News
Photo Essay: Bucks County Celebrates Its 3rd Annual Juneteenth Event in Doylestown
This year’s theme, Back To Roots, focuses on health and wellbeing.
Amy Knecht
June 19, 2024
Amy Knecht
Culture
Book Review – The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress And The Road to Civil War
The author’s depictions of congressional violence and polarized politics strike a nerve as the political and social climate of today is eerily similar.
Amy Knecht
February 16, 2024
Culture
A Concrete Love Affair: A Photographic Exploration of Henry Mercer’s Fonthill Castle
Mercer had described Fonthill as a combination of “the poetry of the past with convenience of the present.”
Amy Knecht
April 28, 2023
News
Teacher Contract Negotiations Drag On In Palisades School District, Parents Begin to Speak Out
Parents are wondering how long before these teachers start seeking jobs in other Bucks County school districts.
Amy Knecht
December 7, 2022
Opinion
Four Months without a Contract, Palisades Teachers Are Frustrated and Speaking Up
Compared to other local school districts, Palisades teachers receive among the lowest professional salaries in Bucks County.
Amy Knecht
October 28, 2022
News
Quakertown Couple Advocates Support for Abortion Rights with Weekly Rallies
Don’t mourn, organize!
Amy Knecht
October 7, 2022
Uncategorized
Pennridge School Board President Sounds Off On Books and Trans Students in Radio Interview
District parents and students need to attend Monday’s policy meeting, as the far-right school board plans to outdo Central Bucks’ new regressive library policy.
Amy Knecht
July 28, 2022
Opinion
When Are Gun Violence and School Shootings Going to End?
Amy Knecht reflects on the rapidly growing gun violence that plagues this country.
Amy Knecht
May 26, 2022
Elections
Governor Wolf: “Abortion is and will remain legal in Pennsylvania”
This underscores the importance of the 2022 governor’s race if you want abortion to stay legal in PA.
Amy Knecht
May 3, 2022
Danny Ceisler Launches Campaign for Bucks County Sheriff with Strong Backing from Democratic Leaders
March 30, 2025
“Danny is a battle-tested patriot who represents the best of his generation. Bucks County will be safer with him as our Sheriff,” said former Bucks County Congressman Patrick Murphy.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s Phony Telephone Town Halls Are Like Crank Calls to Democracy
March 30, 2025
We need a representative in Congress who engages not in sophistry, but in truth-telling, and one who has the courage to have in-person town halls open to all their constituents, writes Newtown’s Steve Cickay.
Food Insecurity in Bucks County Worsened by Trump and DOGE Cuts
March 28, 2025
Locally, the cuts have already hacked away about one-third of the $800,000 the federal government had been sending to supplement Bucks County Opportunity Council programs like Fresh Connect.
Bucks County Resident Who Recently Traveled to Texas Has Measles
March 27, 2025
“Anyone who visited Starbucks at 2896 S. Eagle Road in Newtown between 10:50 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on March 19 should monitor for symptoms,” the Bucks County Health Department warns.
Pennsylvania House Passes 4 Bills to Protect ‘Obama Care’ for Pennsylvanians. Here’s How Your Bucks County Lawmakers Voted
March 27, 2025
“These bills will protect health care coverage for Pennsylvanians, regardless of what happens at the federal level,” said state Rep. Perry Warren.
