Chalfont News

Salary will be set at zero. The mayor is expected to get a bump in pay. In Pennsylvania, borough councils and mayors are entitled to earn modest annual pay checks, if they chose.

Republican David Heckler 58,007 In the most hotly contested race in the county, Republican Dave Heckler was elected Bucks County district attorney in unofficial results from Tuesday's election with all precincts reporting.

Sentencings in Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Oct. 5 to 8: BUCKINGHAM Gary Michael Weaver, 28, Lititz, approved for ARD program for 1 year on charges of unsworn falsification to authorities, tampering, related summary offenses June 24.

Power outage: Residents in and around Doylestown lost power Saturday afternoon after a tree came down and damaged equipment atop a pole near East Street, according to PECO.

'Tater Alert! 'Tater Alert! 'Tater Alert! This is a call to action to all you couch potatoes for next Tuesday's elections.

Police in Penn Hills are searching for a sport utility vehicle involved in a shooting and hit-and-run Saturday night.

The person who wins the race for district attorney will be the first outsider to lead the office in more than 50 years.

It was the waning days of the Great Depression when Marie Slack showed up on Evelyn Hight's doorstep.

Thousands of free flu shots were given all day Saturday across Bucks County, as part of its fourth annual Pandemic Flu drill.

The air is crisp. The leaves are falling. And the eggs are flying. A recent vandalism spree in Doylestown - which included two car eggings - marked what police say is an annual uptick in mischief as autumn closes in on Halloween.

Borough council awarded a $672,000 contract to a Bucks County business for the construction of Fisk Fields on Wood Avenue.

Conventional wisdom says you need 80% of your pre-retirement income. But ensuring a comfortable retirement will take more than just a rule of thumb.

Expansion of the Harvey Avenue sewer treatment facility won't be finished until late 2011 or early 2012, holding up construction of new buildings, expansion of existing buildings or changing use.

SEASONAL FLU VACCINES The following clinics are being held to administer the seasonal flu vaccine .

A 5-year-old boy and his parents were taken to Abington Memorial Hospital by ambulance for observation after a two-car accident just before 8 p.m. at Blair Mill and County Line roads.

David Zatlokovicz, 19, of Perkasie, was charged with DUI after a trooper stopped him for driving erratically on Route 563 around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, state police said.

Police in six area municipalities, all members of the Montgomery Township Regional DUI Enforcement Team, will conduct sobriety checkpoints and roving DUI patrols Friday through Sunday.

The county coroner determined that the man shot by Plumstead police on Friday night is Brian Simmermon, not Johathan Fineman.

A woman plays the slots at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem. A classic-car collector from Clarks Summit, Pa., won the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem Rockin' the Road Corvette ZR1 Sweepstakes, according to a news release.

More than 75 people gathered in the center of Doylestown on Monday night to protest the Central Bucks School District's decision not to air President Barack Obama's address to students at noon today.