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Sep 24, 2024 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Jenny Stephens
Bucks County residents will gather Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Bensalem Shopping Plaza parking lot, located at the corner of Hulmeville and Street Roads, for a voter education event. The focus is to shed light on the connections between Project 2025 and Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick. Ashley Ehasz, Democratic Congressional Candidate for Pennsylvania’s First District, will headline the event.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Jenny Stephens
The Democratic Messaging Project (DMP), a dynamic grassroots political action committee, is taking to the streets of Pennsylvania with a fresh approach to political outreach. Teaming up with local organizations like Indivisible Pennsylvania, Red, Wine & Blue Pennsylvania, and One Pennsylvania, DMP aims to break through traditional media silos with eye-catching, creative campaigns that focus on key issues leading up to the election.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Jenny Stephens
Ashley Ehasz, the Democratic candidate running for the First District in Pennsylvania, has challenged her opponent, GOP Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick to a televised debate, according to a press release issued on Wednesday by the campaign. Typically, Bucks County Community College hosts the first congressional district’s candidate debate, but will not this year, a spokesperson for the Ehasz campaign said. They are seeking another venue to host a debate if Fitzpatrick agrees.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Jenny Stephens
Is bullying a child a new low for Pennsylvania Republican State Rep. Russ Diamond? It’s a tough call. Nevertheless, Democrats want his state GOP colleagues to condemn his post on X suggesting Democratic Vice President nominee Tim Walz should have left his son Gus, who is neurodivergent and has learning disabilities, at home if he didn’t want him to be mocked by people like him online. “The PAHDCC calls on Republicans in the Pennsylvania House to condemn State Rep.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Jenny Stephens
The Pennridge School Board held its first committee meeting for the 2024-25 school year on Monday that included four committees: Activities, Finance, Facilities, and Policy. Comments from the public at the beginning of the meeting centered around Policy 903, which was being presented for a second read.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Jenny Stephens
Pennridge School District parents want to know when books secretly banned under the previous Republican school board will be put back on library shelves. Laura Foster, a resident in the district and a co-founder of RIDGE Network, used public comment at Pennridge’s first policy meeting of the 2024-25 school year on Monday night. “Our students deserve to see themselves reflected in the books they read and learn about perspectives that are different from their own,” Foster said.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Jenny Stephens
Attorney Will Lowrey filed a private criminal complaint with District Magistrate Gary Gambardella, at District Court 07-3-03 in Ottsville, on Tuesday against Kingdom Provisions in Pipersville. Lowrey submitted the complaint on behalf of Animal Partisan, a Virginia-based advocacy group, known to pursue legal strategies to prosecute animal cruelty, abuse and neglect. “I will definitely be reaching out to the court to encourage prosecution of Kingdom Provisions.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Jenny Stephens
Kingdom Provisions Slaughterhouse in Pipersville was served with a Notice of Suspension by the USDA on July 2, 2024. The action terminates the assignment of Inspection Program Personnel from its Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), and withholds its official marks of inspection.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Jenny Stephens
Women in Bucks and Montgomery Counties are invited to take advantage of reduced ticket pricing and a ride on one of several buses headed for a matinee showing of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical, “Suffs,” at the Music Box Theater in New York City on September 14. The show focuses on the final push for women’s voting rights from 1913 to 1920 when women were often denied basic rights, including the right to vote, own property, or receive an education.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
buckscountybeacon.com | Jenny Stephens
The annual Ukrainian Folk Festival, now in its 33rd year, returns to the Tryzub Ukrainian American Sports Center in Horsham on August 25 with an afternoon of vibrant entertainment, traditional performances, time-honored foods and an open-air market offering classic Ukrainian arts and crafts, including the famous pysanky eggs. Gene Luciw, who has been an organizer of the event for more than 20 years, explained the significance of the celebration.
