New Britain News

For years, Bucks County Consumer Protection director Mike Bannon has been looking forward to the day when contractors operating in Pennsylvania had to carry proof they are registered with the state.

Given that Bernard Madoff is 71, a 150-year prison sentence for orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme might seem like overkill, but considering the lives he's ruined, overkill is precisely what he deserves, according to some of his victims from this area.

Local organizations pitched in with office, meeting, parking and warehouse space.

Levittown - Staff WriterA Bedminster man will face prosecution in Bucks County Court for beating and robbing another man at the train station in Chalfont.

Central Bucks took steps to acquire 6 acres in Plumstead, and, if necessary, might invoke eminent domain.

After appearing in Solebury and Buckingham, residents have sighted a black bear in Doylestown Township, Plumstead and headed toward New Britain Township, officials said.

Just in time for a Covered Bridge Society fundraiser Saturday, Bucks County commissioners voted this week to protect six covered bridges from arson.

A woman with dementia who had wandered from a New Britain Township nursing home Monday night was reportedly in the custody of Franconia police.

BANK'S 'GO GREEN' PROGRAM DONATES $4,800 TO FOOD BANKS More than 450 customers of First Savings Bank recently made the choice to ''Go Green'' by doing away with traditional paper statements.

Following are the top prices recorded with the city and counties Nov. 26-Dec. 5. Pennsylvania Philadelphia 210 W. Washington Square unit 9SE , $1,843,436. 711 Glengarry Rd.

Two 21-year-olds from Upper Bucks will face prosecution for serving booze at a party where a teen got so drunk he lost control of his car while driving home, crashed into a fire station and died.

Delaware Valley residents and commuters were walloped by a nor'easter on Monday.

Democrat Chris Asplen questioned why Bucks didn't participate earlier. Republican Gary Gambardella said his office is up to speed.

Matthew McDade, 47, of 500 block of Peabody Court, Sellersville; Jan. 1 with drunken driving after single-vehicle crash on Route 309 in area of Fairhill Road; McDade lost control of vehicle while driving too ...

A serviceman "didn't do anything wrong" when a blow torch ignited cleaning fluid and sparked a house fire on Friday.

A daylong standoff between a Bucks County man and state troopers in a northwestern Lehigh County neighborhood of million-dollar homes ended when he killed himself with a handgun Monday, authorities said.

Four people, including three firefighters, in New Britain, Pa., were hurt Friday morning after an oil burner caught fire at a house.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's what New Britain Township supervisors decided this month as they passed a 2009 budget unchanged from the preliminary version approved in November.

Musical offerings - Christ Covenant Church, 2200 Sumneytown Pike, Kulpsville, celebrates Advent with a choral cantata titled, "Light in the Manger," during the 10:30 a.m. worship service, Sunday.

This year's menorah-lighting ceremony at Railroad Plaza at 6:30 p.m. Sunday will be more about the message of Hanukkah than its religious aspects.