Pennsburg News

Alvador Thompson fed an Alzheimer's patient scalding hot cereal. A remorseful nurse's aide, who previously admitted to contributing to the death of an elderly Alzheimer's patient by feeding him scalding hot cereal, Thursday received a probation sentence for her crime.

Several buildings along Broad Street, the borough's main thoroughfare, are empty or underutilized.

Levittown - Vernon R. Markley, a resident of West Rockhill Township for more than 60 years, passed away Sunday, Oct.

IMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 99 S. Waverly St., Shillington, offers half-day retreat with Doug Wysockey Johnson 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.

Republican Robert B. Mensch of Pennsburg easily won a special election yesterday to fill a state Senate vacancy in the northern reaches of the Philadelphia suburbs.

A former counselor at a Milford Township religious camp admitted in Bucks County Court on Tuesday that he had exchanged what he now realizes were inappropriate instant messages with several teenage boys he befriended in 2007 and 2008.

A Pennsburg man Thursday received a two-year probation sentence for making suggestive remarks to a 10-year-old Hatfield girl last Easter weekend.

Seven people, including five children, were taken to hospitals after a three-vehicle crash at Route 663 and Portzer Road in Milford Township on Saturday afternoon, state police at Dublin said.

The Bethlehem Area School Board on Monday listened to a pitch from a company interested in helping the district find a successor to retiring Superintendent Joseph Lewis.

Jewelry boxes found: A white jewelry box with a blue felt interior containing gold earrings, three empty white jewelry boxes, a black jewelry bag and a Honolulu Hawaii Jewelry card were found along Kinzler Lane at Harrisburg School Road on Saturday, state police said.

Pennsburg, PA Garden accessory manufacturer Campania International signed a licensing agreement with the Smithsonian Institution to produce a collection of handcrafted containers reproduced from garden furnishings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

From left, volunteers Michael Shaw and Candace Walter work the canoe while Kelly Germann pulls out water-chestnut plants.

From left, volunteers Michael Shaw and Candace Walter work the canoe while Kelly Germann pulls out water-chestnut plants.

From left, volunteers Michael Shaw and Candace Walter work the canoe while Kelly Germann pulls out water-chestnut plants.

Greedy, prolific, and armed with needle-sharp spines, the European water chestnut is poised to take over Pennsburg's Lake Delmont.

Released on bail one week, a criminal pair was out burglarizing homes the next, police said.

The North Penn Area DUI Enforcement Team will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint from Friday through Sunday on Cowpath Road in Hatfield Township.

Jill and David Rucker announce the birth of their daughter, Emma Jane, on Dec. 19. Sharing in their happiness are grandparents Marsha and Chester Heller of Warrington, and Carol and John Rucker of Pennsburg.

Local students interested in attending this year's UNESCO Center for Peace model United Nations summer camp can still apply, according to Guy Djoken, executive director of the Center for Peace.

Marijuana possession charged: Kerry DelGoto, 21, of John Henry Drive in Sinking Springs, Berks County, was charged with possession of narcotics on June 18.