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.
DOYLESTOWN, PA — Doylestown has received a significant grant for a major development project in town.
A $1.5 million grant disbursed by the state be used to acquire and build a huge new municipal complex in the borough, according to State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-10). The complex will be located at what is currently the PennDOT maintenance facility at North Broad Street and Doyle Street.
Rep. Wendy Ullman, D-143, announced last week the borough will use the money “to acquire and redevelop” the existing Broad Street PennDOT facility.
Doylestown Borough’s plans to turn the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Broad Street office into a new borough hall continues moving forward with a $1.5 million state grant.
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP >> The Newtown Business Association officially welcomed two new businesses to the township on April 27 with a pair of ribbon cutting ceremonies.
Members of the NBA, along with state and local officials, were on hand to celebrate the recent opening of the Newtown Cleaners at the Newtown Shopping Center on West Road and Turning Point Restaurant at the Village of Newtown Shopping Center.
Democrats in Harrisburg and Congress this week delivered several efforts aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The measures face significant hurdles without bipartisan support, although Republicans were not completely opposed. Bucks Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick was one of three Republicans to support a measure in the House.
Former Gov. Ed Rendell and Judge Marjorie Rendell offer a challenge to fourth- and fifth-graders in five Philadelphia area counties.
Buckingham Elementary School Linda Raitt’s fifth-grade class competed in a Citizenship Challenge offered by the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement in December 2018.
Back in 2004 when I was a member of the state House of Representatives, I worked with former Republican state Sen. Ted Erickson to enact the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards (AEPS), which provide incentives to bring more clean electric power generation online in Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday that Pennsylvania will join 23 other states in the U.S. Climate Alliance pledging to meet the goals spelled out in the United Nations’ 2016 Paris Agreement.
The Alliance formed after President Donald Trump announced in 2017 that the United States was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement.
Governor Tom Wolf was joined today by Representative Steve McCarter, Senator Steve Santarsiero, Senator Jay Costa, Representative Frank Dermody, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn, and members of the Climate Caucus to announce Pennsylvania’s membership in the U.S. Climate Alliance and release the state’s new climate action plan
NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP >> The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) has awarded the township a $40,000 matching grant to help with long-term financial and budgetary planning.
At the April 24 meeting, the board of supervisors announced the state grant, as well as formally executing the contract with the DCED for the money.
The Station Taphouse in Dolyestown Borough was packed with environmentalists and area residents Thursday evening to talk with local lawmakers about upcoming green legislation.
Sen. Steve Santarsiero, D-10, of Lower Makefield, and Rep. Wendy Ullman, D-143, of Plumstead, took questions and met with constituents along with statewide environmental advocate group PennEnvironment.
The debate over Pennsylvania’s proposed $500 million nuclear rescue package pits the natural gas and nuclear industries in an epic struggle between the state’s two energy giants. But renewable power advocates believe they hold the swing vote in a tight battle, and they want a seat at the table.
