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Starting Friday, a new "Risk Rating 2.0 Equity in Action" program will bring more factors into how the National Flood Insurance Program calculates premiums for people in need of the insurance.

Take a tour back in time, learn about native plants or catch a car or craft show —Bucks offers something for everyone to enjoy on fall weekends.

The Carroll family opened The Boiler Room wine bar at The Square in Dublin to provide their wines, specialty drinks and small bites on a personal level.

Dwight Ely will take charge as the "farm to table" movement gains strength and smaller meat processors take pressure off the large production facilities.

Kevin Riley was working security at the Willow Grove Park Mall. He didnt know what he wanted to do in life,. He just needed a job. The Cheltenham native got to know many of the Abington police officers who frequented the mall as part of their daily patrols. He saw how they interacted with the kids. How they knew a lot of them by name. “Ive seen the impact a lot of the officers had on the community," he said. "Policing’s not just about kicking in doors. It is about community relations." ...

Work begins on $8.7M restoration at Washington Crossing Historic Park

A Yardley man who admitted to stealing from hundreds of unlocked vehicles in the region faces new charges. On Tuesday, Keith Johnson was arraigned on charges alleging he stole from a minimum of 299 unlocked vehicles in Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. Johnson, 33, is charged with about 973 offenses, including several counts of receiving stolen property, theft, theft from a motor vehicle and loitering and prowling at night. As of Wednesday Johnson remained in Bucks County Prison in ...

Bucks County adds ballot drop box, but advocates say more needed Bucks County advocates for expanding mail-in drop box locations say a recent change is encouraging but still a very small step in improving access. The Bucks County Board of Elections voted 2-1 on Monday to add a drop box location at the Bucks County Free Library Yardley-Makefield branch in Lower Makefield for the May 18 primary. The library adds to the countys previous drop boxes at its election offices in Doylestown, Levittown...

All Upper Makefield voters casting ballots in person for the May 18 primary will be doing so at Sol Feinstone Elementary School as officials reversed a recent change Monday. The Bucks County Board of Elections voted to rescind an April 16 change that would have put voters in the townships 4th voting district at the Washington Crossing Methodist Church. The school at 1090 Eagle Road is the polling place for all four of the townships voting districts, and cramped conditions were behind the pre...

The next day, the same thing happened in three more developments in the township, charging documents allege. Police found similar thefts happened in Lower Makefield and Solebury a few days before the thefts in Buckingham, according to authorities.  The same person was caught on video at the scenes of all the thefts, police said. During the thefts, insurance and registration cards were among the items taken, court documents state. Investigators found that at least 10 municipalities in New Jers...