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Movie Review: In ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,’ a Powerful Portrait of the Author and His Still Relevant Writings
The film connects Orwell’s writings to modern totalitarianism.
AP
October 3, 2025
Culture
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Local Musicians Set to Fill Newtown Borough With Music Saturday for ‘Newtown Porchstock’
The free event is a walkable music festival where front porches, front yards and driveways will be transformed into “stages” showcasing local bands and musicians.
Melinda Rizzo
September 24, 2025
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Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You to Read This Book. That’s Just One Reason Why You Must.
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ book “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” very successfully flays the many layers of scar tissue that have accumulated around Facebook/Meta scandals over the past decade.
Dr. Michael D. Gambone
September 17, 2025
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Bucks County Artist Wants to Bring Micro Art Gallery to Perkasie
The miniature art gallery will be “something like a cross between a diorama and a sidewalk pop-up shop.”
Caroline Craig
September 12, 2025
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How Romance and a Road Trip Led to the Purchase of the World’s Oldest Drive-in Theater in Pennsylvania
Matt McClanahan and Lauren McChesney bought Shankweiler’s Drive-In in Orefield, Pennsylvania, in 2022 after learning the property might be sold to developers.
AP
September 6, 2025
Culture
New Hope Teen Jump Rope Champion Hopes to Forge Foreign Exchange for Workshops and Cultural Ideas
After competing with students from more than 34 different countries 16-year-old Zach Peckman wants to bridge differences through a shared love of the sport.
Melinda Rizzo
August 20, 2025
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Rivot Magazine Provides Bucks County a Much-needed Print Music and News Publication With a Punk Rock Ethos
Founder James Lamb said print media was a void that needed to be filled. “I just really like a physical, handheld thing that can be saved, that can migrate when I drop one at the bus stop.”
Caroline Craig
August 4, 2025
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Bluegrass Fans Enjoy Summer Concert at Doylestown’s TileWorks
If you missed Sunday’s show, there’s another concert scheduled for September 28.
Aidan Tyksinski
July 28, 2025
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Book Review: Michael Luo Tells the Harrowing Story of Chinese Exclusion in America
“Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America” comes at a time when politics and immigration have intertwined once again.
AP
June 28, 2025
With SNAP Cuts, Rising Hunger and Funding Reductions, Bucks County Food Banks Feeling Squeezed
October 9, 2025
“Families are feeling the pressure, and so are the systems meant to support them,” said Elizabeth Zbinden, Food Program Manager with Bucks County Opportunity Council.
Moms for Liberty CEO and Co-Founder Tina Descovich Verbally Attacks the Bucks County Beacon at Harrisburg-Area Event
October 8, 2025
Our crime? Journalism.
Using Black Hawk Helicopters and Chemical Agents, ICE Agents Turn Chicago Into a ‘War Zone’
October 7, 2025
Activists, residents and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city.
Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims
October 6, 2025
As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.
We Must Continue to Defend the Freedom to Read in Central Bucks School District
October 6, 2025
With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board’s Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.
