Perkasie News

The fireworks worker killed during Saturday night's 4th of July display in Quakertown, Bucks County has been identified as a 19 year old man from Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

STARS OF BETHLEHEM Musikfest 's Star of Bethlehem contest is down to the final eight -- no, make that 10.

A stretch of Allentown Road in Franconia was closed for about five hours Friday morning after a large trailer became dislodged from the truck that was pulling it.

June had 21 days of rain in Bucks. The average is 12. More expected today. Although Rich Hanauer spends a lot of time around precipitation, he is not all wet.

Community banks that avoided the excesses of the lending boom and survived the financial crisis without too much trouble are now increasingly worried that they will get penalized by the U.S. government's regulatory crackdown.

Disorderly conduct: Two people were cited for disorderly conduct June 13 following a disturbance at a business on West Bridge Street.

In an attempt to stabilize electric prices, Perkasie has extended its contract with its energy provider by two years, locking in lower rates than it now pays.

The emergency signal boost was granted under temporary authority by the FCC and lasts for six months.

Eric Hartz, 20, of S. Fifth St., Perkasie, on suspicion of drunken driving; passenger Lisa Tegyi, 20, of Peppermint Road, Coopersburg , was also charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia; stopped by Pennridge Regional police traveling 80 mph on Ridge Road around 11:30 p.m. Monday.

As a crane hoisted a steel beam to ceremonially top the frame of Upper Bucks Community College's new expansion, a group of 50 people cheered Tuesday - marking a milestone in the expansion of the Perkasie campus.

A Sellersville man has been charged with trying to sell heroin along a Perkasie Street, police said.

The death of a Sellersville man who held police at bay for two hours Wednesday at a Bensalem motel was officially ruled a suicide.

Motherhood and marathon running have a lot in common. Both require endurance, patience and bottomless reserves of strength.

Seven chimpanzees that had been used in biomedical research in Perkasie, Bucks County, before being sent last June to a Cle Elum-area sanctuary have been designated honorary citizens of the central Washington town.

A despondent man held police at bay Wednesday in a two-hour standoff at a Bensalem motel and despite attempts to bring it to a peaceful ending, the man took his own life, police said.

A West Rockhill woman embezzled up to $5,500 from the BuxMont Woman's Shuffle Alley League while she was treasurer of the organization, Pennridge police said.

A Sellersville man remains in Bucks County Prison on Thursday on charges that he had attempted to rape a woman the courts had ordered him not to contact.

This sighting is just one of many this past week in Bucks County. Jane Wharlon was drinking a cup of coffee when she saw a bear in her yard.

The treasurer of the BuxMont Women's Shuffle Alley League has been charged with embezzling $3,000 to $5,500 from the club since March 2008.

Libertae is holding its fifth annual Lesley Duco Memorial Bike run and picnic fundraiser June 28.