Solebury News

On Thursday morning, a bear was spotted close to Route 202, near the Buckingham Friends School, according to Solebury police Chief Dominick Bellizie.

Last summer, the Solebury resident's property at 44 Valley Road sustained what Brillman said was tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage from flooding caused by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.

That dead silence you hear is co ming from Quakertown, and Richland, and Milford, and Richlandtown, and Trumbauersville, and Haycock.

Tuesday night, township supervisors gave Fred and Edwina Van Duyne the green light to open the school on the 6600 block of School Lane.

Following a resident's complaint, a Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection specialist toured the campus and cited the district for improper disposal of residual and hazardous waste.

Five Pennsylvania College of Technology students from the region are bound for the National SkillsUSA Conference from June 23-28 in Kansas City, Mo.

An 87-year-old Solebury man stashed 47 loaded guns in and around his home, made numerous illegal tape recordings of family members and fired a gunshot while wrestling over a firearm with his son during a dispute in mid-April, police said.

Firefighters and other emergency services personnel had to go around a whole neighborhood in Buckingham before they could get to it.

Sept. 8, 2011, had been a very long night for the men and women of the New Hope-Eagle Fire Co.

Solebury supervisors have dropped out of the legal battle against New Hope Crushed Stone Co., a decision that rankled residents who say the local quarry's plans for expanded operations will suck nearby private wells dry, pock properties with sinkholes and damage natural resources like the Primose Creek.

A Starting this week, A PennDOT will repair the roadway base on Route 32 in Upper Makefield and Solebury townships.

Construction of the Route 202 parkway will result in off-peak travel restrictions this week on several roadways in Montgomery and Bucks counties.

Last year, the township - along with the Solebury School and the Primrose Creek Watershed Association - appealed a state permit that allowed the New Hope Crushed Stone Co.