Community Corner
Regional Roundup: Slots at Parx Earn $34 Million in February
And the texting while driving ban went into effect today.
Here are recent headlines from around the region:
: Revenue generated through the play of slot machines at Pennsylvania casinos during February 2012 increased 8.97 percent compared to the amount generated in February of last year.
: The high school auditorium had a game show atmosphere as each team tried to outsmart the other in the academic part of Black and White Night.
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: Students are to register at the school they will attend in September 2012. Children entering kindergarten must be five years old on or before September 1, 2012.
: Drivers will now face a $50 fine for sending, reading or writing a text-based message, or for browsing the internet on a smartphone, according to a PennDOT press release.
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: Anthony Radewonuk, 45, of Levittown, was charged with simple assault and related offenses in connection with assaulting another person at approximately 12:09 p.m. on March 6 on Stonybrook Drive in Levittown, police said.
: Students attending will pay nearly eight percent more to attend starting this fall.
: State Representative Scott Petri, who represents the 178th district, will hold a town hall meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Village Library of Wrightstown to discuss details of Governor Tom Corbett’s proposed $27.1 billion state budget for 2012-2013.
: Local troops will celebrate the Girl Scouts' 100th anniversary Sunday by earning their Bucks County patch with activities like knot tying, card making and other traditional stations.
: The Lower Moreland Police Department reported recent crimes and arrests.