Community Corner

Five Things for January 18

What's going on around town today.

  • Centennial School District has scheduled an additional Education Committee meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at the . The findings of the class size ad hoc committee will be presented, along with any recommendations for the full school board, which is looking for solutions to close its .
  • Archbishop Wood's boys basketball team heads to Lansdale Catholic for a game tonight at 7 p.m.
  • Sunny skies with a high near 39 today, according to the National Weather Service.
  • The Bucks County Veterans ID Discount Card program, which was previously available only at the Recorder of Deeds office, will be available from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 27, during Pennsylvania Rep. Marguerite C. Quinn’s Annual Senior Forum. The event will be held at the Ottsville Volunteer Fire Company, 249 Durham Rd., Ottsville, PA.
  • On this day, January 18, 1778, the English explorer Captain James Cook becomes the first European to discover the Hawaiian Islands when he sails past the island of Oahu. 


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