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Kevin Ferris: The fiscal train wreck in our back yard
I hadn't intended to do a sequel to last week's column on former U.S. Comptroller David Walker and his book Comeback America , on the fiscal train wreck that is the federal budget.
Dr. Pearline Greene of Yardley is scheduled to take over as president of the NAACP in about two weeks.
Middletown man joins Christie's Cabinet
Raymond Martinez of Middletown, a former official at the White House and U.S. State Department, has been named nominated to be chairman and chief administrator of the state Motor Vehicle Commission.
Christie completes his cabinet
Gov. Christie has made his final cabinet choices, naming his picks to oversee the Department of Children and Families and the Motor Vehicle Commission.
National Wear Red Day is Friday. Support the fight against heart disease in women by wearing red.
Web site launched for Landmark Towns initiative
The site markets the waterfront towns of Bristol, Morrisville, New Hope and Yardley.
Bucks Woman Collects Crutches for Haitians
A Bucks County woman has stepped up this week to engineer a remarkable donation drive for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
At Manhattan's tony southern tip, the Visionaire is an architectural stunner, a captivating 35-story presence along the Hudson River, with a curved waterfront wall of windows that offers entrancing views of the Statue of Liberty and the Verrazano Narrows Bridge from condos priced as high as $7.5 million.
Crutches, canes and walkers can be brought to the lobby of the Bucks County Courier Times until 10 a.m. today.
Developer seeks to replace dam at Lake Afton
A dam feeding into Lake Afton that's dear to some borough residents is at risk of being removed by a housing developer who wants to replace it with a gravity pipe and well systems.
Two antiques shows are a winter draw for Bucks
Bucks County may no longer be a largely rural, small-town hunting ground for antiques, but it has two shows that give visitors from around the region reason to make road trips to Yardley and New Hope in the dead of winter.
Many won $1 million or more in Pa., N.J. in '09
The odds of winning $1 million? Has to be at least 1 in a million, right? Not in Pennsylvania.
Sector Snap: Metal producers' shares rise
Shares of metals producers rose Monday amid reports of stronger manufacturing activity while the commodities sector saw gains on raw materials' price increases.
Last-minute shopping gets more complicated
December 22, 2009 -- The winter storm dealt store owners a major loss this past weekend.
Tolls Coming to Scudder Falls Bridge Amid Planned Span
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission is moving ahead with construction of a new Scudder Falls Bridge -- and with plans to impose tolls on that bridge for the first time.
Triplets earn Boy Scouts' highest honor
All five men in one Yardley family are Eagle Scouts, including identical triplets who recently achieved the Boy Scouts' highest rank.
The 1,000-gallon oil tank was empty and soil samples showed no leakage, officials said.
Code Blue fails to work in Bucks County
A shelter was not ready to accept homeless people Wednesday night, forcing Bucks County officials to recall their Code Blue notice Wednesday afternoon.

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