Quakertown News

Quakertown Borough police in Bucks County are confirming that an unidentified fireworks handler was killed on Saturday night when a fireworks display being held at Memorial Park at 4th and Mill Streets went awry.

A 40-year-old man was take to the hospital Friday after a fireworks accident, according to officials.

A Quakertown contractor was sentenced to six to 12 months in prison Wednesday for stealing money and wrecking the homes of more than a dozen local customers.

A federal organization is investigating the death of an 85-year-old longtime employee of the Quakertown Farmers Market who was killed by electrocution at the Q-Mart on Saturday.

Improving traveling options for them would likely result in more use, a survey says.

A faithful employee who worked for the Quakertown Farmers Market for nearly 50 years died there Saturday afternoon when he was shocked by at least 450 volts of electricity, officials said.

How much should it cost to go green? That's the question Quakertown officials continue to discuss as they work on adopting regulations to allow residents to generate their own electricity.

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.

I'm Burning! Last words of a young woman named Neda Soltan. She has been embraced as a martyr in Iran after a video purportedly captured her killing.

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

It looked like the middle of winter in the middle of June in some parts of the region yesterday afternoon as scattered thunderstorms dropped hail from the size of pennies in Allentown to the size of golf balls in Quakertown.

In Berks County, the annual balancing act between providing a good education and avoiding hefty property tax hikes appears to have spawned a small trend.

A 28-year-old Quakertown area man today admitted he used the Internet to expose himself to and engage in sexually explicit conversations with what he thought were teenage girls.

In the next few years, Richland officials expect energy costs to go through the roof, so they're looking to the sun for relief.

Hoping to cash in on favorable electric rates, a group of boroughs, including Quakertown, Hatfield and Lansdale, has extended its contract with its energy provider through 2015.

The school board approved an $81.7 million budget that will increase taxes by 3.19 percent.

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.

The announcement that school employees had agreed to $700,000 in concessions drew a hearty applause from the 150 people attending the Quakertown School Board meeting.

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Ten teenage boys testified against a Quakertown, Pa., man at a preliminary hearing.