New Britain News

Sentencings in Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Oct. 26-29: BEDMINSTER Darren J. Greco, 31, Doylestown, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, related summary offense July 19.

When Jeffrey Schott introduces himself to the voters of Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District next week, it will be in a place he is most comfortable - behind a computer screen.

Salary will be set at zero. The mayor is expected to get a bump in pay. In Pennsylvania, borough councils and mayors are entitled to earn modest annual pay checks, if they chose.

For as long as most Bucks County voters can remember, the election of a new district attorney has always had the feel of a promotion.

It was the waning days of the Great Depression when Marie Slack showed up on Evelyn Hight's doorstep.

The ArtBra exhibit at Byers' Choice is as much a tribute to the talents of the women who created the bras as it is to those who've been affected by breast cancer.

A man whose decomposed remains were found inside a Warwick storage unit where he apparently was living died from complications related to diabetes, the Bucks County coroner said Tuesday.

Expansion of the Harvey Avenue sewer treatment facility won't be finished until late 2011 or early 2012, holding up construction of new buildings, expansion of existing buildings or changing use.

Driver charged: A 38-year-old Levittown man caused an accident in Hatboro on Saturday and then drove from the scene because he didn't have a license, police said.

At most teen sleepovers, moms provide plenty of popcorn, pizza and soda. Police say Tracy Gradel served up watermelon vodka instead.

Sentencings in Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Aug. 24-27: BEDMINSTER Jeffrey Raymond Little, 28, Perkasie, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct April 20.

The National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in New Britain Township was always a special place for Rosemary Corr and her son.

Police in six area municipalities, all members of the Montgomery Township Regional DUI Enforcement Team, will conduct sobriety checkpoints and roving DUI patrols Friday through Sunday.

A burglary suspect who was fatally shot by police in Bucks County Friday night was identified tonight by the Bucks County coroner.

Labor Day has come and gone. The last long weekend of summer - with its backyard barbecues and pool parties - is now a memory.

Peter LaMontagne envisions a trail system that offers New Britain residents hiking and biking paths that will put the borough's cyclists within a "reasonable bike ride" to downtown Doylestown and other community destinations.

A 31-year-old woman, who police said has three convictions for retail theft, was charged Monday with leaving her children locked in a car and stealing baby items from a grocery store.

A 45-year-old West Trenton, N.J. man wanted for at least a half dozen burglaries and thefts eluded police in Bucks County yesterday during a brief vehicle chase that occurred after a homeowner spotted him trying to climb through a window.

According to the Upper Gwynedd Police, the man and woman pictured above are responsible for more than 60 thefts from vehichles in a dozen different jurisdictions.

Jonathan Fineman is sought in connection with two break-ins and an attempted burglary in New Britain.