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HISTORY LIVES: Bucks County SPCA

Bucks County SPCA. Since its inception, the Bucks County SPCA has rescued and re-homed animals in need, from Bristol to Springfield and everywhere in between. In 1912, the Bucks County SPCA was …

Chatterbox: Flight of the fairy

Today, I was blessed to be with my friend of almost three decades, and her sister whom she graciously has shared with me, my friend for nearly as long. These two gals are pure excellence; I could …

From the Editor’s Desk: Here’s how you should vote

It’s with good reason that newspaper candidate endorsements have fallen by the wayside in recent years. Newspapers, already struggling with declining circulation numbers and advertising dollars, are …

Like many of us who live here in Bucks County, I tend to think of our beautiful corner of the world as a hidden gem. So, I am always taken by surprise that no matter where I travel in the world, I …

There is nothing more important than the safety of our children. Imagine using the hundreds of thousands of dollars already spent needlessly by the Central Bucks School Board to satisfy their extreme …

So many of our Pennsylvania communities, both suburban and rural, are being flooded with stolen guns and the related violence. In March alone, a serial straw purchaser — someone who legally …

Another school shooting and another predictable reaction. They run out to their microphones and social media accounts before all the facts are in, screaming to ban these so-called “assault weapons.”

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 …

The winter that wasn’t

My phone buzzed as I was walking out the door, and an alert about dangerous driving popped on the screen: black ice caused by an unusual “freezing fog.” Having totaled my car about 10 years ago on …

Israel’s crisis explained

Like Great Britain, Israel has a parliamentary system of government. There are 120 members in its parliament, the Knesset. Therefore, to form a government, the leader of the largest party following …

Make an Easter Sunday resolution

Is it just me or, as each year passes, does the recognition of Easter and Good Friday and the significance of the season of Lent become less important to many of us? Most schools are closed, but that …

The Mystery Man

Every seventh day that winter, he drove an old white van covered with hand-lettered Bible verses to a stretch of backroad between two rattling cornfields, under transmission towers that sizzled in the …

HISTORY LIVES: Tops of Town

A poster was designed in 2012 highlighting some of Doylestown’s most-recognized buildings. The creators saw a unique and beautiful world that’s different from the daily perspective …

Chatterbox: Lessons from the field

The greatest strength of America is her people – her real people – and it always has been. They are the powerful backbone that keeps this nation standing.Our real-deal people are becoming more …

I am currently a senior enrolled at Bucks County Community College. I also complete volunteer work as well as working a part-time job. Because of this, transportation from place to place is a must …

At least I tried

A man who had been a smoker all his life had been feeling poorly for a long time. When he finally went to see his doctor, he was told by the doctor that he had an advanced case of cancer and that he …

There is a new book entitled “The Big Con,” by Marina Mazzucato and Rosie Collington, University College of London. In it you can read how experts lead companies astray. It works like this: A …

In uncertain times, trust community banks

When Pennsylvanians see two of the largest bank failures in American history occurring mere days apart, it’s understandable that they would have questions about their own local banks. The federal …

Say it louder. It’s the guns

Country singers are praying for Nashville. Some are calling out their politicians for their unwillingness to enact sensible gun laws. That’s great. Did you pray for Uvalde? Did you pray for those …

Back in February, Terry Kuntz sent a letter to the Herald — a turnaround from his usual defense of Second Amendment rights. A former Army officer, now retired and president of the Bridgeton …

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