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5 hrs ago | Patch.com

Shots Fired at House, Officer Testifies in Fatal Shooting: Omg PD

Two Shots Fired at Newtown Borough Home, Bucks DA Says No one was injured in a shooting that occurred Monday morning in Newtown Borough.

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Related Topix: Warminster, PA

16 hrs ago | The Sanatoga Post

Meet The Candidates For Pottsgrove's School Board

Eight local residents, promoting themselves as two separate slates or groups, hope to win or retain seats on the Pottsgrove School District Board of School Directors during the November general election.

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Related Topix: Pottsgrove, PA, Education Etc., Philadelphia, PA, Sanatoga, PA

Sat May 18, 2013

Patch.com

Gas Prices Start a Seasonal Climb

The national average for self-serve gas has increased for ten straight days to the highest price in more than a month, according to AAA's Fuel Gauge Report.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, PA

Patch.com

Warminster's New Police Chief on Action News

Doylestown Borough Police Chief James Donnelly and his son, James Donnelly III, were featured Wednesday on Channel 6 Action News.

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Related Topix: Warminster, PA

Patch.com

Shots Fired at Borough Home; Fireworks to Go On

The annual First Fourth fireworks were at risk of being cancelled until Piccolo Trattoria stepped up to sponsor the show.

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Related Topix: Newtown, PA, Yardley, PA

Fri May 17, 2013

Patch.com

Two Shots Fired at Newtown Borough Home, Bucks DA Says

Bucks County District Attorney Dave Heckler said his department is devoting "significant resources" to investigate a shooting Monday in Newtown Borough.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Bucksfreepress.co.uk

New chairman for Chepping Wycombe Council

A NEW chairman has been chosen to take the reins at Chepping Wycombe Parish Council after four years under the leadership of Jeff Herschel.

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6 ABC

Black bear spotted in Bucks County

The search is on for a black bear spotted Wednesday in the area of Zimmerman Lane in Hulmeville, Bucks County.

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Related Topix: Hulmeville, PA

BroadwayWorld.com

Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike Extends Through July 28

Producers Joey Parnes and Larry Hirschhorn announced today that Christopher Durang 's new comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike , will extend its premiere Broadway engagement at the Golden Theatre by four weeks due to popular demand.

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Related Topix: Christopher Durang

Philly.com

Dog left to die in creek gets a home

Diane Bartkovich saw the YouTube video of Brooke's story and offered to give her "quiet, happy rest of her life." A big yard with a fence, an overstuffed bed, new collars, and a feline companion await Brooke, the aging black Labrador mix whose plight went viral after a Bristol Township couple found her tied to to a rock in a rising Neshaminy Creek.

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Patch.com

Bucks County's Air Among the State's Worst

The very air we breath is some of the worst in Pennslyvania, at least according to one source.

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Philly.com

Flurry of calls around DeGennaro slaying

The five people accused of participating in the alleged robbery that left Levittown musician Danny DeGennaro dead in 2011 were trading text messages and phone calls in the hours surrounding the killing, prosecutors told a jury Wednesday in Bucks County Court.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Patch.com

Change the Definition of Child Abuse?

The House Children and Youth Committee, led by Rep. Kathy Watson of Bucks County, will hold a public hearing 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday in Harrisburg to examine possible changes to the definition of child abuse.

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law

The Tribune-Democrat

5 things to know for today in Pennsylvania news

PHILLY ABORTION DOCTOR CONVICTED OF KILLING BABIES AND IN THE OVERDOSE DEATH OF FEMALE PATIENT TO AVOID DEATH HIMSELF Instead, 72-year-old Dr.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Pat Toomey, Representative Joe Sestak, US News, US Senate, US House of Representatives, Democrat

CBS Local

Brotherly Love: Operation Birthday Box

Presents, cakes, candles. For most boys and girls, they come around once a year.

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Bucksfreepress.co.uk

Society: 'Wycombe needs to be better, not bigger'

HIGH Wycombe should be better, not bigger - according to a prominent group ahead of the adoption of a new council plan.

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Related Topix: Buckinghamshire County, England, World News, United Kingdom,

Patch.com

$900,000 Lottery Ticket Sold on Street Road; Gunfire Posed no Threat, Police Say Tops Regional News

That's according to data from New Choice Health ... Gunfire Incident Posed No Threat to the Public, Police Say An incident that involved gunfire Monday in Newtown Borough posed no threat to the public, police Chief Anthony Wojciechowski said ... Maine Star Coffee Closes Abruptly Its phone number has been disconnected, its doors are locked and most ... (more)

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, PA

Tue May 14, 2013

Pocono Record

Pa. senator sees support to privatize wine, liquor

A second hearing in front of Pennsylvania state senators Tuesday on the liberalization of Pennsylvania's wine, beer and liquor laws appeared to solidify support for legislation that would allow private-sector sales of wine and liquor, but would not end every aspect of state control, as Gov.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Tom Corbett

Philly.com

Trial begins in Bucks musician's murder

Levittown musician Danny DeGennaro was targeted for robbery in 2011 when the crime went awry and he was gunned down by a shotgun blast, a Bucks County prosecutor told a jury Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Levittown, PA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, The Grateful Dead, Pop/Rock

Patch.com

Newtown Chamber Orchestra Will 'Move Your Spirit'

Newtown Chamber Orchestra will present the world premiere performance of "Missa De Profunctis, a requiem," directed by Russell Hoffmann, NCO's music director and conductor.

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Related Topix: Columbia University