Penndel News

Local pantries can't keep their shelves stocked high enough, as a growing number of families struggle to afford basics like food.

Six agencies have been recommended to receive at least $100,000 as part of the $2.5 million Bucks County will divvy up from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant program.

Penndel hoped to receive a portion of the $2.6 million in gaming money for the upcoming distribution cycle in Bucks County, but that's unlikely since the borough submitted its application 15 minutes late.

Penndel officials seem to be backpedaling when it comes to campaign sign enforcement.

Share + Oct 14, 2009 9:37 pm US/Eastern PENNDEL, Pa. The owner of a suburban Philadelphia day care center has been ordered to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter and other charges for the death of a toddler left in a hot minivan for hours.

The Bristol Township Council said it will petition the state court to intercede in a growing number of casino impact grants sought by communities that do not border Philadelphia Park Casino.

A go-it-alone consolidation plan would mean a joint police force of part-timers under a single chief.

A Penndel man has been jailed on charges of having 1,000 images of child pornography on his computer.

Mike Buben, who joined the department in 1977, died instantly after his 2006 Corvette flipped over and landed on top of him.

A 67-year-old Middletown man has been charged with attacking with a golf club a 16-year-old whom he believed hit a golf ball through a window in his home.

County Commissioner Chairman James R. Matthews on Thursday announced that the county will dip into its cash reserves to pay agencies that are providing human services to county clients.

The co-owner of a Bucks County daycare center was charged with involuntary manslaughter today for the July 1 hyperthermia death of a 2-year-old boy whom she had forgotten in her van outside the center for seven hours.

Drag Specialties has named Andy Simon Jr., formerly a road rep in the Northeast U.S. region, as the distributor's new regional sales manager in the Southeast.

Avoiding a dead battery is apparently more important than avoiding cooking a baby to death.

Share + Aug 7, 2009 12:02 pm US/Eastern PENNDEL A Bucks County day care center co-owner has been charged in the death of a young boy left inside hot vehicle last month.

A former substitute bus aide has sued the Pleasant Valley School District alleging race, national origin and gender discrimination.

The Penndel day care center where a toddler died after being left alone inside a co-owner's vehicle earlier this month can remain open, though the state apparently intends to yank its operating license, the center's lawyer said.A Commonwealth Court judge ruled Monday that no immediate danger exists that would require closing Fairy Tales Day Care on ...

The family of a two-year-old boy who died after being left in a hot car outside a Penndel day care center earlier this month has now filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a friend and neighbor who is the owner of that day care center.

A 55-year-old man died Sunday in a one-car wreck on Route 213 in Middletown, authorities said.

Police say they know a Middletown man smeared his cold food on the front of a Penndel pizza shop because his receipt was smooshed in with the bag and the saucy mess.