The 100th anniversary of the freeing of the narrow and functionally obsolete Washington Crossing Toll-Supported Bridge is at hand. According to published accounts, the bridge’s toll …
Later in this summer, PennDOT will finalize plans for the section officially noted as the U.S. 1 Section RC-3 Interchange. Similar to many of those who have in the last year either attended a …
Why is it that federal holidays are only for federal, state, city, banks and education employees? They enjoy many three-day weekends as the common worker toils on. Are these holidays just for …
Thank you to Chris Ruvo for his article “Police concerned with accidents at Wrightstown intersection” (June 22). He mentioned that there may be a traffic study conducted, which might warrant …
“I’m not a lawyer, but ... “ That’s a common phrase often used by talk show commentators, and it implies that only lawyers understand the meanings of words.
In regard to the Herald article about state Sen. Santarsiero’s call to do something about mass shootings, he and many others that are understandably upset and frustrated often call for “common …
I am in the city of Dublin, Ireland, for only the second day, just past the celebration of Bloomsday on June 16. That was day in 1904 that James Joyce’s character Leopold Bloom walked around Dublin …
Much of this may sound like whining but, in truth, it is a critical synopsis of corporatism’s impact and control in our formerly near-democratic nation. The deterioration of core values in a …
There is that often repeated saying, “All it takes for evil to succeed, is for good men and women to stand by and do nothing.” At this point in our country’s life, we have the vast …
I am responding to the letter from Wycombe, “Does Anybody Care,” May 19. The writer states that before moving to Pennsylvania she lived in Hudson County, N.J., communities and that the …
Last week we talked about the national toll guns are taking on America. The crimes of mass shootings are random, immediate and unpredictable. Still, legislation would help. Today, we talk about …
Dateline: 4.35 billion years ago. RNA forms spontaneously on basalt glass!
Juneteenth—also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day or Emancipation Day, became a National Holiday on June 19, 2021 after President Joe Biden signed it into law.
First, let us say that the Herald is our best local newspaper. We look forward to picking it up at the Giant Market every week. You have so many local and interesting articles that we really enjoy …
In the June 2 BCH, I note the numerous letters and op-eds seeking gun control – actually another one of our society’s stolen language euphemisms; for what government policy might actually be required to control a man-made inanimate object?
June 9, 1791. A single gunshot. A man fell to the floor in a frontier cabin in New York. He was Col. Arthur Erwin, probably killed by a Wild Yankee after serving in Bucks County’s Militia and surviving the Revolutionary War.
There has been much talk recently about Christian Nationalism and its role in American government. There is an undercurrent of fear among many that other belief systems will somehow be made secondary …
Anyone who drives route 413 in Buckingham Township between 202 and 232 is likely familiar with the interchangeable flags on a residence not far past Buckingham Elementary School, each one a …
Delaware Canal State Park Towpath has been named Pennsylvania’s 2022 Trail of the Year by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. This was most certainly true in …
It was brought to my attention that the Palisades School Board at their meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, June in the Palisades High School auditorium will be considering whether to continue …
