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Jo Flack, co-founder of The Ace Project - Credit: Sarah Lucy brown Since its inception in 2017, The ACE Project has helped the lives of teenagers and young adults across Suffolk.   The charity was set-up by Suffolk resident Jo Flack, who, following her own experiences, combined with her time spent in the education sector, saw that a local mental health service dedicated to young people was sorely needed.  “Following conversations in the community, it really highlighted there was a gap for young people who were leaving school and had nothing to engage with that met their emotional needs,�...

Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer news staff members have won 12 awards from the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association Keystone Awards, including six for first place. Staff members also won three second-place awards and three honorable mentions in the Keystones, presented annually by the PNA. The Courier Times and Intelligencer staff entries published in both papers and are listed under the Courier Times in Division II, which covers circulation from 20,000-49,999 with the PNA. “Clearly 2020 presented many challenges and lots of news,” Executive Editor Shane Fitzgerald said. �...

WYSO In this edition of The Race Project, Dr. Christopher Cox and Dr. Judy Skillings, both from Yellow Springs, reflect on the guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin case in Minnesota and about police killings of African Americans. Transcript ( lightly edited for length and clarity): Christopher Cox: My name is Dr. Christopher Cox. I am African-American. I was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in the Deep South in the mid 50s. but I graduated in pre-med and once I graduated from medical school, I went to Wright State University, Boone School of Medicine for my residency at Miami Valley Hospital in ...

Doylestown Borough is now the first Bucks County municipality to pass an ordinance relaxing the penalty for those caught with a small amount of marijuana.  Under the ordinance, anyone found with less than 30 grams of marijuana or 8 grams or less of hashish would be issued a citation, akin to a non-traffic ticket, and would be fined $25. If someone receives a citation for possession three times in a five-year period, he or she would then be charged with the misdemeanor for a fourth offense. Each fine is $25. Councilwoman Noni West said the ordinance helps juveniles as with their futures an...

Bucks and Montgomery County residents will have several locations to get rid of unused medications this month. Police departments in both counties will be participating in the twice annual National Prescription Drug Takeback Day, a national event by the Drug Enforcement Administration,  from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, April 24. Some departments will be hosting their events at their departments, while others will be hosting events at other locations in their areas. More than 40 departments between both counties will be hosting drug takeback events. Prescription and over-the-counter table...