This isn’t the column I planned for this week. However, Christmas is in three days, and we should mention it. Done. It’s at this moment that I’m tempted to just continue with the column I had …
In the best community newspapers, mutual trust and respect are foundational elements of a symbiotic relationship between the journalists and the readers they serve.
It will be mighty cold on Buckingham Mountain on Christmas Eve but that won’t stop the crowd expected at Mount Gilead, the little church where escaped slaves once prayed. David Gale and a …
The bi-state Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) plans to post another reel of archival silent movie footage from the 1933-34 construction of the current-day steel-truss Upper Black …
Years ago and throughout his life my dad was truly infected with a contagious Christmas Spirit. He gave gifts and was a decorating maniac – the glitzier the better. Dad loved blinking stars, …
At first glance the annual Festival of Trees at Pearl S. Buck’s home is not unlike other Bucks County holiday outings. It is an occasion to tour garnished Christmas trees stationed throughout a …
For nearly 40 years, the Bucks County Foundation has been supporting Bucks County Community College through the Happ Grover Fund, offering tuition scholarships to students from Central Bucks …
As Pennsylvania works through the heartbreak and wreckage left in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, our state’s ongoing, deadly drug and alcohol epidemic is churning back into public …
Live Nativity scenes are popping up all over the globe. Even for those of the most hardened of hearts the living reminder of Christ’s birth can create a moment of reverence and peace – the …
Have you heard any of these common responses from adults regrading bullying situations? “Words will never hurt you.” “Bullying makes kids tougher.” “Bullied kids need to learn to deal …
Sometimes, the universe sends us a message. It’s light and optional or it’s dark and imperative. Recently, I’ve been getting light and optional – but repeatedly, and they started to glitch …
Because of her loving family, Doylestown’s “Mrs. Claus” is still able to “sit up and take notice,” as the saying goes. My mind is crowded with memories of being Mrs. Claus to my …
In the following letter to the editor, I propose the query: What if Harriet Beecher Stowe had not written “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”? Harriet’s words changed the world. Her words opened …
I lament the passing of Michael Gerson, an evangelical Christian and conservative journalist. He was an advisor and speech writer for Republican political leaders including President George W. …
I remember it was a cold snowy day when Pearl Harbor was bombed, Dec. 7, 1941. I was 6 years old and in first grade when the sirens and whistles blew and we were sent home from school in a …
The voter turnout in Bucks County this past November was 65.8% of the registered voters of Bucks County. This turnout was incredibly close to the percent of registered voters (65.0) who voted …
The holidays are no place for anything but glitter and shine, frolic and fun, love and laughter ... oh, sorry, that’s the Hallmark movie channel. Those people have stagehands, but we’ve mentioned …
The Palace of Sweets was located in the northeast corner of Lenape Hall, in the center of Doylestown. The store featured homemade candies “made carefully in our own kitchen” …
The writer and philosopher George Santayana is credited with saying, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Mark Twain gets credit for saying, “History never repeats …
Over the past two decades of research into the cause and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, there have been 98 failed late phase studies with multiple novel experimental agents. The most recent …
