

Student film festival next month


The Bensalem High School Owls Television Network will host its annual film fest April 13.


The festival is a competition open to all Bensalem students who enjoy acting in, directing and editing their own independent films.


Films will be shown shortly after 6 p.m. in the high school auditorium at 4391 Hulmeville Road. Tickets are $5 at the door.


Local art benefit for at-risk youth


Middletown


Students from George School in Middletown will hold an Art for Relief fundraiser for inner-city education programs April 9.


The sixth annual event will benefit the Philly Youth Poetry Movement, an arts-related local group that provides a safe space for at-risk teenagers.


The art show and silent auction are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the meetinghouse, 1690 Newtown Langhorne Road. For more information, visit www.georgeschool.org.


Fire still under investigation


Bensalem


At least 10 cats - including kittens - died in a Monday night fire in Bensalem while at least 10 more survived the blaze, Fire Marshal Rob Sponheimer said Tuesday.


The fire, which occurred on Felton Avenue in the township's Belmont Hills neighborhood, is still being investigated by his office and Bensalem police.


The fire was reported about 7:58 p.m., and volunteer firefighters from the Newport, Nottingham and Penndel fire companies had extinguished the blaze by 8:10 p.m., Sponheimer said.


The homeowners were not home at the time. A sofa was reported on fire in the living room when firefighters arrived.


The house was once the home of Bensalem's first mayor, Ed Burns, when the township changed its government in 1990. However, the current homeowners bought the house in the late 1990s, Sponheimer said.


Man charged after car hits house


Lower Southampton


A Feasterville man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and possession of a controlled substance after he fell asleep and crashed his car into a home, police said.


The crash occurred at 3:30 a.m. Friday on Trevose Road, when Dennis M. Hempsey, 36, drove into the home, causing severe damage, police said. The exterior stone wall to the house was knocked down and there was severe damage to interior walls and furniture. No one in the house was injured.


Police said Hempsey was traveling west in the wrong direction on Kelvin Street and crossed over to Trevose Road, crashing into the house.


He was not injured. He was taken to St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown to have blood drawn and determine his blood alcohol level, police said. Police said they also found suspected marijuana in the vehicle and a smoking bowl. Hempsey will receive a summons to appear in court.


Take armchair tour of borough


Bristol


Local author and historian Harold Mitchener will present a multimedia presentation on historic Bristol Borough on April 12. The free program begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library, 680 Radcliffe St. in the borough. For further information, or to register, call 215-788-7891, ext. 5 or ext. 6; or go online to www.grundylibrary.org.


String band having open house


hulmeville


The Uptown String Band is holding an open house at 8 p.m. April 5 in the William Penn Firehouse, 123 Main St. in Hulmeville.


The community is invited to stop by and enjoy a free evening of Philadelphia string band music, Uptown merchandise and snacks. Musicians are also welcome to play with the band.


The award-winning band, which is based in Hulmeville, is a member of the Philadelphia Mummers String Band Association and participates in the annual New Year's Day parade.


Information: email@uptownstringband.com, www.uptownstringband.com.


Route 413 meeting to be held Friday


bristol township


A public meeting to discuss a $7.5 million PennDOT project to improve Veterans Highway (Route 413) from Bath Road in Bristol Township to Business Route 1 in Middletown will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Bristol Township municipal building, 2501 Bath Road.


Anyone interested can find out more information about the project and ask questions. The work is tentatively scheduled to start in Middletown sometime before the end of April.


More information: 215-785-0500.


Police: Man sold pills, made $5k a month


Bristol Township


Police say Ed Rosenburg was allegedly playing pharmacist and making $5,000 a month selling painkillers.


Thing is, Rosenburg, of Pond Street, Bristol, is not a pharmacist. Rather, he's an alleged drug dealer selling 200 Oxycodone 80 mg pills monthly, grossing $5,000, said Bristol Township Lt. Terry Hughes.


Rosenburg and an accomplice, Robert Canazaro, 53, of Hatfield, were arrested at 2 p.m. Monday by the township's Special Investigations Division in the rear parking lot of the Clubhouse Diner on Street Road in Bensalem.


The two men allegedly sold 140 Oxycodone pills to undercover officers in the parking lot for $3,500. Police used pre-recorded money and seized the drugs and got the money back, police said.


Both men were sent to Bucks County prison in lieu of $50,000 bail by District Judge Daniel Baranoski.


Rosenburg and Canazaro were charged with delivery of a controlled substance and conspiracy. Rosenburg told police he got 200 pills monthly from a friend who has a prescription, police said.


Playground benefit set for Saturday


Pennsbury Schools


The Walt Disney Tools for School Committee is hosting a daylong event Saturday designed to raise money for the Pennsbury school's playground fund.


The "Run for the Playground" fundraiser features a 5K run, a one-mile fun run, a scavenger hunt, various demonstrations, food, games, live entertainment, bingo, crafters, vendors, prizes and raffles, organizers said.


It will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Falls Township Community Park at 9125 Mill Creek Road.


Go to www.runfortheplayground.com for a schedule of events and additional details about the fundraiser.


100 years ago in Bucks


The county seat has perhaps more ownerless canines than any other place in the State, that is, no one owns them when the assessor makes his round, and perhaps fewer that pay tax. Last year but twenty-two wore the proper tag so borough council on Monday night, inconsequence of numerous complaints of dogs attacking horses, went through their annual farce of ordering that a dog catcher be employed and unless more horses are bitten this will end it for another year and the assessors will find fewer dogs than they found last year.


News item from Doylestown as printed in the Bucks County Gazette of March 1911
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