Southampton News

Officials at The CEI Group Inc. in Bensalem are hoping their new software program will accelerate a slow-growing statewide shift toward online driver's education.

Bristol Township will receive nearly $1 million. Hulmeville and Lower Southampton each received about $700,000. Ambulance workers will get new helmets and eye protection.

A video recording of the Bucks County commissioners' meeting Wednesday in Middletown will air on the township's cable access channel.

A Southampton Township man who allegedly killed his neighbor during an argument in August remains in Franklin County Jail, held without bail, but a murder charge against him has been dropped, replaced by manslaughter charges.

A Shippensburg man has been charged with driving more than 45 miles an hour over the speed limit on a country road in Southampton Township.

After paying $86,850 to an engineering company to resolve a flooding problem, Lower Southampton will bring in a new company to potentially finish the job.

State Sen. Stewart J. Greenleaf, R-12, will hold a breakfast for district veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and the Gulf War from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Nov.

A driver apparently distracted by use of his cell phone has been charged for using an earphone in a pickup truck.

Quaint Oak Bancorp, Inc. , the holding company for Quaint Oak Bank , announced today that its Board of Directors at their meeting on October 14, 2009 declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.025 per share on the common stock of the Company payable on November 9, 2009 to the shareholders of record at the close of business on October 26, 2009.

The American Red Cross Lower Bucks County Chapter will host a "Casino Royale"-themed fundraiser in Lower Southampton Oct.

Six moms founded Childtowne Montessori School 40 years ago to offer an education tailored to each child's interests.

An early-morning fire yesterday at Bucks Landing Apartments in Warminster sent 15 residents to hospitals with smoke inhalation and destroyed one second-floor apartment.

A Shippensburg girl was injured when she was thrown from the back seat of a car and her head struck the windshield at 12:35 a.m. Saturday.

All that remains of Newtown's commuter rail stop is a faded sign, by a rusted stretch of track at Penn and Lincoln Streets, proclaiming the name of the Bucks County borough.

The attorney for the woman accused of using her job as a state liquor enforcement officer to extort money said yesterday the case against her client was not as it appeared.

State Police Liquor Enforcement Officer Gina Marie Kepler turned her job inspecting bars, restaurants, and other businesses that serve alcohol into a profitable side job shaking down the owners, according to a federal indictment filed yesterday.

SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. - Sept. 30, 2009 -- During her 12 years as a stay-at-home Mom, Colleen Citrigno did a lot of clothes shopping for her children.

A Bensalem couple is suing the former boss of "hoax mom" Bonnie Sweeten, citing "legal malpractice" and seeking more than $50,000 in damages.

Police raided two massage parlors in Upper Southampton Thursday and arrested three women on charges of soliciting prostitution.

Scott and Randee Segal of Southampton announce the engagement of their son, Brandon Eric Segal, to Jessica Ashley Lease, daughter of Michele Dionne of Houston, Texas and Kevin and Suzanne Lease of Mount Pleasant, Pa.