T.S. Eliot once wrote that April is the cruelest month. Anyone with a January birthday would vehemently disagree with his assertion. It is ironic that Eliot died on Jan. 4. The real cruelest month …
Prior to the recent Central Bucks School Board elections, if one had listened only to major media reports and certain candidates, one would have gotten the unmistakable impression that the four …
Everyone’s experienced the frustration of listening to the loud roar of lawn care equipment being used nearby, but most Pennsylvanians are likely unaware of the massive amounts of air pollution …
Last week America celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As usual, for me, the day was a time of reflection on where we are as a nation concerning racial equality. I must say that 2023 was a disturbing …
I just discovered I’ve got something in common with legions of other women, the likes of Taylor Swift and Meghan Markle, Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Sally Ride and Venus Williams as well as about …
The Five Points Hotel at 235 N. Main St. was once owned by William B. Crouthamel, a Republican. The late Judge Harmon Yerkes, a staunch Democrat, was on …
It’s no secret to anyone who ever watched the television series “Little House on the Prairie,” based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder, that, happy or sad, not one episode ended with dry …
On Feb. 13, the voters of PA District 140 (Morrisville, Tullytown, Falls and parts of Middletown) have a chance to make history and make life better for all Pennsylvanians. Because former State Rep. …
We have been hearing about the fight over Headquarters Road bridge and other bridges for more than 12 years. Meanwhile the elephant in the room is the deteriorating condition of Route 611 North of …
Following holiday spending, families are tightening their budgets and closely monitoring their spending. Financial households are teetering on the edge of debt. I came face-to-face with this painful …
The following is an open letter to the Buckingham Township Planning Commission. At your upcoming meeting on Feb. 7, you are set to consider the plans for a 150,000-square-foot warehouse on the …
Recently, President Biden announced his plans to bring fentanyl under control. Since taking office three years ago, illegal immigration and the poison fentanyl made significant inroads into …
What happens if you call 911 for an ambulance and no one responds? This may become a real scenario due to the severe EMS (Emergency Medical Services) crisis that is occurring across the United States. …
The following is an open letter to Doylestown Borough’s zoning board and planning commission. As residents who live near the proposed new hotel on West Court Street, we are writing to urge you to …
Last week we mentioned that, sometimes, the cosmos tries to tell us something. For said cosmos, today was not a quiet day either; not at my house, anyway. There are always issues that make us want to …
A resident of Philadelphia, “Thomas Proudley Otter trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He was one of the first artists to sketch, paint, and …
Those who watched him living didn’t know how deeply one he was with all of this. -Rainer Maria Rilke
Chad Dion Lassiter, who looked like a pro basketball player in a pinstripe suit, was taller than everyone in the room on that mid-December day when he visited Bucks County — but his background is social work, and he is the executive director of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
Here’s an offer for regular readers of the Bucks County Herald. How would you like to be part of a group that joins me in our newsroom for an hour one night a month to get an inside look at the Herald’s operation?
The Bucks County Herald’s excellent “Trading Up” series on the state of vocational and technical education at the secondary and higher education levels reveals the extraordinary scope of opportunities available to Bucks County residents.
