Thursday, February 7, 2013
The Housing Continuum and Care agency counted more than 150 unsheltered people living in Bucks County.
One day before starting the official count of unsheltered people living in Bucks County, volunteer Deborah Neidhart asked a staff member at one of the Central Bucks libraries if she knew of any homeless people in the area. Neidhart said the woman was shocked and denied that there were any homeless people at all in the area. "If you are not exposed to it, if you don't see it, then you really don't know that it exists," she said. "It's more invisible in Central Bucks than anywhere else in the county." It's a common misconception that Neidhart encounters, that only the lower part of Bucks County has a homeless population. It's a myth that Neidhart needs to shatter if she and the rest of her team hope to get an accurate count. "The camps are …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The National Weather Service is predicting more frigid temperatures, which has caused Bucks County to extend the Code Blue declaration through Monday, Jan. 28
Temperatures the past few days have been frigid, and more of the same is expected in the coming days. Bucks County has decided to extend the Code Blue Weather alert through Monday, Jan. 28. The National Weather Service is predicting temperatures to drop to a low of 13 degrees Wednesday night and to remain low until Monday morning, causing the the Bucks County Emergency Management Agency and the Health Department to extend the Code Blue declaration through 7 a.m. on Monday. Additionally, snow is likely on Friday, according to National Weather Service predictions. Further arrangements have been made with area churches to open their doors as emergency shelters. Woodside Presbyterian in Yardley and Trinity Episcopal in Buckingham will remain …
Friday, January 18, 2013
Temperatures are expected to be frigid the next few days, prompting cold weather preparation.
A governmental cold-weather alert was issued Friday in advance of a cold front expected to bring frigid temperatures overnight next week. Bucks County's Code Blue weather alert will run from 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20 through 7 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, county officials said Friday. The alert puts two Bucks County churches on call to help the homeless or others needing shelter. The National Weather Service is predicting temperatures overnight on Sunday to drop to around 24 degrees and continue to fall. Tuesday night's low is predicted to be about 15 degrees. Two churches are on-call to assist residents in Central Bucks and Lower Bucks. Woodside Presbyterian in Yardley and Trinity Episcopal in Buckingham will activate their emergency shelters, as…
Saturday, November 19, 2011
The church held an open house Saturday so members and the community could see the results of the more than yearlong building project.
Balloons and Berenstain Bears signaled a celebration at Doylestown Presbyterian Church Saturday. Church members and the community were invited to check out the renovations that focused on two buildings – the church sanctuary and Andrews Hall. Congregants are in the second of a three-year capital campaign to pay for the $9 million venture and other works. Andrews Hall at Church and Mechanics streets received a major overhaul, with a new façade along the Church Street side, new classrooms, office space and a nursery that is now easily accessible from the church because of the pedestrian bridge that links the two buildings together. Worship services were relocated to Andrews Hall while the Sanctuary was renovated. Services resumed in the …
Monday, December 13, 2010
Check on your neighbors this week - temps are going to drop.
If you don't already know your neighbors well, today might be a good time to go knock on their doors and say hello. Why? Because it's going to be pretty cold the next couple days, and one of the best ways to ensure that everyone is safe is just to pay attention. "It's never a bad thing just to knock on the door and say hello and make sure everything's ok," Lt. Pat Penecale said Monday. "These are some simple neighborly things that seem to have gotten lost over time. This week's not a bad time to start them back up again." Bitter winds and dropping temperatures are expected to sweep into the Central Bucks area tonight and linger through Wednesday. The National Weather Service is predicting temperatures of about 20 degrees overnight in …
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