Quakertown News

Bucks County has asked its printing contractor to refund all or part of the $28,000 it paid for a newsletter informing residents about a flu-shot clinic that had already taken place by the time it arrived in many taxpayers' mailboxes.

Miley Cyrus brought her "Wonder Tour" to Philadelphia Wednesday night. And in the front row was daughter of Trumbauersville chiropractor Dr. Elizabeth Carpenter, Sabrina, who has a one in four chance of getting a record deal.

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When Bucks County District Attorney Michelle Henry announced last year that she wouldn't be running for a full term, she said it was because she missed being in the courtroom.

Come January, Henry will start getting a lot more courtroom time as she moves from her office to the post of first assistant district attorney.

She's about the best darn lawyer in the county, and certainly the best prosecutor in the office.

- David Heckler, Bucks County District Attorney-Elect

I personally spoke with Representative Paul Clymer (R-145) last evening. The long and the short of it... Paul Clymer did not offer his endorsement to Quakertown School District Board incumbent Paul Stepanoff (R) in his bid for reelection.

However, Clymer did not specifically reject Stepanoff as a candidate, saying instead, "I support the Republican slate of candidates as listed on the official Republican sample ballot." Paul further elaborated that school board issues are very localized and that his focus on education is mainly at the state level regarding policy.

Clymer states that there is indeed a big difference between supporting a slate of candidates from a particular political party and a specific endorsement offered to an individual candidate.

State Senator Bob Mensch (R-24), it appears, was also incorrectly attributed on campaign literature as having endorsed Paul Stepanoff. He did not.

Quakertown Cares is back for another season, with one big change. The Bucks County Herald is supporting the Quakertown Cares campaign this year. The charitable organization has been helping veterans, senior citizens and families with children since 1995.

The Herald is picking up where The Quakertown Free Press left off when it closed last winter. That newspaper initiated the campaign and it grew from $6,000 the first year to a peak in 2005 at $50,000.

The Herald will print a coupon for donations in editions through December and readers are asked to submit the coupon with donations to Quakertown National Bank (QNB), the major sponsor. Each week this paper will report on the donations received, listing the donors.

Despite having fewer voters, Republicans dominated the local, county and state races.

There are several theories for the reversal of fortune. Democrats are pointing to the low voter turnout, a sign that voters were just not excited or didn't particularly care about this election.

Democrats fall in love and Republicans fall in line. We didn't have anyone to love.

- Bill Brocious, 145th Democratic Committee Chair

Fewer than 12 hours after he won the election, Bucks County's next district attorney already was churning out ideas for making his office better.

"I'm enormously energized," Dave Heckler said Wednesday at his Doylestown Township home. "Now is the time to make good on what I promised the people of Bucks County."

QUAKERTOWN Reports: Woman hit by truck as she flees burning car A woman was hit by a truck Thursday night when she jumped out of her burning car on Route 309 in Quakertown, according to police radio reports.

Police say two Richland men were among the five people who beat and robbed a teenager at his home in Northampton County.

SOUDERTON Carjackers force man to drive on Route 309; car is burned A Souderton man was jumped by two armed men early Saturday and ordered to drive on Route 309 past Quakertown, where they robbed him, set his car on fire and left, police said.

A campaign mailing that smears husband-and-wife candidates with the implication of criminal activity and financial mismanagement resulting in a high-interest-rate credit card, is simply not true, says Bruce Whitesell.

Halloween is right around the corner and you still don't have a costume?When time is tight and cash is even tighter, two words can solve all your problems.Thrift shop.

Authorities closed roads and dispatched a SWAT team after a reportedly armed and suicidal man barricaded himself in his Quakertown home Tuesday.

The Central Bucks Emergency Response team and police have a home in Quakertown surrounded where a 39-year-old suicidal man has barricaded himself, said David Mettin, Pennridge Regional police chief and a member of the response team.

Imagine getting a pay raise at work and being told by your boss you can't spend the increase on your mortgage or to buy food.

Swine flu and seasonal flu have dominated the conversation for months as people line up for vaccines, hoping to stave off illness this year.Now it seems Fido has his own brand of flu to worry about.Cases of canine influenza, or H3N8, have been reported in Bucks County, but local veterinarians do not believe we're close to an epidemic.

You might think that a highly-respected 62-year old former Bucks County President Judge, State Representative, and State Senator, with a lifetime in the legal profession, who walked away from a nice six-figure income, would be collecting Florida golf condos brochures rather than handing out his campaign brochures.

As a youngster growing up with Pennsylvania Dutch-speaking parents, Oscar Crist had little use for the dialect.

There is a flu virus going around that only affects dogs. H3N8 is showing up in Pennsylvania with cases in Harrisburg, Allentown and Quakertown.

After he and a friend were caught trespassing at a quarry in East Rockhill, a Richland teen sped away from police, crashed a car that caught fire and then ran from the scene before collapsing, Pennridge police said Wednesday.