Eating disorders are recognized as the most fatal mental illnesses. Someone dies as the result of an eating disorder about once an hour, according to the Eating Disorders Coalition.
Eating disorders affect Pennsylvanians from all backgrounds. Genetics, environmental factors and personality traits can create a greater risk for an eating disorder.
State Rep. Perry Warren, D-Bucks, and state Sen. Steve Santarsiero, D-Bucks, joined Gov. Tom Wolf in hosting longtime local and national baseball writer Jayson Stark at the state Capitol in Harrisburg earlier this month to celebrate his election as the 2019 winner of the prestigious J.G. Taylor Spink Award.
A Senate resolution introduced by Santarsiero was unanimously approved to congratulate Jayson, of Newtown, who earned the honor for “meritorious contributions to baseball writing,” according to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Local and state officials gathered outside the County Theater in Doylestown Thursday, June 13, to celebrate receipt of a $64,500 state grant that will fund renovations to the facade of the historic Art Deco movie house.
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission awarded $2.5 million in Keystone Historic Preservation grants June 6 – including the one to the County Theater, Inc. – to help historical and heritage organizations, museums and local governments in 28 counties.
Two bills introduced by state Sen. Steven Santarsiero, D-10, and Rep. Tom Murt, R-152, would require schools to provide eating disorder educational materials to parents of students in fifth through 12th grades.
New legislation from two area lawmakers seeks to educate parents of public school students about the risks and warning signs of eating disorders.
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP >> State Senator Steve Santarsiero on June 14 joined local and county officials in cutting the ribbon on his new district offices on the second floor of the Santander Bank building at the intersection of Terry Drive and Newtown-Yardley Road in Newtown.
DOYLESTOWN >> The landmark County Theater in Doylestown will undergo a facade rehabilitation thanks to a $64,500 grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Standing beneath the theater’s distinctive marquee, the theater’s executive director John Toner along with State Senator Steve Santarsiero and State Rep. Wendy Ullman announced the news at a June 13 press conference.
The funds will contribute to the cinema’s ongoing expansion and restoration efforts
With a restoration project in its sights, the County Theater’s effort got a boost from the state Thursday that will help preserve its landmark front and marquee.
Lawmakers, real estate professionals and others said more state funding for education would help lower-performing school districts and thus boost home sales and the tax bases for those districts.
More state funding for public education would help strengthen lower-performing school districts and make them more attractive for prospective home buyers, state lawmakers, real estate professionals and others said during a press conference and panel discussion in Doylestown Township Thursday.
Bucks County Democratic lawmakers want Pennsylvania to be the next state to make it illegal for health care providers to exploit patients to increase profits.
Bucks County Democratic lawmakers are proposing legislation designed to punish drug treatment and testing companies that use vulnerable patients to help pump up their profits.
HARRISBURG, PA — A Newtown Township resident and national baseball writer was recognized by lawmakers Monday at the state Capitol in Harrisburg for winning a prestigious sportswriting award.
Longtime local and national baseball writer Jayson Stark was recognized by lawmakers in celebration of his election as the 2019 winner of the prestigious J.G. Taylor Spink Award.
HARRISBURG >> The Pennsylvania State Senate and House on June 3 approved by unanimous consent resolutions introduced by State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and State Representative Perry Warren (D-31) that congratulate Newtown resident and nationally recognized sportswriter Jayson Stark for winning the Baseball Writers’ Association of America J.G. Taylor Spink Award and his contributions to the sport of baseball.
Bristol, Doylestown and Plumstead townships and Morrisville were all awarded grants through the Automated Red Light Enforcement program this week.
State officials announced more than $1.3 million in state grants awarded to four Bucks County towns earlier this week through the state’s Automated Red Light Enforcement program.
Good Thursday Morning, Fellow Seekers.
Well, we’ll give state Rep. Tom Mehaffie credit for this much: He’s not afraid to hunt for elusive prey.
After watching his push for for a $500 million, consumer-funded bailout of Three Mile Island go up in, well, a mushroom cloud of legislative indifference, the Dauphin County Republican is picking himself up, dusting himself off, and setting his sights on a goal that’s evaded any number of lawmakers over the years.
Sen. Steven Santarsiero and State Rep. Perry Warren, both D-Bucks, announced last month that the state Department of Community and Economic Development is awarding a $40,000 grant to Newtown.
The funds are being provided through the department’s Early Intervention Program, Perry said.
Grants from this program are designed to assist municipalities in creating short- and long-term financial plans to help them meet their goals.
NEWTOWN >> From the solitude of the Newtown Cemetery to Veterans Plaza on Historic State Street, Taps split the morning air as Newtown remembered the fallen on Memorial Day.
Pausing first at the gravesite of Morell Smith, Newtown’s only native son who died fighting for his country in WWI, and then at the World War I monument at the Newtown Library Company, veterans from American Legion Post 440 laid wreaths and saluted the men and women who gave their lives in the cause of freedom.
State Sens. Steve Santarsiero and Maria Collett want to give the state attorney general the ability to prosecute environmental crimes, without waiting for a referral from another agency. But detractors say authority should remain with the state DEP.
State Sens. Steve Santarsiero and Maria Collett announced last week they are working on a bill that would give the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General “concurrent jurisdiction” over environmental crimes, meaning the office would no longer need a referral from state environmental agencies or a county district attorney to pursue a case.
LOWER MAKEFIELD >> Scouts BSA (Troop 210) celebrated its newest Eagle Scout, Connor Eirich, during a Court of Honor on Saturday, April 13 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lower Makefield
The son of Russ and Julia Eirich of Lower Makefield, Connor began his Scouting career in 2007 as a Tiger Cub Scout with Pack 95 and continued in Cub Scouts, earning the highest rank – the Arrow of Light Award.
The Bristol Township School District and Middle Bucks Institute of Technology in Warwick received grants that can be spent on security equipment and training in its use.
The Bristol Township School District and Middle Bucks Institute of Technology in Warwick were recently among 39 schools or districts across Pennsylvania to receive a total of $919,000 in safety and security grants from the state.
PENNSBURY >> The Pennsbury School Board on May 16 unanimously approved a resolution recognizing Cameren Cooper’s two years of service as a school board representative.
Cooper, a senior at Pennsbury High School, will be graduating in June and continuing his education at Bloomsburg University.
Schools in the Abington, Bristol Township, Pennridge and Upper Moreland school districts were among 151 across the state to receive state breakfast mini-grants.
Getting that first meal of the day is more likely for students at several area schools.
Schools in the Abington, Bristol Township, Pennridge and Upper Moreland districts were among 151 across the state to recently receive a total of $592,000 in breakfast mini-grants.
It’s been some 20 years in the making, but with the help of a $1.5 million state grant it seems the long-awaited redevelopment of the PennDOT property at North Broad and Doyle streets is a step closer to becoming a reality.
State and local officials gathered at the site last week to present the ceremonial check and discuss plans for the “gateway park,” new homes for Doylestown Borough Hall and the Central Bucks Regional Police Department.
Work on the deteriorating bridge on Main Street in Sellersville begins this summer, and should take just over a year to complete.
Two state legislators announced $4.7 million in Pennsylvania Department of Transportation funding will help repair a 92-year-old bridge on Main Street in Sellersville later this year.
DOYLESTOWN BOROUGH >> Standing at the site of the borough’s proposed $11 million municipal complex on North Broad Street, state lawmakers on May 10 announced the release of $1.5 million for the project.
Awarded through the state’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), the funding was approved by Governor Tom Wolf and secured by State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) and State Rep. Wendy Ullman (D-143) who joined Doylestown, Chalfont and New Britain municipal and police officials for the announcement.
A PennDOT official for Bucks County confirmed the new facility in Plumstead should be ready for the department to begin moving this summer and the property at 229 N. Broad Street vacant by the fall
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is expected to leave its equipment yard and offices on Broad Street in Doylestown Borough by the fall, finally allowing the borough to move forward on plans to redevelop the property.
NEWTOWN BOROUGH >> Newtown celebrated its trees on May 3 with the help of first and fifth grade students from Goodnoe Elementary School.
Held at Brian Gregg Memorial Park on North Congress Street and organized by the borough’s Recreation Board, the town’s annual Arbor Day celebration included learning stations, music, games and lots and lots of animals.
