Summertime is for swimming pools and lemonade, not for mosquito bites and diseases like West Nile Virus, so the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is encouraging residents to Fight the Bite and protect themselves. “The best parts of summer…
The Penn State Master Watershed Steward volunteers of Bucks County are now accepting online orders for native trees and shrubs through Wednesday, August 31st, 2022. The third annual fundraiser offers 28 varieties of native trees and shrubs to order online…
On August 2nd, Acting PA Secretary of State Leigh M. Chapman said the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s decision upholding the constitutionality of no-excuse mail-in voting in the commonwealth assures eligible Pennsylvanians can vote by mail-in ballot in the November 8th general…
Recent crashes put workers, motorists at risk The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is reminding motorists to drive safely in work zones after there have been several incidents of work zone intrusions resulting in motorists hitting PennDOT employees or equipment. …
United Way of Bucks County met its fundraising goal for Bucks Knocks Out Hunger, its annual hunger-fighting initiative, thanks to a donation of $10,813 from the Foundations Community Partnership Board of Directors. As of the middle of July, United Way…
The deadline for older and disabled Pennsylvanians to apply for rebates on rent and property taxes paid in 2021 has been extended from June 30th to December 31st, 2022, the departments of Revenue and Aging announced recently. Claimants of the Property…
Soroptimist International of Indian Rock, Inc. (SIIR) recently presented 14 need-based educational grants to local college-bound women – some of whom will be supported through all four years of their college careers. “We are so fortunate to benefit from the…
submitted by Maya K. van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper & Founder of Green Amendments For The Generations On June 30th the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) went above and beyond with its judicial rulemaking to undermine the authority…
The search is on for the 46th annual Bucks County Poet Laureate, according to Bucks County Community College Professor Ethel Rackin, Ph.D., director of what is the longest-running poet laureate program in Pennsylvania. The contest is open to Bucks County residents over age…
Bucks County is among the recipients of recently announced awards for 14 Pennsylvania apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs within the building and construction trades. “Throughout history, apprenticeships have been a vital part of career education in certain fields,” Governor Wolf said….
PA Cyber alumna Chloe Perko, 19, is a bright, curious person waiting to begin her freshman year at Marywood University’s School of Architecture (Scranton, PA) this fall. After graduating from PA Cyber in 2021 in the top 1% of her…
By Jim Slagle, Associate Editor Most of us respect our elders, as we are taught to do. Cherishing senior citizens is a value Americans share with people and cultures from around the world. It is appropriate that we do so,…