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Bucks Co. Gym Reopens Despite Governor's Orders
Transcend Fitness Club made the "exceedingly difficult decision" to reopen Saturday despite the coronavirus shutdowns.

Kara Seymour is the Editor in Chief at Patch. She has spent two decades covering community news, working at daily and weekly newspapers in Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including the Bucks County Courier Times and the Princeton Packet. She joined Patch in 2010 as the local editor for the Newtown, PA Patch and moved on to serve as the New Jersey/Pennsylvania regional manager before becoming Editor in Chief. Kara is a James Madison University graduate.
Transcend Fitness Club made the "exceedingly difficult decision" to reopen Saturday despite the coronavirus shutdowns.

Newtown Township Police are trying to locate a man who fled a traffic stop after the officer saw an unlicensed gun in his car.
"Personally, I'm not going to the beach," Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday in response to area beaches opening for Memorial Day.
Patch is recognizing the senior class of 2020.
Patch is recognizing the senior class of 2020.
We're building a virtual yearbook, profiling local grads from across Doylestown and all of Pennsylvania, and we need your help to do it.
We're building a virtual yearbook, profiling local grads from across Newtown and all of Pennsylvania, and we need your help to do it.
A dozen more Pennsylvania counties will begin to reopen May 22.
A mother whose daughter spent 10 days in the ICU with severe sepsis, toxic shock, and kidney failure is speaking out to warn other parents.
Gov. Tom Wolf will be making another announcement Friday regarding additional counties that will be scheduled to move to the yellow phase.
The Playhouse has been shut down since March 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Bucks County has created an interactive map of all local COVID-19 testing sites.
More than 68 percent of Pennsylvania's coronavirus deaths have occurred in nursing homes. Here's a county-by-county breakdown:
Bucks Co. is rapidly moving toward the “yellow" phase of reopening. More information is expected within the next week, officials said.
Fuse is pushing for barbershops to reopen under the yellow phase, "which we feel is totally responsible and safe," owner Nick Tosti said.
'We have communicated to all Bucks County police chiefs that it is our preference that they not investigate or prosecute them either': DA.
So far, Pennsylvania doesn't have any cases of a rare pediatric inflammatory illness potentially linked to COVID-19, state officials said.
A Bucks County man awaiting a court hearing on sexual assault and kidnapping charges is dead following a standoff and fire at his home.
Doylestown Hospital is among 51 in Pennsylvania to receive Remdesivir, a drug aimed to treat patients with COVID-19.
More than 50 Pennsylvania hospitals have a received Remdesivir to treat patients with COVID-19, the state Department of Health said.