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Regional Roundup: Supervisors to Review Plans for Newtown's Promenade

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: The Newtown Township Board of Supervisors will consider revised plans for a mixed-use development at the old Acme site on Sycamore Street at its meeting Wednesday.  Last week, the Newtown Township Planning Commission recommended approval of the plans. Read more on Newtown Patch.

: The Council Rock South Golden Hawks are one game away from winning the state championship in the PIAA State Class AAAA baseball tournament. After beating Altoona, 4-0, in the seminfinals at Hershey on Monday, the boys baseball team will advance to the state championship game at Penn State University. The Golden Hawks will take on La Salle on Friday, June 15 at 1 p.m. Get the full story on Northampton Patch.

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: Moss Rehab plans to open an inpatient rehabilitation unit within Doylestown Hospital by the end of this month. The 12-bed unit will be the fifth such satellite unit for MossRehab, which is part of the Einstein Healthcare Network. It is expected to open by Wednesday, June 27. The central location in Doylestown will allow the rehabilitation specialists to treat Bucks County residents who suffer from complications from strokes, bilateral joint replacement and medical conditions that require inpatient rehabilitation care, Einstein officials said. Read more on Doylestown Patch.

: Drivers will encounter daytime lane restrictions this week, June 11-15, on County Line Road as crews move traffic onto the widened north side of the roadway approaching the Route 202 Parkway that is under construction in Bucks and Montgomery counties, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said. 

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: Former Neshaminy School District superintendent Paul Kadri was placed on administrative leave by the Groton (Connecticut) School Board last month—where he has served as superintendent since 2008—pending an investigation into his “interactions with and treatment of district employees.” The action also bars Kadri from having contact with any school employee, board member or even stepping on school property. Read more on Lower Southampton Patch.

: Bensalem police are attempting to identify two “brazen suspects” in the theft of a white wrought iron chair set stolen from a local funeral home. The theft occurred around 4:30 p.m. on June 1. Fortunately, the suspects and their vehicle were caught on surveillance video. According to Deputy Director of Public Safety Pat Ponticelli, like many other municipalities in the area, Bensalem is inundated with recent thefts of metal, which is sold for pennies on the dollar as scrap metal. Get the full story on Bensalem Patch.

: We all know Pennsylvania is beautiful—but is it safe? A new report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says Pennsylvania ranks higher than the national average for injury-related deaths. The national survey found Pennsylvania had the 30th highest rate of injury-related deaths for Americans at 59.4 per 100,000 people suffering injury fatalities.

: Every year the gaming bigwigs from publishers, developers, manufacturers, and media assemble for the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Often filled with celebrity appearances and a lot of chest-puffing pomp, it’s where those who make games put on a dog-and-pony show to tout their upcoming wares…and where reception by media outlets can make or break something before it’s ever finished.

: The driver in an August 2011 crash that killed two of his best friends traded a potential 27-and-a-half year sentence for the possibility of being paroled after 3-and-a-half years under a plea agreement reached by both sides Tuesday. Connor James McNicholas, 20, of Bryant Court in Ambler, pleaded guilty to roughly one-third of the charges related to the single vehicle collision, which claimed the lives of fellow 2010 Hatboro-Horsham High School graduates Edward Coombs and Robert Nagel on Aug. 6. Head to Hatboro-Horsham Patch for the details.


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