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Buckingham, PA

New Historical Society In Bucks County Hopes To Save Revolutionary War Landmark New Historical Society In Bucks County Hopes To Save Revolutionary War Landmark
New Historical Society In Bucks County Hopes To Save Revolutionary War Landmark Members of the newly-formed Buckingham Historical Society are raising funds to one day turn General Greene's Inn into a public museum.  The Inn, 4705 York Road in Buckingham, served as General Nathaniel Greene's headquarters during the Revolutionary War, according to the Solebury Township Historical Society.  From there, General Greene is said to have ordered the flat boats used by George Washington in his 1776 crossing of the Delaware River.   "Our ultimate goal is to preserve the General Greene's Inn (...) and convert it into a historical park for the community,"…
Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail
Bucks Teacher Who Assaulted, Secretly Filmed Students Sentenced To Jail A former Bucks County teacher who was convicted of indecently assaulting two students and secretly recording another will spend the next several years in jail, a Bucks County judge has ruled.  Fifty-eight-year-old Joseph Ohrt of Buckingham was sentenced to 2.5 to 5 years in state prison by Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey L. Finley on Monday, June 12, the District Attorney's Office said.  Ohrt, the one-time choir director at Central Bucks West High School, was first charged last February, after police investigators said he'd used hidden cameras in his home to record a male stu…
Suspect Crashes Car After Robbing Bucks McDonald's At Knifepoint: Police Suspect Crashes Car After Robbing Bucks McDonald's At Knifepoint: Police
Suspect Crashes Car After Robbing Bucks McDonald's At Knifepoint: Police A Philadelphia man sits in a Bucks County jail cell after police say he robbed a McDonald's, crashed his car, and led authorities on a foot chase.  It started just before 8 p.m. on Monday, March 27, Northampton Township police said in a release. Officers were called to the 950 Second Street Pike McDonalds, where a man in dark clothes had "displayed a knife and announced a robbery," the department said.  The suspect fled the burger restaurant in Honda with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said. Minutes later, dispatchers were alerted to a car crash on Sackettsford in…