Group Offers Safe Travels

Designated Driving Services is your community guardian when it comes to getting home safe from the bar, restaurant, Phillies game, wedding reception, you name it.

It’s 1 a.m. in Doylestown. You’re three shots of Jameson deep. Your best friend insists on “just one more beer.” You do it – knowing full well no one is driving your sorry butt home. Your girlfriend/boyfriend’s at home, asleep. Your only possible reliability is in front of you, head tilted back, grooving on “that hot Katy Perry song” on the jukebox. It’s all good – you called DDS ahead of time: Designated Driving Services. The Horsham-centered nonprofit is there for you, volunteer behind the wheel, driving an intoxicated you to your bed, safe and sound. Gordon Johnson started the nonprofit in 1999, after he found himself at Bucks County Correctional Facility one evening. “I heard some stories about DUI and accidents and all that. People …

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What Would Fanny Think?

Fanny Says: Don't Drive Them Out

Fanny gives advice to neighbors bothered by a bar.

Dear Fanny: We are eight families who share a block in downtown Doylestown with a popular bar. There is not too much noise at night while the bar is open, except during the summer when people sit at outside tables But when the bar closes at 2 a.m., our neighborhood is "invaded" by noisy, sometimes drunken patrons. Many of us have been awakened by loud, often obscene arguments and yelling. People (men, as far as we know) sometimes relieve themselves on our front sidewalks or steps. We often find broken beer bottles in the street in the morning. We have complained to the bar owner, but he says he is not responsible for what patrons do after they leave his place. When we call the police, the drunks scatter as soon as they see the patrol car. …