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Regional Roundup: Search for Shipley Continues

Five nurses are charged in a $9 million Medicare fraud scheme.

Here are some highlights from our region.

: Though it's been more than a month since Brian Shipley's disappearance, Northampton Township police are still working actively on the case and have no reason to believe he isn't still alive.

: Five nurses were charged in a health care fraud conspiracy that resulted in more than $9 million in fraudulent Medicare charges, according to the Philadelphia Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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: At the March 7 Centennial Operations Committee meeting, Ryan Brennan, the manager of the Willow Dale project, said that the outdoor buzzer would be installed within the next week. As of March 22, the buzzer and intercom have yet to be installed and activated.

: Hatboro-Horsham School District is continuing to implement dozens of cost-cutting measures to stay within the Act 1 tax index.

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: Lower Southampton police also reported a theft and a DUI arrest.

: Bristol Township police also reported multiple thefts from vehicles.

: The denied 's request to rezone two residential parcels to a commercial zone in order to increase its parking lot back toward Dolton Road and Village Drive.

: State police also reported a theft at Parx Casino.

: Joyce Hughes discovered a love and talent for quilting after some gentle pushing from Kyle Quinn, a Warminster man who was killed at Kutztown University in 2007.


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