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Top Five Stories of the Week: June 17 to 23

A look at the top stories that made headlines this week in Doylestown.

Here's our countdown of the top five stories in Doylestown this week:

5.

Doylestown Borough Council members voted this week to ban smoking in the town's municipal parks. Doylestown Township parks also are smoke-free.

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4.

In the police reports this week, we learned about a Doylestown woman who sent money overseas, purportedly to a grandson in trouble. But the caller was a con artist, not a family member.

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3.

Alien invaders? Stealth aircraft? Search lights? Doylestown Patch users help solve the mystery of the orange lights seen recently over Buckingham. The answer is more down-to-earth - but very sweet.

2.

Health inspections in Doylestown, Buckingham and New Britain had people talking about their favorite restaurants and their track record for health and safety.

1.

An off-duty New Jersey police officer exchanged gunfire with Bucks County officers in Doylestown Township in what he told police was meant to be his final stand before forcing police to kill him. Negotiators were able to successfully talk him down. He now faces dozens of charges.


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