After reading the Sept. 1 article about the suicides in the Bucks county Correctional Facility, I agree with John Mathieu’s letter to the editor in the same issue, decrying the lack of research …
Doug Mastriano, election-denier and insurrectionist, fought to the end to reverse the voters’ will in 2020. And state Rep Todd Polinchock signed on to this scheme.
PennDOT’s proposal of shutting down access roads, widening Route 413, and building two cloverleafs in the area of U.S. Route 1 and Route 413 in Langhorne raises three concerns:
On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was finally adopted, giving women in every state of the Union the right to vote. Many people do not realize that the 19th …
I had a mother, God rest her soul, who in her lifetime suffered often from the systemic social barriers that confronted women of her generation. I saw that needless pain firsthand.
Lest there be no doubt, Brian Fitzpatrick is a careful chameleon. He assumes one color locally (“our” Independent) where he takes on the hue of non-partisanship, a humble family man that truly …
Within the last several years there was legislation proposed that would extend the statute of limitations on crimes of sexual assault or sexual abuse. The legislation was intended to give victims of …
Brian Fitzpatrick is a good guy. His newsletter discusses all the nice he does for us from attending ceremonies to providing thousands of dollars to worthy local organizations (just like every other …
All the while reading John Harding’s column (Aug. 18) I was waiting in vain for the words that told me where in Bucks County Gen. Smedley Butler may have lived. So when I turned to the …
There is no perfect plan to try to address, contain or mitigate climate change. But address it we must. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, referred to as RGGI, is surely not perfect. …
At the start of the school year here in Central Bucks County, I want to extend my thanks to CBSD Board members Karen Smith, Dr. Mariam Mahmud, and Dr. Tabitha Dell’Angelo. Your experience, …
This summer, the news has been full of reports of drought, fires, and pending food shortages throughout the United States and the world. What are we doing in Bucks County to support and …
If you read a recent article in the Herald carefully there is never any mention by name of any white supremacy group, a specific series of white supremacy attacks by incidents and location, the …
I am so impressed with the Bucks County Herald, and thinking about that now that I’m not always living here, it occurred to me that the Herald is about the only American regional newspaper I …
The Rev. Martin Niemöller was a Lutheran pastor who is best known for his 1946 quote, “First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out – Because I was not a Communist. Then they …
Brian Fitzpatrick is uniquely qualified, as he said, to “get to the bottom” of the FBI search of the former president’s home. Rep. Fitzpatrick worked in the corporate-crime division at the …
Thank you to the many people who invested in our recent Neighbors in Need NOW Campaign. We collected close to $45,000, which …
Any school district that has enough money to hire a public relations firm has: (A) no need for state funding, and (B) apparently cannot justify its own actions. David Hartman, Warminster
In the July 21 Issue of the Herald, I found it interesting to learn that the Solebury Township Board of Supervisors passed a resolution urging the New Jersey Department of Transportation to …
As was reported earlier this year, the Plumstead Historical Society (PHS) acquired the old chapel that was home to the Danboro Community Association (DCA) for decades. Built in 1888 it was …
