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State Sen. Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks) and state Rep. Perry Warren (D-Bucks) recently announced legislation that would provide a tax credit to cover 50 percent of a taxpayer’s toll-related expenses for the taxable year up to $500. “Commuters, families, and businesses...

YARDLEY, PA — Lawmakers in Bucks County are pushing for a new law that would give commuters, including those who drive back and forth into New Jersey, a break on tolls. On Friday, state Sen. Steve Santarsiero and state Rep. Perry Warren held a press conference near...

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero, D-10, and Rep. Perry Warren, D-31, introduced bills that could refund drivers half what they pay in Pennsylvania tolls through a tax rebate. Local lawmakers are proposing two bills that they say could refund up to $500 to drivers using...

LOWER MAKEFIELD >> Commuters who use the Delaware River toll bridges and the Pennsylvania Turnpike would receive a tax credit under legislation being proposed in the Pennsylvania Senate and House of Representatives. With tolling set to begin at the new Scudder Falls...

Tolls start Sunday on the new Scudder Falls Toll Bridge that connects I-295 in Pennsylvania to New Jersey over the Delaware River. Shortly after midnight on Sunday, the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s electronic tolling gantry heading from Mercer County,...

Imagine you are an opioid addict leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, and a man standing outside the building strikes up a conversation. He understands what you’re going through in the difficult and often discouraging fight to end your dependence on drugs. Even...

LOWER MAKEFIELD >> A butterfly fluttered through the air, occasionally landing on one of the many gift baskets on display at the park’s pavilion just off of Edgewood Road. Friends and family of 14-year-old Josh Goldinger, who was struck and killed by a car in 2017...

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP >> Thousands jammed Sycamore Street on Sunday for the rescheduled Welcome Day bringing with it a sea of color, delicious smells and summer excitement. While the day turned out to be a hot one, Newtown Business Association leaders weren’t sweating the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...