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Police plan DUI checkpoints, patrols in PA
Police will be cracking down on impaired driving for the Fourth of July holiday period, with TEAM DUI officers posted in many Southeastern Pennsylvania locations the next two weekends, the Pennsylvania ...
With the cost of everything from glass bottles to gasoline increasing, some Bucks County wineries are looking for creative ways to save money so they can avoid scaling back production or raising prices.
Celebrations cut short by crash
Ashley Rose Nemec and her family had just marked two big milestones. On June 6, Ashley had turned 21, with a big party at Fran's Pub in New Hope, where she worked summers as a waitress.
Firefighters have busy day in New Hope, Buckingham
A mid-afternoon fire rendered a New Hope apartment unlivable and a blaze that cast flames 20 feet high decimated a wooden shed at a Buckingham commercial building Saturday.
Student artists capturing Bucks countryside
Students of renowned Bucks County artist Nelson Shanks are staying at the Barley Sheaf Inn in Buckingham this week to paint the estate and other iconic Bucks County landscapes.
Trial postponed for lawyer accused of vehicular homicide
The trial of a former Bucks County assistant district attorney accused of causing his girlfriend's death during a drunken argument outside a Newtown Township restaurant has been pushed back more than a month.
The turtle that had created a minor stir in Doylestown may have headed home to relax - in Buckingham.
Church may have to pay for road improvements
As planning for the long-awaited Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church moves ahead, road improvements appear likely.
"Vanilla," "plain" and "cookie-cutter" were all terms David West recently used to describe the Bucks County Conference and Visitors Bureau's Web site.
Most people will never step foot on a shooting range. It's an unfamiliar, somewhat mysterious place to many.
Toll sues Buckingham over building codes
In a lawsuit filed in Bucks County court, attorneys for Toll Brothers Inc. say Buckingham is wrongly applying outdated township building codes to its projects and should sue the state code.
Coming soon: Return of the pests
Area residents could be hosting some unwanted guests this summer - in the form of seasonal insects such as cicadas, gypsy moths and tent caterpillars.
PLCB keeping an eye on stores' bottom line
The two Wine and Spirits stores in Doylestown couldn't be more different. Although they are situated less than a mile apart in the borough, the Veterans Lane location is the most profitable in Bucks and eastern ...
No hope for New Hope's canal cruises?
Return in time for 2008 seems improbable. Group now trying for 2009. Easton still has similar attraction.
It's not that heavily traveled, but what to do about the barricaded Pineville Road bridge is turning a handful of Buckingham residents into the Hatfields and McCoys.
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Man pleads guilty to attempt to rob off-duty officer, friends
Jan. 25 just wasn't Jason Hibbs' morning.
Looking to score money to buy drugs, Hibbs, 23, of Levittown, followed three patrons of a Langhorne bar more than 15 miles to Doylestown Township, planning to rob them when they got out of their car.
When they arrived at a townhouse at 102 Eagle Lane about 3 a.m., the hooded Hibbs jumped out of his car and pointed his black plastic BB gun at Mark Lewandowski and two women friends as they stood in the driveway and demanded their money.
What he didn't know was that Lewandowski was an off-duty Buckingham Township police officer. Read more
“We get to remember the ones who made the ultimate sacrifice”
Two local police officers killed in the line of duty were honored in Bedminster on Thursday as part of a countywide day of remembrance. via Intelligencer News
Recession or not: Mom comes 1st
“It's our last hurrah before the fall. Mother's Day kicks off a spring spending season. It's an important time of the year in the retail community.”
Gas prices might be high and the country could be in a recession, but neither of those things is stopping people from honoring the most important woman in their lives: mom. via PhillyBurbs.com
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What is the worth of a Depression-era quilt?
Dear Helaine and Joe: Enclosed is a picture of a quilt bought by my aunt on her honeymoon in Kentucky around 1938. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA
“We told the residents of that area we would have a public meeting”
The state Department of Transportation shut down the Pineville Road Bridge in June last year, saying it was too great a danger to cross. via Intelligencer News