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WHYY By The wetlands and woodlands of the Upper Tohickon Creek watershed are near the proposed quarry site in Springfield, Bucks County. (Courtesy pf the Upper Tohickon Watershed Association) After months of hearings, contentious debate continues over a quarry operation proposed for  Springfield Township, in Upper Bucks County. The hearings arise from an application to the township Board of Supervisors for conditional-use approval of a non-coal surface mining project. Skippack-based developer ...

ROYERSFORD — Organizations and activists from throughout the region will rally Saturday in support of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have been victims of discrimination. Called “Breaking the Silence,” the vigil will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Victory Park, Second Avenue and Arch Street, Royersford. It will feature victims talking about how their experiences affected them. The public is invited. The event, like several others recently in the region, had been in the ...

Nonprofit To Take Over Operations Of Famed Moravian Pottery & Tile Works Credit: Pamela V White Bucks County’s famed Moravian Pottery and Tile Works will be operated by a nonprofit organization, removing the financial burden from taxpayers. At their Wednesday meeting, the Bucks County Commissioners approved a 30-year license, management, and services agreement with the new group, TileWorks of Bucks County, which will be led by well-known ceramic artist Katia McGuirk, who previously worked...

Lunch and learning with Gaston Longchamp   Baron Pesci contacted me after reading my column about Gaston Longchamp, an accomplished artist from Paris who lived in seclusion in Upper Bucks for more than 40 years (published Feb. 22). Gaston became skilled at impressionistic art as understudy to Monet, Renoir, Picasso, Mattise, Chagall, Signac and other famed Parisian artists in the early 20th century.  Pesci, a former special education teacher in the Neshaminy School District and resident of L...

Last month, Bucks County had snow on the ground in some capacity every day. With the snow slowly melting off the grass in areas throughout Bucks County more than a month later, the snowfall this year is a far cry from what county residents dealt with in 2020. “It just seemed to be more favorable for us to see things this winter as opposed to last winter," said Valerie Meola, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey. Multiple storms this winter closed schools, ...

I dream of having a friend like artist Gaston Longchamp. To have received one of his illustrative letters like those preserved at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington would have been a treasure. Gaston learned his craft in Paris at the foot of Georges Seurat, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Signac, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Raoll Duffy, Pablo Picasso and many others.  It was stunning to me to learn recently the expressionist painter called Kintnersville in Upper Bucks his...

The snow is forecast to begin Thursday morning, Feb. 18, 2021, with wintry precipitation likely into Friday morning.

How much snow are we getting? Track the  Pa. snowfall counts Tracker not loading? Snow in Bucks County The National Weather Service in Westampton, New Jersey, issued a winter storm Upper Bucks, Montgomery, Sussex, Warren, Morris, Hunterdon, Somerset, Carbon, Monroe-Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Chester counties Wednesday night into Friday afternoon. In Bucks and Montgomery County, a heavy mix of precipitation could drop 5 to 8 inches of  snow and sleet. Precipitation will begin as snow Thu...

Replies(10) The appointment-only clinics will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, at the three Bucks County Community College campuses in Bristol, Newtown and Perkasie. (Colin Miner/Patch) BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Three COVID vaccination clinics officially open in Bucks County on Tuesday at all three Bucks County Community College campuses. The clinics collectively will administer 600 initial doses of Moderna vaccine per day by appointment to people eligible for the 1A phase ...

The National Weather Service forecasts "a raw and unpleasant day" across the region to start things off this weekend.