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Search Ends For Infant Lost In Bucks County Flood: Officials Search Ends For Infant Lost In Bucks County Flood: Officials
Search Ends For Infant Lost In Bucks County Flood: Officials After more than a week of active efforts to locate 9-month-old Conrad Sheils, Bucks County officials are ending their search.  Sheils, his sister 2-year-old Matilda, and their mother Katie Seley were swept away in the flash flooding that submerged sections of Bucks on Sunday, July 16, Daily Voice has reported.  Seley and five other adults were found dead during the initial search that Sunday, police said at the time, but Conrad and Matilda remained the focus of a county-wide recovery effort for the week following.  Matilda's remains were found near the Delaware River on Friday, July 21 so…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Body Of 2-Year-Old Swept Away By Bucks County Floods Found 32 Miles Away Body Of 2-Year-Old Swept Away By Bucks County Floods Found 32 Miles Away
Body Of 2-Year-Old Swept Away By Bucks County Floods Found 32 Miles Away The body of a 2-year-old girl swept away by intense flooding last weekend in Bucks County has been found after a 6-day search. Matilda "Mattie" Shiels' body was found along the Delaware River in Philadelphia on Friday, July 21, AccuWeather reports. Her body was found after police in Philadelphia received a pair of 911 calls about a body being spotted in the river, and was recovered approximately 32 miles from where she was lost in Upper Makefield Township, the outlet says citing the Upper Makefield fire chief. Her brother, Conrad, 9 months, remains missing, and police said they are "devast…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
IDA: Montgomery County Coroner IDs 3 People Who Died In Storm IDA: Montgomery County Coroner IDs 3 People Who Died In Storm
IDA: Montgomery County Coroner IDs 3 People Who Died In Storm Three Montgomery County residents who died as the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through Pennsylvania have been identified, authorities said Friday. Maxine Weinstein, 68, of Fort Washington, died after a tree came down onto a home on Wednesday. Her cause of death is traumatic asphyxia and the manner of death is accidental, according to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office. Craig Messinger, 70, of Schwenksville, was found dead in Skippack Township on Thursday. His cause of death is drowning and the manner of death is accidental. Jack Caroluzzi, 65, of Bridgeport, died at home on Th…

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by Nicole Acosta
Weather
IDA: 7 Tornados Confirmed In NJ, PA IDA: 7 Tornados Confirmed In NJ, PA
IDA: 7 Tornados Confirmed In NJ, PA The National Weather Service has confirmed seven tornados touched down in New Jersey and Pennsylvania Wednesday night in the remnants of Hurricane Ida. The NWS is still working on completing its surveys of the heavily-damaged areas. As of Thursday, 23 people had died due to the storm in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy said. The following twisters were confirmed by the NWS: Mullica Hill, NJ:  Several homes were destroyed and two injuries were caused by this EF-3 twister that had max winds of 150 mph and was on the ground for 12.6 miles. The tornado touched down near Harrisonville then revv…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police: Bucks Dad Left Newborn Unsupervised Next To Bag Of Marijuana Police: Bucks Dad Left Newborn Unsupervised Next To Bag Of Marijuana
Police: Bucks Dad Left Newborn Unsupervised Next To Bag Of Marijuana An Upper Makefield Township dad was arrested after his infant baby was found unsupervised next to an open bag of marijuana, police said. Officers responded to a domestic dispute in progress on July 11, 2020, after a 911 caller said she got into an argument with her ex-boyfriend, Nicholas Mason, over custody of their child, Upper Makefield police said. A friend of the caller used the “Find my iPhone” application to locate 27-year-old Mason, police said. Officers and Mason's landlord were able to get inside of the home where they found the infant baby uninjured and unsupervised, according to…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
These Towns Were Ranked Best Places To Live In Bucks County These Towns Were Ranked Best Places To Live In Bucks County
These Towns Were Ranked Best Places To Live In Bucks County Niche.com has released its latest rankings of best places to live in Pennsylvania -- and Bucks County. Crime, quality of schools, things to do, and cost of living were among the factors used in determining the rankings.  According to the list, the top three spots in Bucks County are Woodside, Newtown and Buckingham Township. Top towns for public schools in the county include Buckingham Township, Warwick Township and Doylestown. Here are the other top places to live in Bucks County, according to Niche.com. 4. Newtown Grant 5. Warrington Township 6. Chalfont 7. Do…

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by Valerie Musson