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Fall back into winter (and get an extra hour of sleep!)

Posted in Bedminster, Bensalem, Bristol, Buckingham, Central Bucks, Chalfont, Doylestown, Erwinna, Fairless Hills, Fallsington, Feasterville, Furlong, Happenings, Harleysville, Hilltown, Holicong, Holland, Ivyland, Jamison, Lahaska/Peddler’s Village, Lambertville, Langhorne, Levittown, Lower Bucks, Lumberville, Morrisville, New Britain, New Hope, Newtown, North Wales, Ottsville, Outside of Bucks, Penn's Park, Penndel, Perkasie, Pipersville, Plumstead, Point Pleasant, Quakertown, Richboro, Riegelsville, Sellersville, Solebury, Southampton, Springtown, Upper Black Eddy, Upper Bucks, Warminster, Warrington, Washington Crossing, Wrightstown, Wycombe, Yardley | Comments Off

Don't forget to change your clocks!

It’s that time of year again, to “fall back.” Officially you can change your clocks back one hour, this Sunday, November 7th. But what is all the history behind daylight savings time? Most of us (myself included) probably have no clue of its history and fun facts! Well, I decided it was about time to do some investigating.

Daylight savings time was actually not enacted until March 19, 1918 but proved to be “unpopular” due to people waking up earlier and going to bed earlier. For years and years, daylight savings time was very inconsistent and became an option to cities and states. Can you imagine the confusion? Even with the Interstate Commerce Commission getting involved in the early 60′s, because would still not follow the rules. Farmers debated the issues, and state governments could not agree. (more…)

Dip into Bucks County Biscotti

Posted in Business, Central Bucks, Dining Out, Doylestown, Hilltown, Lahaska/Peddler’s Village, On the Cheap, Upper Bucks | 1 comment

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Chocolate dipped and traditional biscotti

While investigating topics for our Columbus Day Italian-themed week on Bucks Happening, we were thrilled to find out about Bucks County Biscotti. It all started out by having a small stand at the Doylestown Farmers Market back in 1990. Now it is a supplier to gourmet establishments in over four different states. Bucks County Biscotti was built from the ground up by husband and wife, Craig Silbert and Karen Riley. After living in multiple states on the east coast, they found themselves most happy when they moved to Doylestown. From there they lived in Pipersville and now in Hilltown.

They can remember back when they used a two rack household oven to bake, now they used a 40 rack industrial size oven. But everything is still old world style, using the finest ingredients and hand cutting the biscotti. They have seven flavors including the traditional anise almond, espresso chocolate chip, ginger cherry and even seasonal flavors such as pumpkin pecan. Luckily for me, I had the chance to not only sit down with Craig and Karen but I also got a tour of the bakery!

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Have bugs been driving you batty lately?

Posted in Bedminster, Bensalem, Bristol, Buckingham, Business, Central Bucks, Chalfont, Charity, Doylestown, Erwinna, Fallsington, Feasterville, Furlong, Happenings, Harleysville, Hilltown, Holicong, Home & Garden, Ivyland, Lahaska/Peddler’s Village, Langhorne, Levittown, Lower Bucks, Morrisville, New Britain, New Hope, Newtown, Ottsville, Outside of Bucks, Penn's Park, Perkasie, Pipersville, Point Pleasant, Quakertown, Richboro, Riegelsville, Sellersville, Solebury, Springtown, Upper Black Eddy, Upper Bucks, Warminster, Warrington, Washington Crossing, Wrightstown, Wycombe, Yardley | Comments Off

Bats. We usually associate bats with Halloween, vampires, attics and even Batman himself. Unfortunately, Hollywood has misconstrued the real benefit of bats. The little brown bat eats roughly 4,500 bugs a night. With over 1 million bats being effected by White Nose Syndrome, that’s roughly 4,500,000,000 extra bugs you have to worry about crawling into your house, destroying crops, or biting you. So why is everyone scared of these little non-aggressive creatures that help so much?

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The Bucks Happening Fall Guide is here!

Posted in Bedminster, Bensalem, Bristol, Buckingham, Central Bucks, Chalfont, Daytime, Doylestown, Erwinna, Fallsington, Feasterville, Furlong, Happenings, Harleysville, Hilltown, History & Culture, Holicong, Ivyland, Lahaska/Peddler’s Village, Langhorne, Levittown, Lower Bucks, Morrisville, New Britain, New Hope, Newtown, Ottsville, Penn's Park, Perkasie, Pipersville, Point Pleasant, Quakertown, Richboro, Solebury, The Scene/The Seen, Upper Black Eddy, Upper Bucks, Warminster, Warrington, Washington Crossing, Wrightstown, Wycombe, Yardley | Comments Off

It’s here! With September just a couple days away, it’s time for the official Bucks Happening Fall Guide.

THE OFFICIAL BUCKS HAPPENING 2010 FALL GUIDE

We’ve spent weeks searching for the can’t miss Bucks County fall events and compiled them into an easy to navigate guide for our readers. This year, the guide is split into three categories- fun, food, and farms.

If you’re finding it difficult to say goodbye to summer, one look at all of the amazing events happening in our community this fall will cheer you right up!

Start marking your calendars & check back in throughout the season by clicking on the “Fall Guide” at the top-right corner of our homepage.

Vote for BH!

Posted in Bedminster, Bensalem, Bristol, Buckingham, Business, Chalfont, Contests, Doylestown, Erwinna, Fallsington, Feasterville, Furlong, Harleysville, Hilltown, Holicong, Ivyland, Lahaska/Peddler’s Village, Langhorne, Levittown, Morrisville, New Britain, New Hope, Newtown, Ottsville, Outside of Bucks, Penn's Park, Perkasie, Pipersville, Point Pleasant, Quakertown, Richboro, Solebury, Upper Black Eddy, Warminster, Warrington, Washington Crossing, Wrightstown, Wycombe, Yardley | 11 comments

Every year, Fox29 Philly hosts a Philly Hot List competition. Across dozens of categories, our friends who own businesses all over the region beg you to vote for them. In fact, many of last year’s winners were Bucks County companies. Now it’s our turn

This year, they have added a category called “Best Local Blogger.” Will you please vote for us? Pretty please? It’s pretty simple to vote, but you do have to enter an email address. Click here to help name Bucks Happening the best local blogger with in our area!!

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Vote for Kisses for Kyle

Posted in Bedminster, Bensalem, Bristol, Buckingham, Central Bucks, Chalfont, Charity, Doylestown, Erwinna, Fairless Hills, Fallsington, Feasterville, Furlong, Hilltown, Holicong, Holland, Ivyland, Jamison, Kintnersville, Lahaska/Peddler’s Village, Langhorne, Levittown, Lower Bucks, Lumberville, Morrisville, New Britain, New Hope, Newtown, Ottsville, Outside of Bucks, Penn's Park, Penndel, Penn’s Park, Perkasie, Pineville, Point Pleasant, Quakertown, Richboro, Solebury, Southampton, Telford, Upper Black Eddy, Upper Bucks, Warminster, Warrington, Washington Crossing, Wrightstown, Wycombe, Yardley | Comments Off

A wonderful local charity, the Kisses for Kyle Foundation, is in the running to win $250,000 from the Chase Community Giving Program, but they need your help. Kisses for Kyle is dedicated to helping children with cancer and their families who reside in the Philadelphia region, its surrounding counties, and portions of NJ and DE. Their mission is to alleviate some of the massive burden that these families face during this trying time.

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Are you from Bucks County? Then FLAUNT IT!

Posted in Bensalem, Bristol, Buckingham, Central Bucks, Chalfont, Doylestown, Erwinna, Fallsington, Feasterville, Furlong, Hilltown, Holicong, Ivyland, Lahaska/Peddler’s Village, Langhorne, Levittown, Lower Bucks, Morrisville, New Britain, New Hope, Newtown, Ottsville, Outside of Bucks, Penn's Park, Perkasie, Point Pleasant, Quakertown, Richboro, Shopping, Solebury, Upper Black Eddy, Upper Bucks, Warminster, Warrington, Washington Crossing, Weekly Events, Wrightstown, Wycombe, Yardley | 3 comments

I just want to take a moment to direct your attention to a new feature here at BucksHappening.com. We know that our readers, like us, are proud to be from Bucks County. Back when I worked in NYC, people would comment about the many Bucks County advertisements they saw on their trains, and I would loudly declare my love for everything Bucks, urging them to take a trip themselves. Now, Bucks Happening is introducing our SHOP button- a way for everyone to share their enthusiasm! (more…)

Lights, Camera, Action!! Bucks & Montgomery Living TV to Debut

Posted in Bensalem, Bristol, Buckingham, Chalfont, Doylestown, Erwinna, Fallsington, Feasterville, Furlong, Happy Hour, Hilltown, Holicong, Ivyland, Lahaska/Peddler’s Village, Langhorne, Levittown, Morrisville, New Britain, New Hope, Newtown, Ottsville, Penn's Park, Perkasie, Point Pleasant, Quakertown, Richboro, Solebury, The Scene/The Seen, Upper Black Eddy, Warminster, Warrington, Washington Crossing, Wrightstown, Yardley | Comments Off

It’s true- 24 & Lost have officially ended & Simon Cowell has left an empty hole in our American Idol-loving hearts, BUT we have the cure for your severe summer television depression. Bucks & Montgomery Living Magazine are debuting a new television series about our community tonight at 8:30PM on WMCN-TV (Comcast Channel 19-22, Verizon Channel 19).

The series will be hosted by long-time Fox Philadelphia news anchor Rich Noonan and will include community-based segments, which he describes as being similar to the entertaining but informative style of shows like 20/20. (more…)

Lights, Camera, Action!! Bucks & Montgomery Living TV to Debut

Posted in Bensalem, Bristol, Buckingham, Central Bucks, Chalfont, Doylestown, Erwinna, Fallsington, Feasterville, Furlong, Hilltown, Holicong, Ivyland, Lahaska/Peddler’s Village, Langhorne, Levittown, Lower Bucks, Morrisville, New Britain, New Hope, Newtown, Ottsville, Penn's Park, Perkasie, Point Pleasant, Quakertown, Richboro, Solebury, The Scene/The Seen, Upper Black Eddy, Upper Bucks, Warminster, Warrington, Washington Crossing, Wrightstown, Yardley | Comments Off

It’s true- 24 & Lost have officially ended & Simon Cowell has left an empty hole in our American Idol-loving hearts, BUT we have the cure for your severe summer television depression. Bucks & Montgomery Living Magazine are debuting a new television series about our community tonight at 8:30PM on WMCN-TV (Comcast Channel 19-22, Verizon Channel 19).

The series will be hosted by long-time Fox Philadelphia news anchor Rich Noonan and will include community-based segments, which he describes as being similar to the entertaining but informative style of shows like 20/20. (more…)

Hats off to you, smarty pants!!

Posted in Bensalem, Bristol, Buckingham, Central Bucks, Chalfont, Doylestown, Erwinna, Fallsington, Feasterville, Furlong, Happenings, Hilltown, Holicong, Ivyland, Lahaska/Peddler’s Village, Langhorne, Levittown, Lower Bucks, Morrisville, New Britain, New Hope, Newtown, Ottsville, Penn's Park, Perkasie, Point Pleasant, Quakertown, Richboro, Solebury, Upper Black Eddy, Upper Bucks, Warminster, Warrington, Washington Crossing, Wrightstown, Yardley | Comments Off

It is a Philadelphia-area tradition that our local ABC station (WPVI) every year does a salute to the “Best of the Class.” For the 28th presentation, presented by Drexel University, more than 230 of the area’s top high school students will be honored. During the special ½ hour broadcast ( I was unable to find the time on the WPVI website), hosts Matt O’Donnell and Tamala Edwards will interview these students. Where are they going to college? What will their major be? What are their hopes and dreams for the future? Additionally, the station will air a series of commercial spots that will feature the portraits of these top acheivers. These special extended spots will air on Saturday evenings at 7:55 pm starting May 29th. Please check the WPVI website for a schedule of when each portrait will appear. (more…)