After years of working within the restraints of architectural drawing, a Richland woman has let her artistic passions loose and created what amounts to a pint-sized zoo. It was a passion Gerry Mulloy …
Wander Woman is painted in silver on her black GMC truck, but Wonder Woman would be as fitting a description for Linda Jenny. The goal of this Upper Bucks equestrienne is to ride her horse, Roxy, in all 48 mainland states.
She is a woman in love with the sea. Her enchantment began when she was only 8 years old, conquering wind and waves in a dinghy. Last Friday, the slender, dark-haired Capt. Lauren Morgens docked the …
When we think of the Lenape roaming through our woods and fishing our rivers and streams, we tend to picture them in a familiar landscape — in our world. “Not so,” said historian Amy Hollander …
When my son and his family last visited us, my elder grandson, who is 14, excitedly emerged from our basement with an old telephone in hand. His cheeks were flushed, his eyes sparkling, his …
Cynthia L. “Cindy” Skoriak spends her working days in a job almost completely dominated by men. It’s also a kind of under-the-radar occupation that is a mystery to most people.
The Shelly One-Room-School is an island in time, untouched by the traffic that roars by on Route 212 as it passes through Richland Township. It is filled with memorabilia and, perhaps more telling, …
Stafford Wavrek’s kitchen wall is plastered with concert schedules and he’s got the tickets to match. He rarely misses a concert in either Bucks County or the Lehigh Valley. Now retired, this …
I see so many new fences as I drive through the countryside. Where none have been before, I see neat, happy picket fences with roses peeking over the boards or the more imposing stockade fences …
We’ve learned so much about the moon since Neil Armstrong first set foot on it in 1969 but its mysterious attraction is still very real. Scientific exploration has painted it as a not very welcoming …
Linda Jenny loves this cartoon. It reads, “Sweat dries. Blood clots. Bones heal. Only the strongest old women ride horses.” That’s Linda — and, at 68, this retired nurse from Kintnersville is …
One of the many outstanding features of Doylestown’s handsome James-Lorah Memorial Home is the St. Cecelia stained glass window designed by Willet Stained Glass and Decorating Co. in Philadelphia. …
Philip S. Getty thinks of his metal detecting passion as “dirt fishing.” “It is a bit like fishing,” the Solebury man says. “You feel a slight tug and instead of a bass, it’s a pull tab or …
“To Canada, Wisconsin and Oklahoma,” according to a Newtown area woman, who added, “They are also spread out all over the country and living very modern lives.”
Talk music with Karen Fackler and she’ll undoubtedly burst into song. It’s second nature to the singer once known as Karen Christopher. She made headlines on the 1970s entertainment pages with …
In a rich, soft-spoken voice, a costumed Yardley woman portrayed Harriet Tubman, breathing life into the image of the fearless woman who led so many slaves to freedom.
The irony is impossible to escape. As many as 30y oung Irish immigrants fled their homeland during the Great Famine only to die here from cholera, their common grave unmarked — until a few years …
It happened Feb. 23, 1898 — exactly 125 years ago today. For the third time, law enforcement officers approached the home of Adam Weaver near the Springfield Township village of Bursonville.
She’s a warrior in her field, helping those diagnosed with mental health issues. At the same time she’s hoping to conquer the stigma surrounding the illness. Amie Allanson-Dundon, who lives in …
When I heard a news broadcast that 40,000 women had joined the Ukrainian fighting forces, I immediately thought of Doylestown’s famous daughter, Margaret Mead. Her 1928 book, “Coming of Age in …
