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Think you need to go to the Jersey Shore to find fun, well think again! Bucks County has been and will always be filled with night life for any adult looking for something to do, so grab a babysitter and some friends because at the end of this article you are going to be flying out the door.

Hi! I'm Kara Seymour, your Newtown Patch Local Editor, and I want to welcome you to the new Patch.

What's going on this week in Marple and Newtown? Here's what we found but be sure to add anything we may have missed in the comments below.

Twenty-six families huddled in the firehouse down the road from Sandy Hook Elementary on Dec. 14, waiting for reunions that would never come.In the blur of so many anxious faces, Erica Lafferty would later realize there was only one she remembered ? Carlee Soto."

Six months after the Newtown school shooting, the tragedy will be marked with a moment of silence, the reading of thousands of names of gun violence victims and calls around the country to pass legislation expanding background checks for gun purchases.

What: The Bucks County Gilbert and Sullivan Society presents the musical comedy "Patience, or Bunthorne's Bride."

FREE MINI GOLF What: Spend a day as a family and play some indoor glow-in-the-dark mini golf.

Much attention has been paid to the defeat in Congress of proposals to ban assault weapons and expand background checks for firearm purchases.

Neil Simon's Tony-Award-winning comedy "The Odd Couple," produced by Newtown Arts Company, is set to open June 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Newtown Theatre.

The following incidents occurred in and around Marple and Newtown townships. Arrests, when mentioned, do not suggest conviction.

A new senior living community will open in Newtown Township in early 2014. The Birches, which is being managed by Heritage Senior Living, is currently under construction at Eagle and Durham roads in Newtown Township.

A bill that would keep sealed some photos and documents from the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting investigation passed overwhelmingly in the Connecticut legislature early Wednesday.

Ten year old Sarah Murnaghan of Newtown Pa. has been hospitalized for the last three months with end stage cystic fibrosis.

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Harrisburg, plans to issue an RFP for a manager to run $10 million in active short-duration high-yield fixed income for the commission's $222 million retiree medical trust, according to David Russell, senior vice president and senior investment strategist at Investment Performance Services , the trust's investment ... (more)

Onconova Therapeutics Inc. Announces Presentation of Favorable Safety and Activity Data From Phase 2 Study of Oral Rigosertib in Lower Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes Staying up-to-date has never been simpler.

MONTGOMERY - It's do-or-die time for movie theaters that have held out against the switch to digital projectors, and two longtime art houses in the area are hoping for their own happy endings.

R ICHARD COTTOM, 51, of Newtown, is president of Sovereign Security, a minority-owned Center City provider of security personnel and services.

A Bucks County treasure, Shady Brook Farm is celebrating its 100th birthday this weekend a and the entire community is invited to the party.

As you probably know, I have always tried to match up interesting women with the fantastic men in our listening audience.

More than a hundred family and friends gathered at a church in a small New Hampshire town Saturday to remember the woman whose son massacred 20 first-graders and six educators in a Connecticut elementary school last year.