• Backed by Overwhelming Demand, Second Night of Pink Homecoming Show Added This Summer

    Backed by Overwhelming Demand, Second Night of Pink Homecoming Show Added This Summer

    After seeing a huge surge in ticket sales, one of Bucks County’s most well-known music artists is adding a second date to her homecoming show. Staff writers for FOX 29 News wrote about the summer shows. Alecia Beth Moore Hart, known by her stage name Pink, has added a second date to her homecoming show…

  • SCORE Bucks County Chapter Expansion, Small Business Boom Drives Need for More Volunteers

    SCORE Bucks County Chapter Expansion, Small Business Boom Drives Need for More Volunteers

    Many of the local employees out of work, or whose places of business closed during the pandemic, saw the virus-induced economic downturn as an opportunity to start a business.  For SCORE Bucks County, a local chapter of a national nonprofit committed to providing business mentoring services, the influx of new business is a good thing.…

  • Middle School Students and Staff Collect 400+ Toys for Local Children in Need

    Middle School Students and Staff Collect 400+ Toys for Local Children in Need

    An area middle school recently made a large donation of toys that will go to local families and children in need. Students and staff from Holicong Middle School, located at 2900 Township 391 Highway in Doylestown, recently made a donation of 439 toys to the local Toys for Tots campaign. The toys will be given…

  • Doylestown Shopping Venture, Opened to Support Small Businesses during COVID-19, Is Closing

    Doylestown Shopping Venture, Opened to Support Small Businesses during COVID-19, Is Closing

    A shopping mall in the area, The Mercantile, is closing after only two years of local business. Michele Haddon wrote about its shuttering in the Bucks County Courier Times. Leadership of The Merchantile, an artisan shopping mall located in the Doylestown Shopping Center, recently announced its upcoming closure, set for Jan. 22. Having opened in…

  • Doylestown Farmhouse, Owned by Famous Lyricist, to Be Turned into Museum Celebrating His Legacy

    Doylestown Farmhouse, Owned by Famous Lyricist, to Be Turned into Museum Celebrating His Legacy

    A historic property in Bucks County will soon be turned into a museum and education center that focuses on its most famous tenet. Ted Chapin wrote about the historic property in American Theatre. Highland Farms, once the residence of famous composer Oscar Hammerstein II, will be transformed by the Oscar Hammerstein Museum and Theatre Education…

  • Penn Community Bank Contributes $15,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties

    Penn Community Bank Contributes $15,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties

    Penn Community Bank has contributed $15,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties (Habitat MontDelCo). The donation aligns with its home-ownership programs: Home Buying, Almost Home Financial Empowerment, and Neighborhood Revitalization programs. Home Buying The Home Buying Program serves residents earning 30–80 percent of the median income with significant housing needs. Habitat MontDelCo…

  • Doylestown-Based Marketing Agency Sets Industry Standard with Three Major Awards

    Doylestown-Based Marketing Agency Sets Industry Standard with Three Major Awards

    Sagefrog Marketing Group — a Doylestown-based marketing agency with offices in Philadelphia, Lehigh Valley, and Princeton, N.J. — is quickly setting the gold standard in its industry. Specializing in B2B healthcare, technology, industrial, and business services, Sagefrog has won three awards this year: This trifecta coincides with Sagefrog’s 20th anniversary and thus demonstrates the success…

  • Huntingdon Valley Bank and First Citizens Sign ‘Definitive Agreement’ on Joint Merger

    Huntingdon Valley Bank and First Citizens Sign ‘Definitive Agreement’ on Joint Merger

    The parent company of Huntingdon Valley Bank, HV Bancorp. Inc. (HVBC), has announced the financial institution’s signing of a “definitive agreement” to jointly merge with Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (CZFS), the holding company of First Citizens Community Bank (FCCB). The merger is expected to enhance and expand CZFS’s presence in Montgomery, Bucks, and Phila. counties,…

  • C&N Donates $16,000 through EITC to the Bucks County Historical Society

    C&N Donates $16,000 through EITC to the Bucks County Historical Society

    C&N announces its recent donation of $16,000 to the Bucks County Historical Society under the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC).  The mission of the Bucks County Historical Society, a private nonprofit organization, is is to educate and engage its many audiences in appreciating the past and to help find stories and meanings relevant to…

  • Oy Vey! Doylestown’s First Jewish Deli Closes Just Days After Grand Opening

    Oy Vey! Doylestown’s First Jewish Deli Closes Just Days After Grand Opening

    The first ever Jewish restaurant and delicatessen in Doylestown closed its doors just days after celebrating its grand opening. Ed Doyle wrote about the sudden closure for TAP Into Doylestown. Matzah Balls, which just celebrated its grand opening last Friday, had its doors closed following a dispute between the new owner and the landlord. Several…

  • Bucks Foodies Plotz with Joy: First Ever Jewish Restaurant and Deli Opens in Doylestown

    Bucks Foodies Plotz with Joy: First Ever Jewish Restaurant and Deli Opens in Doylestown

    The first Jewish restaurant and deli in the history of Doylestown opened last week. Matzah Balls, an authentic Jewish restaurant and delicatessen, opened at 24 N. Main Street. Offering deli classics like corned beef and pastrami sandwiches, brisket, and matzah ball soup, the new eatery is bound to add a little more variety to the…

  • C&N Welcomes Dan Hines as Vice President; Senior Commercial Lending Relationship Manager

    C&N Welcomes Dan Hines as Vice President; Senior Commercial Lending Relationship Manager

    Citizens & Northern Corporation (C&N) announced that Daniel Hines has joined the Southeast Region Commercial Lending team as VP; Senior Commercial Lending Relationship Manager based in Doylestown. Hines brings over 31 years of both retail and commercial banking experience to the team at C&N. Most recently, he was a Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager, Commercial Lending…

  • C&N Bank Donation Helps Pathway School Make Inroads with Students

    C&N Bank Donation Helps Pathway School Make Inroads with Students

    C&N Bank has donated $30,000 to Jeffersonville’s Pathway School, under the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC).  The Pathway School is a nonprofit special education school. Founded in 1961, it serves students ages 5–21 with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, emotional disturbances, and other neurological impairments. The school’s mission is to build academic, social, and…

  • Doylestown Hospital Issues Reminder on Health Screening That’s Best Not to Let Fall in Arrears

    Doylestown Hospital Issues Reminder on Health Screening That’s Best Not to Let Fall in Arrears

    It’s no secret that a colonoscopy isn’t the most pleasant way to pass the time: It’s embarrassing; the prep can be seen as unpleasant; a separate driver is required for the post-procedure commute; it involves sedation; the outcome may be bad news. Doylestown Health, however, confidently asserts that the procedure’s upsides eclipse all objections. In…

  • Lehigh Valley Health Network Continues to Expand Beyond the Lehigh Valley

    Lehigh Valley Health Network Continues to Expand Beyond the Lehigh Valley

    Having already gained caregiving footholds in nearby Bucks County and established one toehold in Montgomery County, it seems as if Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) will continue wandering from its Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton base. John George and Natalie Kostelni reported the health system’s latest strategic move in the Philadelphia Business Journal. LVHN has acquired 21 acres of…

  • Doylestown Hospital Is Pumped Up about Cardiovascular Care Recognition

    Doylestown Hospital Is Pumped Up about Cardiovascular Care Recognition

    Doylestown Hospital continues to earn national recognition for quality and patient safety in the delivery of stroke and cardiovascular care. Its latest awards — issued jointly by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology — fall under two evaluative programs, Get with the Guidelines and Mission: Lifetime. These initiatives recognize health systems…

  • C&N Bank Makes Significant Donation throughout the Collar Counties to Bolster Education Efforts

    C&N Bank Makes Significant Donation throughout the Collar Counties to Bolster Education Efforts

    C&N recognized the importance of investing in local education with donations totaling $800,000 to area educational improvement, scholarship and prekindergarten scholarship organizations. The donations were made under the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC). Education is key to a strong and prosperous community. However, there are many budgetary roadblocks preventing children from receiving the level…

  • Doylestown Hospital Tech for Nurses: Part Healing, Part Hardware

    Doylestown Hospital Tech for Nurses: Part Healing, Part Hardware

    It wasn’t that long ago that the physical components of a nurse’s workday — thermometers, charts, prescriptions, blood pressure cuffs — required no connections to either power or data. Advances in tech have, however, changed all that, enabling quicker, more accurate data that is savable and sharable in ways that prior generations in the field…