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Cyber gym class Posted in News on July 7th, 2008 at 12:05 am by Deb Ungerman Students enrolling in online gym classes GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Hundreds of teens in the Pittsburgh region are taking cyber gym courses, despite critics who say there is no substitute for real physical education classes. …

New York Times on Bucks County: “where Philadelphians like to play” Posted in News on July 6th, 2008 at 10:30 pm by Courier Times staff writer Danny Adler Bucks County, “where Philadelphians like to play,” according to an article in the New York Times, was featured twice in the Times’ “25 Northeast …

Wildfires still burning in Calif. Posted in News on July 6th, 2008 at 10:13 pm by Deb Ungerman Firefighter Brian Britton, of Ojai, Calif., throws flares unto a hillside during a backburn operation along Highway 1 in Big Sur, Calif., Sunday. Firefighters continue to fight the Basin Complex Fire in the Los Padres National Forest near Big Sur Sunday. …

Bristol Township Schools solicited a $300,000 grant from Tufts University to initiate the Children in Balance initiative because 30% of elementary aged students in the district are obese according to Courier Times Now.  30% is double the national average.   And worse, 15% of elementary school aged children in Bristol Township would be considered morbidly obese.  Like so-fat-they-are-doing-serious-long-term-damage-to-their-bodies kind of obese.  Wow.

Northern Telework - Work is not a place, it is an activity wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt We love $4-a-gallon gas Posted in Business on July 3rd, 2008 at 12:07 am by Deb Ungerman Pricey fuel is eating into the pockets of commuters, automakers and retailers. But outplacement

Northern Telework - Work is not a place, it is an activity wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt We love $4-a-gallon gas Posted in Business on July 3rd, 2008 at 12:07 am by Deb Ungerman Pricey fuel is eating into the pockets of commuters, automakers and retailers. But outplacement

Biology News Net - Latest Biology Articles, News & Current Events wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Supplements recalled Posted in News on July 2nd, 2008 at 5:46 pm by Courier Times special projects editor Carolyn Per This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series July 2008 Product Recalls Jack

MauryTHINKS: What did you say? wrote an interesting post today on Here’s a quick excerpt Fish kill in Horsham on Pennypack Creek Posted in News on July 2nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm by Assistant Managing Editor Carl LaVO Up to 300 small fish died Tuesday after chlorine levels soared over

Ben Finley of The Courier Times is reporting that the 5 youths implicated in Saturday night’s gang attack in Levittown’s North Park (Falls Township) will be charged as juveniles. Police have determined that the attack was likely random.  Not comforting. Continue Reading “Slap on the Wrist for Levittown Street Gang?” »

school budgets in the area take a look at the two viewpoints, compare them with the actual Morrisville budget, and let us know who is right. At least let us know who is more right. Either Dr. Yonson or Mr. Hellmann is making the mis-characterization. "Posted in News on Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 3:01 pm by Columnist Kate Fratti: Morrisville School Board member Joe Kemp today in an email urged the board majority, yet again, to do its homework before committing the troubled district to big change." What does

Zegers and Jason Ritter, which should hit theaters next year. County Route 680, by McGuire Air Force Base, will be closed to traffic Thursday and Monday while crews film scenes for “The Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” The fil More here: Road movie shoots in Burlington

Lesser of two evils John McCain visited Bucks County today, holding a town hall style meeting at the Worth and Company warehouse in Pipersville. The Bucks County Courier Times’ new continually updated news site CourierTimesNow

Employees of local government work for the citizens...not the other way around. With those thoughts in mind I am having a difficult time accepting this new idea of saving employees money by instituting 4 - 10 hour days/week. The latest of many articles on this idea comes from Phillyblubs.Com.