Community Corner

Five Things for August 3

What's going on around town today.

  • The Warminster Planning Commission meets tonight at 7 p.m. at the Warminster Municipal Authority Building. On the agenda is the consideration of a Certification of Redevelopment Area, proposed by the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Bucks, for the Shenandoah Woods property.
  • An Upper Bucks man charged with shooting his dog in the head 32 times with a pellet gun was arraigned in court on Tuesday, DoylestownPatch . Paul Bevan-Xenelis, 39, faces two misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals and a lesser charge for having an unlicensed dog. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 2 in Judge Mark Douple's district courtroom.
  • A chance of strong thunderstorms and heavy rains today with a high of 81, according to the National Weather Service.
  • A partisan stalemate that has partially shut down the Federal Aviation Administration will continue into September, stopping airport construction projects and depriving federal coffers of potentially more than $1 billion in uncollected ticket taxes, after congressional attempts to reach deal fell through on Tuesday, MSNBC reports.
  • On this day, August 3, 1949, the National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.


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