In 1799, some German citizens objected to paying a window tax levied by Congress during President John Adams’ administration. Perhaps due to a language difficulty, they interpreted it as a tax on …
Quakertown area voters have many issues on their minds, but the top concerns of potential voters who took part in a recent Facebook poll are overcrowding at Strayer Middle School and at the high …
Richard Moore (1793-1874) moved from Gwynedd to Quakertown in about 1813, and quickly established himself as a teacher. Quakertown was becoming an educational and intellectual center. Quakers always …
It was a spectacular night for the Quakertown Panthers, as the football team improved its record to 4-4 with a big victory over Council Rock North (2-6) on Friday Oct. 13. After the game, Panthers …
The small building located at 1237 W. Broad St. in Quakertown was built in 1772. At only 15-feet-by-15-feet, it was originally an addition to a log home. When Abel Robert’s son married a girl who lived ...
New Quakertown Community School District Superintendent Dr. Matthew Friedman is holding a ‘Meet & Greet’ on Oct. 18 at Quakertown Community High School. The session, which is scheduled to run …
Over 200 people attended the YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties’ inaugural Welcoming Week International Potluck at the Quakertown branch on Sept. 8.The event featured foods and entertainment …
The main home and office of Quakertown Historical Society is the Burgess Foulke House. It received its name because in 1812 when Edward Foulke Sr. had the stone farmhouse built near the intersection …
It was a big goal, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Senior Patrick Fannon found the back of the net with 18:19 remaining in the second half to lift the Pennridge boys soccer team to a 1-0 …
This is the season the Central Bucks West girls volleyball team has been waiting for. And’s it’s going well for them. The Bucks defeated visiting Quakertown, 3-0 (25-9, 25-15, 25-21) on Tuesday …
“If you build it, they will come,” according to “Field of Dreams,” the much-loved 1989 movie that is Tom Schnabel’s favorite. That’s why he chose it last summer for Movie Night at Schnabels’ Woods in Quakertown.
Members of the Quakertown Community High School baseball team were able to hone their pitching skills Saturday morning with Hall of Famer and Phillies pitching legend Steve Carlton.
The Quakertown field hockey team defeated host Palisades 2-0 on Sept. 1 to notch its second shutout win in the first week of the season. The Panthers’ Kaitlin Calvello scored in the second quarter …
From left: Sandy Shelly, Dave Landis, Joe Bobiak and Bob Beck recently participated in the Richland Township Community Day by sharing information about the Richland Historical Society’s efforts …
Quakertown Community School District administrators and staff are scrambling to reverse a decline in state test scores from where they were before COVID closed schools across the country in March 2020.
“Cool kids never have the time,” Billy Corgan sings in “1979.” The Quakertown Panthers were the cool kids in Lansdale Thursday night. Behind Vince Micucci’s five touchdown passes and an outstanding defense effort, the Panthers beat North Penn 38-17. It was Quakertown’s first win over North Penn, a school with 2½ times its enrollment, since 1979.
Pride of Quakertown (POQ) is the receipt of a new grant from Foundations Community Partnership (FCP), just in time for the new school year in the Quakertown Community School District.
A federal court in Pennsylvania has found the general manager of a Quakertown Hampton Inn in civil contempt for violating a February consent judgment, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday.
The greatest season in Quakertown Blue Jays history ended Saturday in the fourth game of the Mid-Atlantic Regional American Legion tournament at Dale Miller Field in Morgantown, W.Va. Quakertown, the …
West Virginia is “almost heaven,” John Denver famously sang. From a baseball standpoint, the Quakertown Blue Jays agree. Quakertown (24-3) had already punched its ticket to Morgantown, W.Va., and …
