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How Newtown lost out to Doylestown as Bucks County government seat
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCauffman Hill is pretty high at 820 feet in Nockamixon Township. It’s about as remote as you can get in the far northeast of Bucks County. As a state conservation landscape, the hill protects ...
What became of Hessian POWs captured in Trenton, held in Newtown
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBy now, many of you know George Washington was unable to cross the Delaware this past Christmas. Too cold, too icy and too swift to make a safe go of it in the annual re-enactment. That certainly ...
Memorial Day in Bucks County to honor fallen with services and parades
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMemorial Day in Bucks County will again bring out the red, white and blue to remember the ultimate...
Seven free, low-cost events to celebrate Black History Month in Bucks County
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoColleges, museums and other entities throughout Bucks County are offering a plethora of events in...
Historic Scott County home built in 1845 hits the market for $3.4M. Take a look inside
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoFacing west and perched above the placid waters of North Elkhorn Creek in Scott County stands a...
Toll wants to build 60 $600k townhouses in Langhorne. Why it has met opposition
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWith three words ― "It doesn't fit," Carol Zettleberg summed up what residents of Langhorne have...
Nonprofit forges Santa Fe's guns into garden tools
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 25—Some say they are used for protection. Others say they are simply tools to kill or maim. But on Sunday during a breezy morning in front of Santa Fe's First Presbyterian Church, a collection ...
Year after mass shooting, Highland Park asks: What does freedom mean this Fourth of July?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHIGHLAND PARK, Ill. − Nancy Rotering once relished the joy of bringing her children to her hometown...
Alexander Diven led effort to bring railroad to Elmira and was an abolitionist in Congress
The Star Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“Iron Horses Put Elmira on Map Long Before Incorporation,” read the headline, and the 1939 Star-Gazette article noted “the snorting of the ‘iron horse’ when it scarcely had been harnessed to ...
Bucks County homeless advocates say more seek shelter this winter. Can they meet the need?
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIt's dangerous, and has proven deadly, living and sleeping in the woods. The homeless in Bucks...