Community Corner

Five Things for August 29

What's going on around town today.

  • will perform the autopsy today on accused murderer , whose body was discovered by Warwick police officers Sunday afternoon following a two-day manhunt through Bucks County.
  • The Bucks County courthouse will be open today and officials urge residents to exercise caution while driving around the county.
  • Sunny with a high near 79 today, according to the National Weather Service.
  • The U.S. government estimated that the cost from wind damage alone from Hurricane Irene is expected to top $1 billion, with downed power lines leaving more than 4 million people without electricity, CNN reports. At least 20 deaths across eight states were blamed on Irene, which fizzled to a post-tropical cyclone and was headed over eastern Canada by Monday morning.
  • On this day, August 29, 1922, the first radio advertisement is broadcast in New York City.


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