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Bucks Motorcyclist Who Died In Crash Leaves Behind Son, Loved Ones Say Bucks Motorcyclist Who Died In Crash Leaves Behind Son, Loved Ones Say
Bucks Motorcyclist Who Died In Crash Leaves Behind Son, Loved Ones Say Bryce C. Fisher, the Sellersville motorcyclist who died in a crash in Hatfield Township on Saturday, Aug. 26 leaves behind one son, according to loved ones. He was 21.  Fisher and a 66-year-old driver in a Dodge Ram 1500 collided on Bethlehem Pike near Township Line Road, authorities have said. He was airlifted to a nearby trauma center before succumbing to his injuries. A Sellersville native, Fisher was born to Clayton Bryce and Hope M. (Hillyer) Fisher and was a 2020 graduate of Pennridge High School and Upper Bucks Vocational-Technical School, according to his obituary. Fisher would g…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Game Of Assassins Prompts Lockdown Of Delco Elementary Schools Game Of Assassins Prompts Lockdown Of Delco Elementary Schools
Game Of Assassins Prompts Lockdown Of Delco Elementary Schools Two Delaware County elementary schools were locked down early Wednesday after a prankster with a water gun was mistaken for an armed person, authorities say.  It happened around 8:30 a.m. on May 17, Ridley Township police wrote in a release. Witnesses reported a person with a gun hiding in some bushes near Notre Dame DeLourdes School, 990 Fairview Road, they said.  Ridley and Nether Providence police responded and locked down the school, as well as nearby Grace Park Elementary, 1097 7th Ave, authorities wrote.  Investigators soon found the "gunman," who turned out …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
'Jackal Season': Police Warn Bucks Students About Senior 'Tradition' 'Jackal Season': Police Warn Bucks Students About Senior 'Tradition'
'Jackal Season': Police Warn Bucks Students About Senior 'Tradition' With the days growing longer and springtime in sight, students across southeastern Pennsylvania are preparing for the end of the school year.  And for seniors at Pennridge High School in Bucks County, that includes the revival of a beloved tradition.  "Jackal," explains the student newspaper Penndulum, is a game in which pairs of seniors form teams and try to eliminate other players by shooting them with water pistols while avoiding being shot themselves.  There are rules of engagement — players are safe at school, at work, at extra-curricular activities, and at places …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Pennridge High School Principal Charged With DUI: Police Pennridge High School Principal Charged With DUI: Police
Pennridge High School Principal Charged With DUI: Police A Bucks County high school principal was arrested in Plumstead Township last week after police suspected he was driving under the influence, authorities say.  Stephen Cashman, principal at Pennridge High School in Perkasie, was pulled over on Swamp Road at about midnight on Sunday, Feb. 5, Plumstead police said in a statement.  The officer claimed he smelled a "strong odor of an alcoholic beverage" and conducted field sobriety tests before placing the principal under arrest, they wrote.  Charges against Cashman, 50, of Doylestown, are pending the results of a blood test, pol…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Details Released In Police Incident That Prompted Pennridge High School Lockdown Details Released In Police Incident That Prompted Pennridge High School Lockdown
Details Released In Police Incident That Prompted Pennridge High School Lockdown Details have been released in connection with a police incident that caused Pennridge High School to be locked down on Tuesday, June 7. Officers were called around 11 a.m. to the 600 block of Campus Drive in East Rockhill Township on a report of a domestic incident involving a mom and son, Pennridge Regional police said. The son, whose age has not been disclosed, was walking down a path near Branch Road after apparently leaving a house with two large swords, police said. Pennridge High School was placed on lockdown for about an hour and a half as a result of the nearby incident, police sai…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Support Surges For 25-Year-Old PA Firefighter, National Guardsman Killed In Crash Support Surges For 25-Year-Old PA Firefighter, National Guardsman Killed In Crash
Support Surges For 25-Year-Old PA Firefighter, National Guardsman Killed In Crash Support is surging for the loved ones of a 25-year-old Pennsylvania firefighter killed in a car crash on Saturday, Feb. 19. Andrew Black, of Perkiomenville, worked as a firefighter with the Upper Frederick Fire Company and served in the Army National Guard, according to his obituary. More than $19,200 had been raised as of Friday, Feb. 25 on a GoFundMe for Black's funeral expenses, putting the family ahead of the campaign’s $15,000 goal in just three days. Born in Lansdale, Black graduated from Pennridge High School in 2015 and went on to earn his associate degree in criminal justice from …

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by Nicole Acosta