The Doylestown Bookshop’s name was the Village Green in 1998 when Pat Gerney and her husband, Phil, bought it. Pat had worked in the shop for a half dozen years when it started going downhill.

Rousing music greeted new students at Bucks County Community College on the last day of August. It was orientation with a twist as Karen Gross of “She Rocked It” generated enthusiasm for the year …

The day after September 11, 2001, the Stars and Stripes were flying, all over the United States – from homes and schools, shops and business centers. American flags were attached to car radio …

Just another home-grown show? Not at all. It was an old story that’s been told and retold — the founding of Doylestown Hospital by the VIA, the Village Improvement Association, a women’s club, a …

No better place could be the venue for a musical poem promoting conservation than a farm, off the beaten path in Wrightstown Township. After an immersive concert last fall, “Walking the Farm,” The …

Anthony Kulish turned 100 last week.He’s an artist living in a house among the trees along the Paunnacussing Creek, next to the farm where he grew up. He attended the Solebury Township one-room …

Books by local authors have piled up on my desk for years, some skimmed, others unread, some set aside for another day. Art Ross wrote one of those books. I always meant to write about it, but every …

Over more than 40 years, Dee Rosenwald organized day trips for the New Hope Historical Society, most recently with Mayor Laurence Keller as her guide partner. After Dee’s death, the tours have …

Nothing beats the real thing – not copies, not photographs, not images on the internet. That’s why the Freeman’s Auctions display at Phillips’ Mill, the birthplace of the original Pennsylvania …

Sally Fabian Oresic was having second thoughts about retirement when I talked to her in mid-May. “What was I thinking?” she asked as the June 30 day approached. Her leaving the Ann Silverman Health Clinic is tinged with sadness as she is parting from a career she has cherished.

Franca Warden’s special friend was Luciano Pavarotti, the Metropolitan Opera tenor who dominated the world’s tenor field of opera in the 1980s and ‘90s. When Pavoratti posed for Nelson Shanks, …

Darragh Miller Ellerson was in New Hope last week catching up on the status of paintings her father had made. The news she confirmed was alarming — some paintings had been copied and they were …

If you’re looking for encouragement and enthusiasm you’ll find it the last Sunday in April at Trinity Episcopal Church in Solebury. Guest Kimme Carlos will present the sermon at the 10 a.m. service, taking a line from the Lord’s Prayer as her inspiration.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Doylestown is not the oldest church in Pennsylvania – some go back to the 1600s – but it's a longtime survivor. This spring, the congregation is celebrating the …

Back in February, Terry Kuntz sent a letter to the Herald — a turnaround from his usual defense of Second Amendment rights. A former Army officer, now retired and president of the Bridgeton …

Way, way back to the Anglo-Norman King Henry II, who wrested it from the Vikings in 1069, Ireland was dominated by England. Henry VIII declared himself king of the island nation in 1541.While the …

When I talked to Joan Garry last week, I told her Bucks County is a hotbed of nonprofits. Maybe that’s a reason the area has so many thriving communities. Garry gave the example of Montclair, N.J., …

Makers are wanted to help fill a new space.Not only painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, stained glass artists, metal workers, weavers, potters, quilters and woodworkers, but also, …

What would Bucks Couty look like if a proposal to fill in the Delaware Canal had succeeded? Envision I-95 running through the river towns of Washington Crossing, New Hope and Riegelsville — seems …

A Doylestown hairdresser’s trust fund offers scholarships and interest-free loans to Bucks County students.Verna McClary Butterer was an astute business woman and a saver – she put her money in …