Regional Roundup: Older Man in Fedora Robs Warminster Bank

Here are some highlights from area Patches.

: Warminster police responded to an armed robbey at Fulton Bank on Street Road at 11:24 Thursday morning. According to police Chief Michael Murphy, the suspect is male and in his 60s.

: Susan Finkelstien, the woman who tried to trade sex for Phillies World Series tickets two years ago, had her conviction overturned this week.

: Buckingham residents have a nice gift in time for the holidays – no township tax hike for next year. The township’s property tax rate of 5.5 mills hasn’t increased in the last few years, actually. 

: Reports included a resident stating someone used their credit card to make online purchases.

: The township was awarded a $144,500 grant to help cover a $300,000 improvement project.

: Larger residential lots, 30 percent fewer homes and more land for a middle school. That was the crux of the directives the Horsham Land Resuse Authority outlined Wednesday afternoon as it suggested tweaks to the redevelopment plan for 862 acres of the shuttered .

: The Montgomery County Commissioners approved a 2012 operating budget Wednesday that will increase the county's average property tax bill by about $80 per year.

: Students at Neil Armstrong Middle School performed a holiday concert for residents of Grundy Gardens on Monday, Dec. 19. Band and chorus members from the Bristol Township school also performed for residents of Silver Lake Nursing Home on Dec. 13.

: Newtown Township has denied Beneficial Bank’s conditional use request to put a branch on Sycamore Street and Richboro Road. “I take umbrage with the audacity of Beneficial Bank,” Sycamore Street Community Association President Shawn Ward said.

: The "Picture Me Cooking" cookbook created by four Richboro women is a big hit with children, parents and grandparents.