I do not have any skin in the games that are being played at both the Pennridge and Central Bucks school districts because I do not live in either district nor do I have any children of school age.
Regarding the commentary titled “Detractors should embrace electric vehicles (June 8),” while the writer makes a fair number of valid points, he and the members of his fan club never answer a …
In her Bucks County Herald article (“Just, safe policing starts with data and transparency” June 1), the NAACP’s Karen Downer reminds us to go with the science. Good advice. Get the data.
A few years ago, I started a petition to rename SEPTA’s West Trenton Line “The Ewing Line.” The reason being is that it runs to Ewing Township, New Jersey. Every resident of Ewing Township wants …
Lambertville and New Hope merchants, residents and tourists please take notice. The public comment period on the incomplete information that was available at the June 14 and 15 “open house …
Just after my 14th birthday I moved with my parents from Philadelphia to a house in New Britain, less than two miles from the borough of Chalfont. Chalfont had a small amusement park called Forest …
As the TV commercial for Shingrix, the highly effective shingles vaccine highlights, it doesn’t matter if you eat well, maintain a healthy weight, exercise regularly or drink green tea. You can …
I spent a lovely hour last month bird-watching from the Waterview Place Condominiums parking lot in New Hope. As a swarm of pigeons landed on a nearby rooftop, and a half dozen vultures rode the wind …
I’m responding to your recent article, “Chalfont councilman wants answers to Greenway Trail questions” (June 22). As I’m the councilman who submitted the questions, I’d like to clear up a …
So the Department of Justice finally published its findings on the Minnesota police force three years after the death of George Floyd. They only confirm what people of color already know: that people …
Most of the journalists I’ve encountered over my 25 years in the newspaper business have shunned attention, preferring instead to let the subjects of their stories and photographs get top billing. But this week, I’m yanking them out of the background because they deserve a little bit of fanfare.
Over more than 40 years, Dee Rosenwald organized day trips for the New Hope Historical Society, most recently with Mayor Laurence Keller as her guide partner. After Dee’s death, the tours have …
The first time I saw my father embrace my mother was when she struggled through cancer. Framed in my mind is a wild-haired woman in a limp flannel gown, held stiffly in Father’s heavy hands at the end …
There’s an old expression that goes, “Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you. ”Here at Chatterbox we often discuss tolerance, diligence, patience, understanding, resources …
On the day they lost their 2-year-old son Dax in a sudden, tragic and incomprehensible accident, Karen and Mike Babcock, in their grief, closed the door to his bedroom. But a life carefully preserved out of sight didn’t jive at all with their “Daxy,” …
Many seniors have been losing their homes because of failure to pay school and real estate taxes on the property. Here are my thoughts on the subject: When a senior starts his Social Security pension …
Growing up in Yardley, surrounded by lush forests and thriving farmland, the issue of climate pollution seemed like a remote reality. It would have shocked me to discover that less than 20 minutes …
You hear it everywhere — get outside, commune with nature, walk barefoot and ground yourself. This is so important, yet for many of us, it is advice that is ignored, and it is so needed.One …
As a parent, I have always loved the end of the school year. It’s a time of celebration and fun, but also a hard-line indicator of your child growing up. We rejoice in all they’ve learned and …
The parents, teachers, administration and board of school directors at New Hope-Solebury understand the gravity of the “new pandemic” — our nationwide mental health crisis. As the president of …
