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Bucks Co. Lawmakers React To End Of PA Budget Impasse
The Pennsylvania Senate passed the FY 2025-2026 budget bill on Wednesday night. The vote comes 135 days after the budget deadline.

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The Pennsylvania Senate passed the FY 2025-2026 budget bill on Wednesday night. The vote comes 135 days after the budget deadline.

Joseph DiGirolamo, Bucks County's longest-serving mayor, held off a challenge as Democrats broke the Republican stronghold in the township.
Police. were heading south on Interstate 95 to the WMMR Preston and Steve Camp Out for Hunger event when the officers crashed
The Centennial School District held Veterans Day ceremonies throughout its schools on Tuesday.
Atlee Square is being built on the former Boscov's at the mall property in Middletown Township.
The Lower Makefield Township town center, across the street from Shady Brook Farm, is anchored by the Wegmans supermarket
The Pennsylvania Senate passed the FY 2025-2026 budget bill on Wednesday, 135 days after the budget deadline.
The eastern Montco representative said the deal by the Senate "does not prioritize the health of Americans."
The museum in Middetown Township plans to open officially sometime early next year. A gala will be held on Dec. 11.
The Greater Hatboro Chamber of Commerce will hold the parade on the Sunday before Thanksgiving in the York Road Business District.
A Philadelphia man and his daughter were charged last December in the stabbing of a Loss Prevention officer at Five Below in Cheltenham.
Abington school officials said the drive is to help families struggling without SNAP benefits and food banks trying to stock shelves.
PECO informed its Bensalem customers that the project is expected to be completed sometime next month.
This marks the third day of Regional Rail line train cancellations as SEPTA works to inspect its Silverliner IV railcar fleet.
A Horsham business will help the Warminster Food Bank, while two Hatboro businesses are giving away free turkeys.
Bristol Township Police said the shooting took place after a crash on New Falls Road on Tuesday afternoon.
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The Warminster Township Police Department has released its blotter of criminal incidents for September.