The Pennsylvania Department of Health is warning Pennsylvania’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) participants of potential scams and cautioned them not to disclose their personal information without verifying the identity …
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced on May 27th that expiration dates for driver licenses, identification cards, and learner’s permits, will be extended for Pennsylvania residents in response to statewide COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
Effective …
Bucks Knocks Out Hunger, United Way of Bucks County’s signature hunger-fighting event, has changed from a mass meal-packing event to a county-wide nonperishable food drive and fundraising campaign this year.
Adapting to allow for social …
Public Comment Period from 5/26/2020 to 6/29/2020
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) is seeking your input and has opened a 30+ day Public Comment Period for the the Draft DVRPC Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Transportation …
Department of Human Services (DHS) Secretary Teresa Miller today reminded Pennsylvanians that public assistance programs remain available to families throughout the COVID-19 public-health emergency.
Programs include the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, the Children’s …
The Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County is pleased to announce the opening of its first online exhibition and sale, “For the Love of Art.”
The exhibition is now open and will run at …
Penn State Extension and the Philadelphia Water Department are now accepting applications for Philadelphia’s fall 2020 Master Watershed Steward training.
The program provides participants with extensive training in environmental science. After completing the classes and …
Approves $230,000 in Grant Awards Benefiting 51 Bucks Non-Profits
Non-profit organizations have been especially hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic as community need is greater than ever. In an effort to quickly respond to the …
by Joan Hellyer
“Diverse voices” are being sought for the first ever Bucks County Arts Poetry Prize contest.
The New Hope-based River Heron Review is sponsoring the competition in collaboration with the Arts & Cultural …
The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU), the Pennridge School District, and Pennridge High School junior Matthew Genatempo recently collaborated to supply Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to local hospitals and first responders in the surrounding …
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has awarded a construction contract for a 500-ton salt-storage building on the Pennsylvania side of the agency’s Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge.
The new 1,750-square-foot building will rest …
by Lori Goldstein
Julie Henning has recently published her autobiography, “A Rose in a Ditch,” the title referring to the fact that Julie, or Sooni as she was known in her native South Korea, was …