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Community
Doylestown Borough Council unanimously approved distributing a composting survey, the first initiative under the borough's new climate action plan, asking residents about habits, barriers and interest in a private collection service.

Public Safety
Central Bucks Regional Police charged Filomena Rosa Kohl, 55, of Doylestown Township with felony identity theft after surveillance video allegedly showed her using an 88-year-old manicure client's credit card for a $451 Costco purchase.


Community
Doylestown Borough Council unanimously approved distributing a composting survey, the first initiative under the borough's new climate action plan, asking residents about habits, barriers and interest in a private collection service.

Public Safety

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Community
Doylestown Borough Council unanimously approved distributing a composting survey, the first initiative under the borough's new climate action plan, asking residents about habits, barriers and interest in a private collection service.

Public Safety

Doylestown, PA
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 79° · 52% rain

Community
The Oscar Hammerstein Museum's Highland Farm farmhouse in Doylestown will undergo major restoration starting in September 2026, funded by a $1 million state matching grant that will also pay for a new ADA-compliant visitor and education center on the collapsed barn site.

Public Safety
A Pipersville family's campaign to honor volunteer firefighter Joey Kay, killed by a drunk driver in 2024, has produced a bipartisan bill that would raise Pennsylvania's DUI homicide penalty to a first-degree felony with a five-year mandatory minimum sentence.
Local Government
Buckingham Township Supervisor Jon Forest must pay $65,000 and issue a public apology after admitting he fabricated corruption accusations in a 2023 election flyer targeting Froehlich's Farm and fellow Supervisor Mike Bateman; residents are calling for his resignation ahead of the Aug. 26 supervisors meeting.

Local Government
Doylestown Borough Council unanimously voted to advertise an ordinance banning right turns on red in both directions at North Broad and Doyle streets after Central Bucks Regional Police cited truck-vehicle conflicts at the downtown intersection.

Education
Central Bucks School District says all schools will open on schedule Aug. 31 despite ongoing construction, but CB West art students will be temporarily relocated for two to three weeks and CB South juniors lose parking access as a three-story addition continues into summer 2027.

Education
Bucks County Community College nursing professor Mary Dura, who earned her doctorate at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown, received the 2026 Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award after more than 20 years in the classroom.

Public Safety
Central Bucks Regional Police charged Filomena Rosa Kohl, 55, of Doylestown Township with felony identity theft after surveillance video allegedly showed her using an 88-year-old manicure client's credit card for a $451 Costco purchase.

Public Safety
Richard Brooks Jr., a former Saladworks and Wendy's manager in Central Bucks County, pleaded guilty May 28 to seven charges including a felony drug count and two misdemeanor indecent assault counts after police found he supplied drugs and alcohol to underage employees at his workplaces and Doylestown apartment.

Community
Doylestown Borough Council unanimously approved distributing a composting survey, the first initiative under the borough's new climate action plan, asking residents about habits, barriers and interest in a private collection service.

Community
Doylestown Borough's Environmental Advisory Council is asking residents and businesses to turn off or dim outdoor lights from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. through Nov. 15 to protect migratory birds passing through the region during fall migration.

Business
Bucks County's housing inventory rose 13.1% in July while buyer contracts fell 16.3%, according to new BCAR data, even as the median sold price climbed to $546,665.

Business
Three Montgomery County restaurateurs opened The Station Doylestown in April 2026 inside a 113-year-old former Reading Company freight house at 194 W. Ashland St., bringing a 400-seat Italian-leaning restaurant with rail-themed cocktails and a patio overlooking active SEPTA trains to the Ashland Street corridor.

Sports
The Bike Works Powered by Fred Beans Cycling Team, a nonprofit elite squad with alumni training for the 2028 Olympics, will race the 22nd annual Bucks County Classic criterium through downtown Doylestown on Sunday, Sept. 13, alongside the Doylestown Arts Festival.

Sports
Central Bucks East graduate and Jamison native Aidan Weaver was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the eighth round of the 2026 MLB Draft and is now at rookie camp in Arizona.

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Maryam Khanum is a journalist based in Winston-Salem, NC. She graduated from Wake Forest University in 2024 with majors in Political Science and Communications. Maryam was heavily involved in journalism throughout her college career, serving as Multimedia Managing Editor for the student-run newspaper, the Old Gold & Black. She previously worked for the International Business Times.

Maryam Khanum is a journalist based in Winston-Salem, NC. She graduated from Wake Forest University in 2024 with majors in Political Science and Communications. Maryam was heavily involved in journalism throughout her college career, serving as Multimedia Managing Editor for the student-run newspaper, the Old Gold & Black. She previously worked for the International Business Times.

Maryam Khanum is a journalist based in Winston-Salem, NC. She graduated from Wake Forest University in 2024 with majors in Political Science and Communications. Maryam was heavily involved in journalism throughout her college career, serving as Multimedia Managing Editor for the student-run newspaper, the Old Gold & Black. She previously worked for the International Business Times.
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