelines for students who plan to ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown native Pink has been nominated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2026.Born in 1979, Alecia “Pink” Moore grew up in Doylestown and graduated from CB West High School. She went on to become an internationally known singer-songwriter with a slew of ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—CB East High School will host a production of “Finding Nemo JR” on Feb. 28 and March 1, 2026.The CB East Patriot Players are bringing the family-friendly version of this under-the-sea adventure to local audiences on Saturday Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. and Sunday March 1 at 2 p.m. Next month, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A Doylestown-based group will hold a rally on Friday afternoon to support a group of Quakertown students arrested last week while protesting ICE policies.Doylestown Action League will hold a rally in front of the old courthouse on Feb. 27, 2026, from 4:30-6:00 p.m. The group will ...
WARRINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA—A stop of a driver suspected of driving under the influence led to gun charges for a Warrington man on Sunday morning.Warrington police received a call that a man had stumbled into the liquor store seemingly drunk on Easton Road about 11 a.m. The caller said the man got back ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—A Doylestown event will feature not only music, but recollections about Oscar Hammerstein from a man who used to be his neighbor and paperboy.The Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education Center will hold the Home with Hammerstein concert featuring two local musicians, but the ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown will host a 2K and 5K on Saturday night to raise money for—and awareness about—homelessness in Bucks County.The Coldest Night of the Year will hold a 2K and 5K walk on the night of Feb. 28, 2026. Organizers hope that walking around town on a cold winter night gets walkers ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—For the third week in a row, PennDOT has released its schedule for repairing potholes in area roads. This round of repairs was scheduled to begin on Feb. 23, 2026, and targets the following roads in Bucks County:Route 611/Easton Road, Tinicum Township.Allentown Road/County Line ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Delaware Valley University is once again home to a 24/7 livestream that allows the public to watch as three mares get ready to give birth to a new generation of racehorses.The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Association is hosting “Foal Cams” on its website. Delaware Valley University has ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Doylestown Borough Council approved transferring a liquor license from Bristol Township to a planned “upscale American” restaurant at 50 North Main Street, the former home of Water’s Edge Winery & Bistro.On Monday night, a lawyer representing the owners of the new restaurant, ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—Central Bucks schools will be open on Tuesday, Feb . 24, after being closed following the weekend’s storm, but they’ll be operating on a two-hour delay.The district announced the late arrival in a 3:30 p.m. e-mail and text to community members. Interim Superintendent Charles Malone ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—The latest snowstorm didn’t bring quite the accumulation that some were predicting, but some parts of the Central Bucks area still got close to a foot of snow. In preparing for the worst, Central Bucks closed schools in favor of a remote instructional day and several local ...
DOYLESTOWN, PA—With another major snowstorm on the way, several Central Bucks municipalities have declared snow emergencies, limiting on-street parking.The emergencies took effect Sunday, Feb. 22, but with the storm anticipated to go into at least early Monday, the emergencies are open-ended.Here’s ...
WARRINGTON, PA—Warrington police arrested a 17-year-old male and charged him with assaulting his 19-year-old girlfriend and putting her in a trauma center.At about 3 a.m. on Feb. 13, 2026, police were called to the 2200 block of Street Road, which is near the intersection of Easton Road. They found ...