New Plan Helps Flood Victims
YARDLEY, Pa. -- It had been five months since the uninvited arrived anyway and devastated a portion of lower Bucks County, Pa., by killing seven and destroying public and private property in an unutterably horrific flash flood.
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DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- How’s the weather?. Recent reports about Bucks County’s changing climate – from three days a year now at 95 degrees or higher to 37 annually, and more of those severe, deadly rainstorms like the one that struck this past July – have been followed up by a new analysis offering a grim overview of conditions.
Read full storyDeer Hunting Season Set to Go
--WRIGHTSTOWN, Pa. --It’s the busiest day of its kind each year, with about a half million people participating to make Pennsylvania tops in the country. A Thanksgiving holiday parade? Black Friday shopping? An all-you-can-eat leftovers party?
Read full storyHunt on for Borough Manager
NEWTOWN BOROUGH, Pa. -- If a Help Wanted advertisement had been posted, it might have read like this:. NOW HIRING: Chief Administrative Officer in Office of Borough Manager. Duties could include oversight of all municipal departments; enforcement of ordinance regulations; preparation and submission to Borough Council a budget message and budget proposal; preparation of meeting agendas, and attendance at meetings. Borough has a population of 2,296, with a 4.8 percent annual growth rate, a $198,158 average annual household income and is 11.9 square miles in size.
Read full story$61 Million Rail Plan Announced
YARDLEY, Pa. -- It was an exemplary day of vivid sunshine, a placid breeze and gentle temperatures, but the centerpiece here one recent afternoon wasn’t the delightful conditions outside but inside.
Read full storyDeer on the Move, Authorities Warn
SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. -- Bucks County motorists have a 1-in-59 chance of a vehicular accident involving a big game animal like a deer, warns the Pennsylvania Game Commission, noting the risk is strong now with the end of Daylight Savings Time and the start of the deer “rut” season.
Read full storySome 15,000 Bears Roaming PA
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- An estimated 15,000 black bears currently are “roaming the woods” of every Pennsylvania county, including Bucks County, the state Game Commission has reported as varied bear-hunting seasons get underway.
Read full storyAnglers Warned about Invasive Fish
UPPER BLACK EDDY, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has warned anglers in Bucks County about increasing numbers of two invasive fish species in the Delaware River, a portion of the Upper Black Eddy in the county, and in local rivers and tributaries.
Read full storyImprovements Made for Hunting-License Sales
The first day of hunting-license sales this year in Pennsylvania was so overwhelming it was as though a herd of deer overran the state Game Commission. “Despite all the efforts to prepare, we knew going into the first day of license sales on June 26 of a possibility that the volume of sales is going to present problems for the system to handle, and that is what happened,” said Bryan Burhans, executive director, state Game Commission. “The system slowed to a near halt.”
Read full story40 Animals Rescued from Hotel Room
FEASTERVILLE, Pa. -- It was an ordinary day in lower Bucks County, Pa., when the extraordinary unfolded. As they entered the shadowy room, an offensive chemical smell swallowed them and was so prevailing that to be in the dingy, soiled space made the eyes burn – and tear in defense. And in the same foul little area, the room’s dire ugliness worsened with an offbeat falsetto of piercing whines, wails and howls.
Read full storyWarning Issued on Foxes
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- The late-night still unexpectedly became unnerving. And in this normally quiet Bucks County neighborhood one night – long after the kids were in bed and preparations readied for tomorrow – it recently occurred: the warm air without a clue played host to a random display of creepy, frightening cries and howls like an “eerie type call reminiscent to a scream,” said an observer.
Read full storyElk Country on Live Cam
HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Game Commission has again installed a camera on State Game Lands 311 in Elk County, in a field that typically is a hub of elk activity, as the bugling season heats up, the state agency has announced.
Read full storyWest Nile Virus Identified, Spraying Begins in Bucks
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- Mosquito pools infected with West Nile Virus (WNV) have been identified in 20 of Bucks County, Pa.’s 54 municipalities, according to the Bucks County Health Department, which consequently has begun spraying an anti-viral agent in residential and park locations throughout the county.
Read full storyBucks County Ozone Earns Failing Grade
BRISTOL, Pa. -- Lower Bucks County schools won’t open for a few more weeks, but the area’s first report card has been issued – and it isn’t one for the Honor Roll. The American Lung Association (ALA) has given an ‘F’ (for failure) to Bucks County for the unhealthy ozone content in its air. The only other county in Pennsylvania given an ‘F’ was Philadelphia County, and its ozone air aims right for Bucks County, said the ALA.
Read full storyIt's Hot, but Town Gears Up for Winter
MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- As record-setting high temperatures baked Bucks County in July, one local municipality went a cooler direction – to snow and the winter season. Middletown Township in Bucks County recently awarded a $2.53 million contract for projects to enhance its winter-weather operations like snow plowing, as well as installation of two new winter-operations buildings.
Read full storyPublic Asked to Report Wild Turkey Sightings
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Have you seen Big Bird -- not the yellow Sesame Street character, but a large wild turkey? The Pennsylvania Game Commission wants to know. The annual Pennsylvania Wild Turkey Sighting Survey has opened and runs through Aug. 31. The public is asked to report turkey sightings this summer.
Read full storyLittle Black Bear Captured, Relocated
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- It took but a handful of days for news to come in about the little guy “away from his mother and slightly displaced.”. “The bear seen roaming in Upper Makefield and Newtown townships has been captured and relocated,” reported the Pennsylvania Game Commission on June 12, less than a week after initial sightings by area residents. “Wardens believe the same bear was sighted in different locations.”
Read full storySmoky Air Impacts Wildlife, Pets
YARDLEY, Pa. – As millions of people in Bucks County and across Pennsylvania cope with hazardous air quality conditions due to smoky wildfires in Canada, another set living outdoors round-the-clock is being watched for trouble.
Read full storyGame Commission says Never the Twain Shall Meet
HARRISBURG, Pa. – In what might resemble Rudyard Kipling’s phrase never the twain shall meet, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has issued advice to Bucks County residents who this time of year encounter young wildlife like a deer, bird, raccoon or other animal: best if never the twain shall meet.
Read full storyAttack Bear Captured, Euthanized
HARRISBURG, Pa. – The bear that attacked two children in Luzerne County – raising concern elsewhere like in Bucks County – has been euthanized, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
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