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Hi, neighbors! It’s us, Pearl S. Buck International, longtime resident of the Hilltown/Perkasie/Dublin area. We wouldn’t blame you for not knowing who we are – located down a long …

The Republican Party in Pennsylvania has been taken over by the Trump MAGA crowd, leaving many lifelong Republicans in an uneasy place. The importance of this election cannot be overstated, …

I am a new voter, and I support Dr. Mehmet Oz because he cares about Pennsylvania working families and businesses. The first time I understood what Dr. Oz stood for was when he came to visit a …

I am writing to you for help in trying to preserve if not save some land in Hulmeville Borough. The property behind the Hulmeville Firehouse which formally belonged to the Black family has been …

Beacon Hill, at over 500 feet elevation, is one of the highest points in Bucks County. In the 18th century, scouts from Washington’s army lit signal fires on …

The article ( Sept. 29) in the editorial section of the Bucks County Herald by the League of Women Voters titled “The three categories of eligible voters: Avs, SVs, and NVs” is an attempt to get …

Rolling Harvest Food Rescue is inviting the community to celebrate with us as we mark the milestones of a decade of farm-based food rescue and the four million pounds of healthful, fresh food …

By the Way: Site of veterans camp remains elusive

A man who was once a groundskeeper at a camp for deaf children. A woman who toured that camp with her son’s Cub Scout troop in the 1990s. An excavator who recalls an old hand-drawn plot plan …

Chatterbox: Purpose every day

It really is amazing that, even in our post COVID days, while we are returning to a somewhat normal life, we’re still haunted. The residual mind games, wariness, even low level fear stay with us. …

In China, Malaysia and Taiwan, teachers are held in the same high regard as doctors. Teaching in Finland is so prestigious and sought-after a profession that only one in five applicants is admitted …

This is one of my all-time favorite quotes. Early in my career as a journalist, I was having a bad day. This very experienced newspaperman who was one of my first bosses asked me what I thought my job as a journalist was. After I gave him the typical journalism school answer, he recited Dunne’s quote to me, and it has stuck with me since I was that 21-year-old novice journalist.

As he seeks to become a United States senator, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman claims that he got involved in politics to fight crime in “his city,” Braddock, Pa., after two of his students were …

I feel compelled to bring attention to school board representation in Council Rock, especially Region 9: Wrightstown Township and Newtown Township Districts 1 & 2. This is my region and is …

According to investigative reporting by SpotlightPA on the Tax Rebate Program, in the past decade Pa. state lawmakers introduced 24 Bills, six during this current legislative session. None of these …

l Storm Ida spun off tornadoes –– plural –– and dumped up to 10 inches of rain on Southeastern Pennsylvania, leaving behind scarred and flooded communities and many millions …

A friend told me about a letter to the editor he read recently from someone who talked about driving in Doylestown and honking at a pedestrian with two canes. I did not see the letter myself but …

I don’t have a problem with letters from individuals who have a different point of view ... if they clearly and honestly state why they believe their opinion is valid; however, as Stephen …

Bring back the drum circle!

Spoiler alert – it never left. And there may be a circle in a town near you. Why not see what it’s all about? And if you can’t find one near you, why not start one?

It was June 2020. I was finishing ninth grade, which turned out to be the first year of several of my pandemic education. I was in a class (which means online in my bedroom) and my teacher …

Continuity is an asset to be cherished in this era of short-lived institutions and products. That’s why artists and art lovers flocked to the Phillips’ Mill in Solebury Township last …

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