Nothing beats the real thing – not copies, not photographs, not images on the internet. That’s why the Freeman’s Auctions display at Phillips’ Mill, the birthplace of the original Pennsylvania …
Sally Fabian Oresic was having second thoughts about retirement when I talked to her in mid-May. “What was I thinking?” she asked as the June 30 day approached. Her leaving the Ann Silverman Health Clinic is tinged with sadness as she is parting from a career she has cherished.
Franca Warden’s special friend was Luciano Pavarotti, the Metropolitan Opera tenor who dominated the world’s tenor field of opera in the 1980s and ‘90s. When Pavoratti posed for Nelson Shanks, …
Darragh Miller Ellerson was in New Hope last week catching up on the status of paintings her father had made. The news she confirmed was alarming — some paintings had been copied and they were …
If you’re looking for encouragement and enthusiasm you’ll find it the last Sunday in April at Trinity Episcopal Church in Solebury. Guest Kimme Carlos will present the sermon at the 10 a.m. service, taking a line from the Lord’s Prayer as her inspiration.
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Doylestown is not the oldest church in Pennsylvania – some go back to the 1600s – but it's a longtime survivor. This spring, the congregation is celebrating the …
Back in February, Terry Kuntz sent a letter to the Herald — a turnaround from his usual defense of Second Amendment rights. A former Army officer, now retired and president of the Bridgeton …
Way, way back to the Anglo-Norman King Henry II, who wrested it from the Vikings in 1069, Ireland was dominated by England. Henry VIII declared himself king of the island nation in 1541.While the …
When I talked to Joan Garry last week, I told her Bucks County is a hotbed of nonprofits. Maybe that’s a reason the area has so many thriving communities. Garry gave the example of Montclair, N.J., …
Makers are wanted to help fill a new space.Not only painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, stained glass artists, metal workers, weavers, potters, quilters and woodworkers, but also, …
What would Bucks Couty look like if a proposal to fill in the Delaware Canal had succeeded? Envision I-95 running through the river towns of Washington Crossing, New Hope and Riegelsville — seems …
A Doylestown hairdresser’s trust fund offers scholarships and interest-free loans to Bucks County students.Verna McClary Butterer was an astute business woman and a saver – she put her money in …
Christmas music was especially joyful for me this year. I didn’t tire of it through days of variations. The music began Dec. 4, at the New Hope Historical Society’s Parry Mansion. Bob Egan was …
It will be mighty cold on Buckingham Mountain on Christmas Eve but that won’t stop the crowd expected at Mount Gilead, the little church where escaped slaves once prayed. David Gale and a …
This fall, as many readers have seen, the Herald’s 20th anniversary was the subject of a video named “Miracle in Bucks County.” It’s the story of the founding of this local news medium …
Before Pam and David Anderson moved to Connecticut from Solebury in 2003, they bought 11 acres of land in Upper Bucks County – they knew they would be back. And years later, they came with a vision that would take them into a different world.
William Donahue, managing editor for Neshaminy Journal, a publication of the Doylestown Historical Society and the Writers Workshop, says in the introduction to the first issue of Volume Four, “Not …
As the Bucks County Herald entered its 21st year this month I was honored, thrilled actually, to be presented with the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s Benjamin Franklin Award at the 97th …
Do you know what $12 million can buy? Or $1 million? The second number is what Heritage Conservancy is targeting in its latest fundraising effort. It’s the amount that can unlock $11 million in …
Continuity is an asset to be cherished in this era of short-lived institutions and products. That’s why artists and art lovers flocked to the Phillips’ Mill in Solebury Township last …
