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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

New Homes For Sale in Northampton This Week

Find homes for sale in Northampton on this page every week, from our partners at Zillow.

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Monday, May 20, 2013

Who's Hiring: Bloomingdale's, Integrated Project Services, ASI

Looking for a job? These businesses in the Northampton Township area are hiring.

Are you or someone you know looking for work? Check out these local jobs posted recently around town and online at Careerbuilder.com. Click on the job title to view the posting. (Editor's Note: Job listings were posted between May 17 and May 20, 2013; some positions may have been filled.) Scientific Search: Quality Analyst Equity Lifestyle Properties: Sales Representative Integrated Project Services Inc.:  Project Manager - Engineering Design Electrical Engineer  Becker Technical Staffing: Network Engineer  Technology, Patents & Licensing Inc.: Patent Analyst / Engineer Ashfield Healthcare: Call Center Supervisor ASI: Controller Bloomingdale's: Designer Handbags Retail Sales Professional Adecco Technical: Network Field Technician

Sunday, May 19, 2013

5 Cars: Video Reviews By Auto Experts

Sit back and let the experts from AOL Autos and Cars.com tell you why to buy a new or used car.

Each week, Patch provides a different set of cars to consider if you are in the market for a new or used vehicle. We're changing things up this week and letting experts do the talking for us. Our video reviews start with the 2013 Chevrolet Traverse, brought to you by Cars.com. The Traverse is available at Lafferty Chevrolet in Warminster as well as other local dealerships. Our second video review is for the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, brought to you by Cars.com. The Z/28 is brand new and will be available in showrooms near you soon. Next up is the 2013 Jeep Wrangler Sahara, reviewed by the team at AOL Autos. The Sahara is available at Fred Beans Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM in Doylestown as well as other local dealerships. The Buick Regal is a …

Friday, May 17, 2013

Introducing Small Business Patch

The newly launched site offers tips, info and digital know-how for small business owners.

Patch has launched a new site, Small Business Patch, to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth. Readers will have access to exclusive interviews with well-known founders and CEOs and small business industry experts who share their experiences, advice and tips for success. One of the latest articles features an exclusive interview with successful real estate entrepreneur, Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group. In this Q&A, Corcoran discusses the how to take advantage of the size of a small businesses, and why making big “mistakes” made all the difference in her success. Click here to read about the tactics Corcoran used to grow …

Todd Wolf

2:30 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013

Being a participant observer of business who is in business, I appreciate the information, knowledge and wisdom acquired from experiencing the experiences of the experienced with a "zooming in ... zooming out ... 360 degree perspective". Small Business Patch is a welcomed addition to Patch content. I am hoping that Small Business Limerick Patch would consider putting that content in the context …   more ›

Monday, May 13, 2013

5 New Job Openings in Northampton Area: Who's Hiring

Here are five local job opportunities we found this week.

Job Opening: Registered Nurse ( RN ) Job Opening: QA Tester Job Opening: Financial Advisor  Job Opening: Backroom Associate  Job Opening: Call Center Representative For more jobs in the Northampton area, click here.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Meet Your Health Inspector

The Bucks County Department of Health inspects hundreds of restaurants and cafeterias each year to ensure there are no public safety dangers lurking in the kitchens.

5 Cars That Won't Break the Bank

This week, we look at reliable cars for about $5,000.

We've talked about big luxury, big car and big price tags. So we feel a little bad for recommending spending so much money all the time. So this week, we want to take a step back and go to the extreme by offering five options for used vehicles that are on the market for less than $5,000—because we know sometimes it really is "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems." 1. 2002 Kia Sportage —$4,990 Yes, it has 88,676 miles on it already, but you can't really beat that price for an SUV. Plus, it's got a 4-cylinder, 2-liter engine, power windows—perhaps not the most upgraded features, but, hey, as long as it gets you from point A to point B, right? Available at Bristol Auto Mall in Levittown. 2. 1999 Nissan Quest GXE — $4,495 This car, with 105,309 miles …

Josh Frantz

1:44 pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Steering those on a limited budget to a 12yo Kia or a Gen-1 Saab 9-3.....thats either flat out cruel or the authors don't have clue one regarding the used car market.   more ›

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Gas Prices Level Out

Find the cheapest gas in Northampton.

After months of a steady decline, gas prices saw it’s first uptick last week, according to AAA’s Fuel Gauge Report. The national average this for a gallon of gas rose 1.7 cents from last week. In Bucks and Montgomery Counties, it went up less than 1 cent, .9, to be exact, making the average price $3.472, that’s 11.4 cents lower than a month ago and 38.3 less than last year’s prices. Since national gas prices peaked at the end of February, motorists nationwide have felt welcome relief at the pump in the form of falling prices, the report states; however, the recent broader increase in retail gas prices has been supported by higher global crude oil prices. Plus, news over the weekend of an Israeli airstrike in Syria raised fresh concerns of …

Friday, May 10, 2013

Health Inspectors Keep Bacteria Off the Menu

The Bucks County Department of Health inspects hundreds of restaurants and cafeterias each year to ensure there are no public safety dangers lurking in the kitchens.

In 2003, tainted green onions served at a Chi Chi's restaurant in western Pennsylvania sparked an outbreak of Hepatitis A that infected more than 500 patrons, killing at least four. The green onions originated from a farm in Mexico, but the investigation by the Center for Disease Control suggested that the storage and preparation of the green onions contributed to the outbreak. Settlements from the lawsuits effectively forced Chi-Chi's to close its restaurants in North America in 2004. It is exactly this type of scenario that Bucks County Director of Environmental Health Bill Roth and his team of health inspectors hope to prevent. "We are not trying to put anybody out of business," said Roth. "By educating restaurant owners on proper food …

Monday, May 6, 2013

Newtown Welcome Day Attracts Thousands

Thousands of people turned out Sunday for Welcome Day in Newtown to enjoy freebies, food and music under blue skies.

Thousands of people flocked to Sycamore Street in Newtown to enjoy food, music and entertainment at the annual Welcome Day celebration, which was held Sunday. The gorgeous spring weather was the perfect backdrop for the day, which featured freebies from businesses, food, music, games and more.  The annual event is held the first Sunday in May. It is sponsored by the Newtown Business Association.

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