Peg Quann

A Sunoco pipeline remedial action plan (RAP) to clean up the jet fuel spill in Upper Makefield has deficiencies, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

The Bucks County philanthropists recently donated $68,000 to the Bucks County Opportunity Council to help fund a pilot program to keep approximately 20 families facing eviction in their homes while they work on long-term solutions to their financial difficulties.

The Lower Makefield supervisors' meeting Wednesday night lasted into the wee hours of Thursday morning. As residents applauded the end of the marathon session, supervisors postponed advertising an earned income tax adoption vote. The new tax is being considered to solve a budget deficit, with the township approaching its 14-mill real estate tax limit.

The Prickett Preserve shopping center in Lower Makefield was sold for $39 million Tuesday by DeLuca Homes and Envision Land Use, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported.

A Lower Makefield man who is a deputy attorney general for the state of New Jersey was arrested Thursday on felony charges related to the use of artificial intelligence in the generation and distribution of child sexual abuse materials as well as acquiring and sharing real child sexual abuse material through another social media platform, Lower Makefield police said.

The Fuge in Warminster, where American astronauts trained for flights into outer space, hosted Visit Bucks County's gathering for tourism professionals on Oct. 14. The event celebrated the tourist bureau's successful launch of its campaign to welcome visitors this year during America's semiquincentennial and for World Cup events.

The district is trying to figure out how to whittle down an expected $12 million budget deficit as it plans for the 2027-28 school year, while keeping students the priority and the construction of a new $269.5 million high school on budget and on time.

The district is trying to figure out how to whittle down an expected $12 million budget deficit as it plans for the 2027-28 school year, while keeping students the priority and the construction of a new $269.5 million high school on budget and on time.

It's complicated. Both Lower Makefield and the Pennsbury School District, which educates township students, are facing multi-million dollar budget deficits in the upcoming years.

State Sen. Steve Santarsiero, D-10, received — and accepted — an apology from his Republican challenger Greg Bankos Monday during their debate at Bucks County Community College.