Two seniors at Council Rock High School North recently reached the highest level a high school musician can achieve by earning a place in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) All-State Festival music ensembles. Trumpet player Carson Shaffer was named…
On March 25th the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) staged a surprise award presentation to the winning teams of this year’s STEM Design Challenge! Each year, the Bucks IU facilitates the county-wide STEM Design Challenge competition for students in…
by JoAnn Yeoman Tongret I’m at the ShopRite trying to grab a few things I need for dinner. It’s been a long day made even worse by a massive traffic jam, and I’m making a genuine effort to forget the…
The Bucks County Senior Games are June 1st to 17th The 39th Bucks County Senior Games, scheduled for June 1st to 17th, are stacking up to be the best year ever! The games, open to adults 50+, encourage county-wide friendly…
To celebrate the end of the ensemble’s 10th year together, Bucks County Women’s Chorus will present a gala concert on May 15th at 3:00pm at Lutheran Church of God’s Love, Newtown. To mark the chorus’ landmark anniversary and to celebrate the end…
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) today joined the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) and Pennsylvania organ donation organizations Donate Life PA, Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) and Gift of Life Donor Program in spreading the message that…
Pennsylvania is expected to publish its finalized regulation for joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) on April 23rd, paving the way for the state to start levying a price on carbon as early as July 1st. RGGI is a…
Bucks County Free Library’s third annual Bucks for Books fundraiser begins Saturday, April 23rd on World Book Day. The library’s goal is to raise $10,000 for new physical books, e-books and audiobooks. Every $20 donated adds another new book to…
The community is invited to join the Bucks County Coroner’s Office at the Unattended Veterans Service at Washington Crossing National Cemetery. The ceremony will be held at 830 Highland Road, Newtown PA, 18940 on Thursday, April 28th at 2:00pm. The…
PennPIRG Education Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC) and Fashion FWD released a scorecard today ranking popular retail and apparel brands on policy commitments to eliminate a dangerous class of toxic “forever chemicals,” known as PFAS, from their products. Levi Strauss…
As Pennsylvania prepares for the eventual end of the federal public health emergency, the Department of Human Services (DHS) is strongly encouraging Pennsylvanians enrolled in Medical Assistance to make sure their contact information is correct and sign up for alerts…
Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Board of Pardons Secretary Celeste Trusty at a press conference Monday unveiled a modernization project to overhaul how people in Pennsylvania apply for clemency, making it easier to ask for pardons or request a reduction…