The Doylestown Intelligencer of June 13, 1889 reported, “A band of gypsies are encamped near the town and several of the women have been going from house to house importuning housewives to …
Since Republicans took over House leadership, they’ve focused on settling political scores but made no serious effort to do the job. Instead, they are taking us to the brink — refusing to pay the …
A recent article by Associated Press reporter Matt Sedensky “Impoverished and living on pennies in a nursing home” exposed the hardships so many of our elderly experience in nursing homes across …
Every March, our house is infested with flying ants, the price we pay for living in a copse. The ants sneak through a crack where a slab meets a cinder block foundation. If we don’t see them in …
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. …
This coming weekend, we have two special days.Yes, one is Mother’s Day. The day itself has a great history we discussed once, but we’ve done many columns on the day itself. As a mother of four, I …
Franca Warden’s special friend was Luciano Pavarotti, the Metropolitan Opera tenor who dominated the world’s tenor field of opera in the 1980s and ‘90s. When Pavoratti posed for Nelson Shanks, …
In May 1940, the newspaper announced that Doylestown was to have a Soap Box Derby, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Winners of the Doylestown races would compete in Philadelphia …
The municipal primary election is Tuesday, May 16. Here are some questions voters may have ...
Poet’s Corner is curated by Bucks County Poet Laureate Tom Mallouk and supported by a grant to the Bucks County Herald Foundation made possible by Marv and Dee Ann Woodall.
My love affair with Election Night began in November 1998. In Montgomery County, Joseph Hoeffel upended Jon Fox in the 13th Congressional District in a rematch of two years prior, when Fox bested …
“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.
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 …
Flat Iron Building. The triangle of land bordered by West State and West Court streets forms one of the “Five Points” in downtown Doylestown. Today it features the Flat Iron Building, but this …
I listened to the recent Central Bucks School District special board meeting on Zoom when the law firm hired by the board — Duane Morris — presented its findings about whether the district failed …
I just wanted to take a quick minute to thank you for publishing the guest opinion by Dr Stephen Mass (April 27).It was a well written and really showed the content of the special school board …
We, the Bucks County members of the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Greater Philadelphia steering committee, are alarmed by a growing wave of anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric and discrimination in our …
Thank you for publishing the quality and very important viewpoint of Dr. Stephen Mass, who explained the investigative report submitted to the Central Bucks school board. It’s absolutely shocking …
It was with sadness that I read the article concerning the grade alignments planned for Central Bucks School District. As a retired CB elementary school teacher of 33 years and so many years ago, I …
