On May 24, I attended my first Doylestown Human Relations Commission meeting. I am so glad I went. The program “Step Up, So Others Won’t Get Stepped On!” was an anti-bullying forum with …
Let’s face it. The Pennridge community has never been a hotbed of progressive thinking. During my junior year of high school, 1964-65, Robert Hollenbach stuck his neck out and had us read …
It seems that not a week goes by without a young Black man brutally killed by the police who are sworn to protect us all. Another family shattered, another young person’s future vanished.How can we …
Thank you for including Maximillian Driks article “Chalfont residents blast council for clearing trees with no notice for walking trail they oppose” in last week’s edition of the Herald. It is …
Due to the number of returning World War II veterans impacted by mental health issues, in 1949 Congress designated May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Today our system is underfunded and collapsing …
Ask any Pennridge parent, and you will hear story after story of our kids’ teachers going the extra mile to support students and make learning engaging. Ms. Granite and Ms. Wetzel’s Deibler …
Fisherman’s Mark is well known for food support through our Free MARKet food pantry, but there’s so much more to what we do. We advocate at every level for individuals and families in need of …
After every mass shooting there is a furtive quest to discover why the shooter would do something so horrible to other fellow human beings. It is hard to imagine why someone could take a life, let …
I read the recent opinion column from Amy McGahran (“Study the implications of bringing in a school resource officer,” April 13) concerning the issue of school resource officers and would like to …
Lambertville, with a population of around 4,000 is supposedly one of the smallest cities in the U.S. It is unclear what justifies its claim to be a city. In the U.K. by contrast, a place can only be …
There is an emphasis and a great push to have Americans, and the rest of the world for that matter, to move from internal combustion engines to electric motors. That is to move from fossil fuels such …
As a mom of an adult daughter with intellectual disabilities and autism, I’m writing to plead with Gov. Shapiro and the General Assembly to address the ongoing crisis impacting families like mine. …
“Weeds are just flowers in the wrong spot.” I had been speaking with Patty Salva, a resident of Durham Township, when she uttered these words that seemed to encapsulate “No Mow May,” a practice of abstaining from mowing lawns for the month of May.
In Richland Township, the most dramatic changes have occurred over the past 40 years, as developers transformed hundreds of acres of farm fields into new residential and commercial developments. The …
The Central Bucks School District has a rich history of academic excellence that has long been a source of great pride for our community. Regrettably, our district’s reputation has been damaged …
Once again, the Pennridge School Board majority is ignoring our citizens and prioritizing politics over our students. In an embarrassing display, the board majority disregarded the outpouring of …
Pandemic-era expansions to SNAP benefits expired in 32 states, including Pennsylvania. SNAP Emergency Allotments were introduced in early 2020 to protect the food security of low-income families …
On Tuesday May 16, “we the people” of Bucks County will select the candidates who will represent the Republican and Democratic parties in the upcoming November municipal election for county, …
Local politics today feels like a blood sport. This is nowhere more apparent than in Central Bucks School Board meetings, where insults and accusations drown out the occasional kind word. These …
At the risk of being compared to the church preacher who, upon looking down from his pulpit and seeing a standing-room-only congregation rather than praising everyone in attendance, chose to chastise …
