Perkasie News

Six local U.S. Army recruits swore to protect and defend the United States during a ceremony Wednesday in the courtyard outside the Bucks CountyA courthouse -- not far from where other units had assembled during the American Revolution, Civil War and the War of 1812.

A Perkasie Council vote last week could keep the borough from receiving about $100,000 in federal grant money this year.

Carin Froehlich hung wet laundry on the clothesline in front of her farmhouse in Perkasie, Pennsylvania.A The year was 2009.A Today, Carin Froehlich fights for her property rights and the freedom to hang her wet things outA on her own land.

As the bagpipe band warmed up and the young Marines straightened their uniforms and the local scout troops lined into formation, Craig Wilhelm called out orders for how the parade through Sellersville would proceed.

The downtown revitalization group wants Perkasie Council to hire someone to help attract new businesses, support existing ones and transform the borough into a bustling, vibrant center of commerce.

In an effort to reduce the costs associated with producing mailings for residents, Manchester's Township Council has authorized the mayor to enter into an agreement for a newsletter subsidized by advertising.A The newsletter, which will replace the defunct township-produced Manchester Citizen, is planned to "deliver all the important news to the ... (more)

The slide is rickety and sort of sketchy, and its metal gets hot in the sun.A Youth in the area still love to use the platform of the slide as a pretend fort.

The following release was submitted by Joanne Nadovich of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Resource Conservation & Development Council: PERKASIE The Southeastern PA Resource Conservation and Development Council's Spring-Ford Intermediate School Rainwater Harvesting Project was selected by Schuylkill Action Network as one of the winners for the 2012 ... (more)

PERKASIE, Pa. -- -- Jeffrey M. Koslosky, vice president of advanced technologies at Secant Medical , will deliver a presentation, "Biomedical Textiles in Implantable Medical Devices," during the Medical Design & Manufacturing East conference in Philadelphia, Pa.

Amy Serianni, 27, Ambler, pleaded guilty to theft Dec 1. Sentenced to probation of 2 years, ordered to pay costs, undergo drug/alcohol evaluation and abide by its recommendations.