How a Doylestown-based tax program brought $3.1M back home
Meet the Doylestown native who became White House physician
How a $75,000 grant could boost Doylestown’s brewery weekends
Also on today's calendar: Living History Festival, Day 2 and 15 more events.
Today's riddle: The top potato won what? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Weather forecast:
Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 77 and low of 55 degrees.
Monday: Sun and some clouds, temps: high: 76, low: 51.
Tuesday: Chance of a shower, with a high of 73 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Opportunity Council's VITA Program Returns $3M To Bucks Clients (patch.com) — Based in Doylestown, the Bucks County Opportunity Council’s VITA program just wrapped tax season by completing 2,512 free returns, saving residents nearly $880,000 in fees and returning $3.1 million to the community. Staffed by 55 IRS-certified volunteers, the long-running program supports low-income families countywide and is already inviting new volunteers to help next year.
• Bucks County's most prominent people of the past 250 years, Part V (phillyburbs.com) — A new installment in a Bucks County history series spotlights notable locals, including Doylestown native and Central Bucks East graduate Sean Conley, who served as White House physician during the COVID-19 pandemic. The piece also highlights influential residents from across the county in politics, sports, the arts, and public service, underscoring Bucks County’s outsized impact over 250 years.
• Pennsylvania Bets $75,000 on Bucks County's Booming Craft Beer Scene (bucksco.today) — Doylestown beer lovers are part of a new $75,000 state investment boosting the Bucks County Ale Trail, which links more than 30 breweries across the county. The grant will fund marketing for the digital passport program, drawing more visitors into Doylestown’s walkable downtown, restaurants, and nearby attractions while strengthening small breweries and the wider local tourism economy.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
Update: she was last spotted within a quarter mile of Peddlers Village today at 1030am , 5/30. I also received a call stating that they saw her at midnight last night near Stover Mill Rd running. He stated she looked healthy which is a great… (Nextdoor Burnt House Hill-Buckingham)
My glasses became very crooked and hard to wear. I was just out of surgery so couldn't call around. I walked into Pearl Vision and was treated like a queen. The employee fixed everything that… (Nextdoor Oak Woods)
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🗞 Nearby News
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Warminster
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Prom photos from across the US show standout looks, dance floor moments (delawareonline.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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