New Hope
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Ambler Savings Bank Adds Financial Fuel to the Fire of STEAM Education in Bucks County
Ambler Savings Bank recently donated to the New Hope-Solebury School District’s STEAM Initiative. The funds will boost the education of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math in grades K–12. The donation from the bank, made through the Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program, will help with startup costs to equip a brand-new STEAM lab…
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Home of Earl Jamison, Peddler’s Village Founder is For Sale; a ‘Sanctuary for Both Man and Beast’
The New Hope estate designed by Earl Jamison, Peddler’s Village founder, is again being peddled. Kennedy Rose reported the 37-acre listing for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Jamison built the main house in 1978, after his 1962 launch and subsequent promotion of Peddler’s Village. Peddler’s Village is a popular tourist attraction with shopping and dining in…
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When Creating a Local, Enduring Tourism Go-To Spot, It Takes a Village — A Peddler’s Village, in Fact
Peddler’s Village turns 60 years old in 2022, and its active calendar will offer numerous sparkling events for the diamond anniversary. Jennifer Rogers Burns looked back on its beginnings for the Visit Bucks County blog. The site once comprised a simple array of shops and a hotel surrounding a Quaker meeting house in the early…
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River House at Odette’s Seeks Memories, Memorabilia from Hollywood Connection in Bucks County
River House at Odette’s, the New Hope hotel named for a Hollywood actress who operated a cabaret onsite, is asking Bucks County residents for help with an ambitious project. The destination, in partnership with the New Hope Historical Society (NHHS), is assembling a limited time, museum-style exhibition on its namesake entertainer Odette Myrtil. Her journey…
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Peddler’s Village: Still the No. 1 Local Attraction, Says Philadelphia Business Journal
Santa is obviously out of New Hope and back at his North Pole HQ, now bingeing on WandaVision. And the Easter Bunny hasn’t even stirred from his hibernation. But their absences don’t mean that one of their signature Bucks County spots — Peddler’s Village — isn’t ripe for a wintertime visit. The destination, named the…
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Hope-Filled Local Artist Sees His 2021 Christmas Card as a ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’
Local artist Jerry Cable uses nearby Bucks County visuals when painting his annual seasonal card. He has captured local farmsteads blanketed in snow, horse-drawn sleighs, and the New Hope train. His 2021 Christmas card not only presents a Bucks County icon, but it also carries a thread of hope. The Bucks County Herald ran the…
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Penn Community Bank Fights Food Insecurity with $20,000 Donation
Penn Community Bank was honored to participate with Rolling Harvest Food Rescue to combat food insecurity throughout Bucks County. Thanks to a $20,000 donation from the bank, the New Hope-based nonprofit will be able to provide fresh produce from local farmers to area hunger-relief sites, like the one in Bensalem, where the donation was dropped…
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Ambler Savings Bank Elects Montu Patel to Board of Trustees
Ambler Savings Bank is pleased to announce the election of Montu Patel to its board of trustees. Patel serves as the President of Innovative Hospitality Management (IHM), in Newtown and is also the Principal at Lotus Park Senior Living in Marietta, Ga. He grew up in the hotel industry, taking interest in the hotel management…
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OldStone Opens in Former New Hope Church Occupied by Restaurateur Marsha Brown
First, it was a Methodist Church. Then it was a restaurant. And now, it’s a new restaurant: OldStone. Jenn Frederick picked through that series of transformations for FOX 29 Philadelphia. The Methodists left the site on South Main Street, New Hope, to move to Souderton more than 20 years ago. In 2003, restaurateur Martha Brown…
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People Mag: Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid Split After Explosive Family Argument in New Hope Compound
Supermodel Gigi Hadid and singer Zayn Malik are parting ways. A disagreement between Malik and Hadid’s mother Yolanda apparently precipitated the breakup. People Magazine had the details. The final decision to part seems to be based on a recent incident at the Hadid’s New Hope compound. A disagreement between Malik and Yolanda Hadid spiraled out…
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Earlier Sunsets, Cooling Temperatures, Lengthening Shadows: It’s Time to Explore Local Haunts in Bucks County
The Haunted Places website positions itself as a collection spot for creepy destinations across the nation. Given its history and storied background, it’s not surprising to find a few entries in the haunted Bucks County category. While most of these sites are commercial entities, one is a cemetery. So, a general reminder about respectful behavior…
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Biking-Hiking Advocacy Group Sees Progress on New Hope Extension
To continue progress on a 25-year plan to make Bucks County more accessible by trails, several interested parties have proposed an addition to the pathway along Route 202. Justine Heinze reported on the 2.8-mile trail extension for the Doylestown Patch. Trail supporters include Bucks County itself and the Circuit Coalition, an advocacy group that works…
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Bucks County Playhouse Puts Sex (in the City) Onstage
Candace Bushnell, writer-producer behind Sex in the City, is appearing in a one-woman show this summer at the Bucks County Playhouse, reports Peter Crimmins for WHYY. The performance will chronicle Bushnell’s career from fledgling writer in New York to pop-culture touchstone. The Sex in the City franchise comprises novel, a TV show, two films and now a theatrical presentation. The Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope presentation isn’t…
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Former Chef at New Hope’s ‘Raven’ Migrates to Wildwood, Retaining His Farm-to-Table Skills
Chef Gus Zimmerman’s culinary outlook was forged in Bucks County when, as a kid, he made his morning omelet from eggs right from the henhouse. He’s now heading up a new restaurant, Trio North Wildwood, reports Scott Cronick for the Atlantic City Weekly. Zimmerman spent the early part of his culinary career working in New…
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COVID-19 Precautions Make SPCA Pet Adoptions Healthy and Heartfelt
Just as COVID-19 safety measures have altered just about everything else in our area, it has also affected pet adoptions. To keep interactions as safe as possible, nearby Bucks County SPCA has moved to an all-appointment method of uniting adoptable dogs and cats with interested pet lovers. Cindy Kelly, BCSPCA Director of Communications said, “The appointment schedule…
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