Regional Roundup: Neshaminy Teachers Will Strike Monday

Here are highlights from our region.

Catholic Schools Closing List Includes 6 in Bucks, 10 in Montco: Conwell-Egan High School will close outright, while many elementary schools will merge.

: A woman who was struck by a car on Street Road between Knowles Avenue and Second Street Pike near the  remains in the hospital.

Bensalem Principal Issues Letter Regarding Student Deaths: “It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of Lucrecia Santamaria, one of our 9th grade students and Anthony Christensen, a former student,” Principal Robert A. Anderson wrote. “They died Wednesday evening in a car accident.”

: Every year the welcomes the new year with an Epiphany Bonfire, a celebration where church members and friends gather for snacks and songs by the warmth of the fire. 

: The Verizon Foundation recently provided a $10,000 grant to the Pennsbury Education Foundation to pilot a cyber-bullying prevention program at William Penn Middle School in partnership with the Bucks County Peace Center.

:  and the rest of Pennsylvania’s casinos had a very good December for slots, according to figures released by the state Gaming Control Board on Jan. 4.

: The board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Jan. 19, concerning renovations at Goodnoe Elementary.