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Bucks County Commissioner Gene DiGirolamo didn’t mince words Tuesday morning, as health care providers and state and local officials broke ground for Bright Path Center in Doylestown …

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro this week signed Kayden’s Law, designed to prevent child abuse during court-ordered visitations. It is named for Kayden Mancuso, of Bucks County.

Inspection of two desktop computers, a laptop and an iPhone belonging to Gerald William Spoto have allegedly turned up 274 images of what authorities are calling “child sexual abuse material” all …

A 53-year-old man was sentenced on Wednesday, Jan. 17, to three to six years in prison for the repeated abuse of his then-girlfriend. Ali Harrison-El, of Bristol Township, was found guilty by Bucks …

Officials at Montessori Children’s House and its Warminster neighbors packed a township zoning hearing board meeting last week to hear testimony regarding an addiction treatment and recovery …

A Bristol Township man who, nearly two decades ago, worked at after-school program Neshaminy Kids Club is facing charges that he sexually assaulted four boys he met through the job.

The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence said recently its contract with A Woman’s Place will end Dec. 31. Abby Leafe, AWP’s acting board president, emphasized the agency’s services “are continuing uninterrupted and the shelter is operating as normal,” including its hotline.

Being the parent or adult sibling of a family member with a substance use disorder can be debilitating, lonely and often frightening, said Helen McNutt, who speaks not only from personal experience …

Plans for a far more effective and comprehensive way to help those struggling with mental illness and substance abuse disorders are progressing in Doylestown, according to experts in the field.

Bedminster regulates fireworks abuse

Bedminster Township supervisors have now established regulations against fireworks abuse. The move comes in response to complaints residents voiced passionately at a July board of supervisors meeting, …

For Ben Samuels, making movies has always been about telling authentic stories. With his latest production, the former Doylestown man may have created his most penetrating film yet.

Stephanie L. Chubb, 30, of Sellersville, was arrested on a warrant by Perkasie Borough police Sept. 7, and charged with 16 counts of sexual abuse of children for possessing child pornography, …

Bucks County recently allocated $1.8 million of its share of Pennsylvania’s Opioid Settlement Fund to a range of programs to address the opioid epidemic, officials said. The county’s commissioners …

The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency is providing Bucks County with funding to combat substance abuse disorder and help reduce the time those struggling with drug abuse spend in jail, …

A West Rockhill couple is facing seven felony counts each of endangering the welfare of children after authorities found their seven children malnourished and living in “deplorable” conditions in …

The Philanthropy Today Club at Middle Bucks Institute of Technology this month awarded Good Friends Inc. a $2,000 grant.Good Friends Inc. is a community-based residential drug and alcohol licensed …

In our 2020 decade era, substance abuse, crimes, and gun violence, have been extremely high. Bucks County has to be committed to fighting the dangers that are crimes, drug abuse, and gun violence in …

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