When I first heard about a potential traditional neighborhood development in the center of Newtown Borough, which later became known as Steeple View, I was excited by the possibilities it offered to …
Plans are afoot to create a 20-acre retirement community at the site of Pam Minford’s old Fountainhead banquet hall, which burned to the ground in 1999 at 6650 Lower York Road in Solebury.
A proposed “multi-generational” residential development along a section of North Broad Street that includes both Doylestown Township and Doylestown Borough recently took an initial step forward.
Pleased with redevelopment near the biotech center off Route 611, environmentally as well as commercially, Buckingham is now considering further redevelopment there. At its Sept. 27 public meeting, …
Lower Makefield’s Ad-Hoc Property Committee will hold a second and final public forum Tuesday to shape the future of the 234-acre township-owned Patterson Farm on Mirror Lake Road. At this meeting, …
Bookended between New York City and Philadelphia, the rural beauty of Bucks County is expected to drive a 9% growth in population between 2022 and 2027. All the more reason some environmentalists are …
The Solebury Board of Supervisors shot down an idea from the Fox Run Homeowners Association (HOA) on Tuesday that the township pay for the installation and maintenance of flashing beacons at its …
Richland Township has authorized its solicitor and supporting consultants to appear at the Aug. 31 meeting of the township zoning hearing board, to answer a challenge to its zoning ordinance filed by …
The New Hope Borough Zoning Hearing Board and the general public gathered at borough hall for what they hoped would be the conclusion of The Landing’s zoning hearing. Instead the night ended with …
A decision on six new houses in Lower Makefield was pushed back at the Wednesday board of supervisors meeting. Citing concerns with possible stormwater management implications related to a dam and two …
At a July meeting of the Newtown Township Board of Supervisors, counsel for the Kushner Real Estate Group (KRE) asked that Supervisor John Mack be disqualified from voting on a zoning ordinance.
Lower Makefield has brought in some expert legal help to assist the township with a proposal by Verizon Wireless to put a 150-foot-high cell phone tower on the property of the Beth El synagogue at …
Five locals, a township manufacturer and the Clean Air Council have banded together to challenge the decision to approve the H&K quarry off Route 309 in Springfield Township.
Lower Makefield will hold a forum Monday to get public input on development of a master plan for the 234-acre township-owned Patterson Farm on Mirror Lake Road near Interstate 295. The forum is 7 p.m. …
After several years and a protracted legal battle, a Wawa with gasoline pumps is finally coming to Newtown Township.On June 14, Newtown supervisors voted 3-2 to approve a settlement agreement with …
Recently, we have all seen the closing of local movie theaters. Quakertown has been impacted by this as well. Formerly a multi-screen theater operated off California Road behind Walmart, the building …
One of Lower Makefield's few remaining large farms could be giving way to 78 single-family houses.
New Hope Borough Council members had hoped to adopt a new ordinance amendment in February. While the amendment would be new to borough zoning laws, township residents and businesses are …
The Solebury Board of Supervisors on Feb. 21 agreed to consider creating zoned areas on agriculture land for farm workers lodging in the residential/agricultural district. The measure would be …
Bucks County envisions an “innovative” use of its property along the corner of Almshouse and Easton roads in Doylestown Township. “We’d like to transcend a traditional, normal development; …
