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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 …

HISTORY LIVES: Soap Box Derby

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 …

Rugby notes

The Doylestown Rugby Academy high school boys team fell to Berks County Rugby on May 7 in the quarterfinals of the RugbyPA State Championships. The final score was 64-17. Try scorers for Doylestown …

Doylestown Hospital extended its global outreach and humanitarian efforts to Hôpital GénéralIdrissa Pouye and Centre de Santé Aristide Mensah, both located in Dakar, Senegal, Africa with the …

Gettysburg-based author Jeffrey Shaara, will introduce his new novel, “The Old Lion: A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt,” with an event at Doylestown Bookshop, 16 S. Main St., Doylestown, at 6 p.m. …

Twenty-five years ago, in May 1998, Pat Gerney bought the bookshop on Main Street in Doylestown and renamed it The Doylestown Bookshop with the desire that it would become a “hometown bookstore.”

It’s safe to say that Super Wawas now – almost – bookend Doylestown. While the latest convenience store and gas station at 3659 N. Easton Road is technically in Buckingham Township, it’s not …

Doylestown Health Foundation will host “Through Their Eyes: Reflections on a Century of Delivering Healthcare to Our Community,” from 7 to 8 p.m. May 10, in the auditorium of the James-Lorah …

Rumors about the return of the much-loved Village Fair, held in Doylestown from the 1960s to the 1990s, are no longer rumors. Village Improvement Association (VIA) board member Carol Shugars, chair of …

Like countless communities across the country, the small borough of Doylestown has PFAS, or so-called “forever chemicals,” in its water supply. How to address the perplexing and expensive problem …

Before Doylestown’s former borough hall can become a “boutique” hotel, restaurant and event space, it has to be torn down. Approval for that demolition was recently given by the town’s …

Doylestown Applebee’s closes

Applebee’s, a longtime restaurant staple for the Doylestown community and beyond, has closed its Barn Plaza location. The distinctive sign that marked the free-standing building along Route 611 in …

HISTORY LIVES: Flat Iron Building

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 …

The Doylestown men’s rugby team defeated defending champion Schuylkill River D3 20-13 for the Lentz Cup on Saturday, April 29, in Wilmington, Del.Unfamiliar with the Schuylkill River game-style, …

The community is invited to join the Rainbow Room in Doylestown for a special youth-led, conversation with Peter Staley on his memoir, “Never Silent: ACT UP and My Life in Activism,” from 6 to …

Rumors about the return of the much-loved Village Fair, held in Doylestown from the 1960s to the 1990s, are no longer rumors. Village Improvement Association Board Member Carol Shugars, chair of …

Major changes are coming to the Central Bucks School District. In announcements that drew cheers from hundreds of residents Thursday, the district’s superintendent said Linden Elementary School will …

HISTORY LIVES: 1950 Federal Census

United States census records have been taken every 10 years since 1790 to provide a snapshot of the nation’s population as well as to apportion seats in the House of …

Doylestown Borough Council and the borough’s mayor stated support April 17 for keeping Linden Elementary School open and called on the Central Bucks School District to provide a “transparent, public process” for the community to provide input before any decision is made about the school.

No matter how you define success, A-Day at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown Township was a big one. In addition to drawing large crowds of festival-goers all three days last weekend, revenues …

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