Newtown News

The annual First Fourth fireworks were at risk of being cancelled until Piccolo Trattoria stepped up to sponsor the show.

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Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot has climbed to $360 million-the third highest Powerball prize of all time.

McCaffrey's held its annual Grocers Fight Cancer Day Wednesday in Newtown, as well as at its three other locations.

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Several Marple Township police officers were honored at a township meeting on Monday.

Bucks County Community College is gearing up for the 25 th Annual Tasting for Tyler event, which will be held June 7 and will feature food, music, a live auction and even tethered hot air balloon rides.

The annual Bucks County Police Memorial Ceremony will be held Monday at St. Andrew Roman Catholic Church in Newtown.

This week in Newtown, a new restaurant opens and police warn residents not to confront armed thieves they believe are targeting local cars: Members of the Felony Lane Gang, a group of transient thieves police believe are targeting Newtown, may be armed, according to police.

A taskforce in Newtown is expected to make a recommendation Friday night on what to with the school where 20 first-graders and six educators were killed in December, according to a consultant for the town.

Members of a "roaming gang of transient thieves" that local police believe are burglarizing cars in Newtown may be armed, Newtown Township Lieutenant Robert Matthews said During a televised Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday, Matthews said that the department believes the Felony Lane Gang is behind recent car burglaries in Newtown area fitness ... (more)

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The last time Dale Homnick saw Holly Huynh Berry, she was only an infant bopping along in a baby bouncer.

Someone smashed the window of a New Jersey woman's car Saturday while it was parked at Roberts Ridge Park and stole nearly $1,000 worth of money and valuables, Newtown Township Police said.

Zoes, a Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, will open in Newtown Thursday. The restaurant will be located on Sycamore Street next to Jules Thin Crust in the Goodnoe Corner Shopping Center, in the space formerly occupied by Cosi.

Thousands of people flocked to Sycamore Street in Newtown to enjoy food, music and entertainment at the annual Welcome Day celebration, which was held Sunday.

The annual Bucks County Police Memorial Ceremony will be held May 13 at St. Andrew Catholic Church.

Former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Jeremiah Trotter attended the Newtown, PA premiere of "The North Star" on Saturday, May 4. Trotter is cast as lead character, Big Ben Jones, in this slave narrative that depicts the true story of Jones, who escapes with fellow slave Moses Hopkins and finds refuge along the Underground Railroad to Pennsylvania.

Local police believe a "roaming gang of transient thieves" from South Florida is targeting Newtown area fitness centers, day cares and parks to steal valuables from parked cars.

The annual Bucks County Police Memorial Ceremony will be held May 13 at St. Andrew Roman Catholic Church in Newtown.