WARMINSTER, PA When it comes to news in 2020, you can probably guess what the most well read stories of the year were on the Warminster Patch. But, here's the thing the year's news wasn't all about the coronavirus.

A few of 2020's other top stories had elements that brushed up against the virus and the way it changed all of our lives. Meanwhile, others chronicled different aspects of life in Warminster and the surrounding area.

Whether it was good, bad or just plain weird, these are some of the most-read stories of 2020 on the Warminster Patch site.

Do you have other favorite stories from the past year that we missed here? Let us know in the comments or on social media.

Triplets At Archbishop Wood Offered $5.5 Million In ScholarshipsWe'll call this a pretty good academic career so far. Alex, Robert and Stevie Meyer, members of the Warminster school's Class of 2020, also were accepted into a total of 35 colleges and universities.

Popeyes Chicken Coming To Warminster Steak 'N Shake SpotThe Steak 'N' Shake in Warminster had a rough go catching fire almost immediately after opening then trying to reopen amidst the coronavirus pandemic. In September, it was announced Popeye's Chicken was moving into the building.

15 Underground Railroad Sites You Can Visit In Bucks CountyBucks County has no shortage of history and, in advance of Black History Month, lots of readers checked out this look at locations on the Underground Railroad. They include spots in Bensalem, Bristol, Langhorne, Yardley and New Hope.

PA 1st District Results: Fitzpatrick Wins ReelectionIt was the most expensive congressional race in Bucks County history and watched nationally as a potential flip for Democrats. But, in the end, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a Republican, fended off a challenge from Democratic Ivyland Borough Council member Christina Finello.

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DOYLESTOWN, PA The Bucks County District Attorney's Office has announced an arrest in the October shooting death of a Bucks County teenager.

Kenneth Troy Heller, 52, of Warminster, was arraigned in Bucks County Court Wednesday morning before Judge Gary Gambardella. He is charged with criminal homicide in the fatal shooting of Jason Kutt on Oct. 24, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison or death by lethal injection.

Kutt, 18, of Sellersville, was watching the sunset with his girlfriend at Nockamixon State Park when he was shot once in the back of the head. Moments later, his girlfriend saw a man in an orange vest standing about 550 feet away look in their direction before leaving the area. Kutt was later pronounced dead at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem.

Hunting was allowed at the state park at the time of the shooting, the District Attorney's Office and state parks officials later confirmed. That man in the orange vest is now confirmed to be Heller, District Attorney Matt Weintraub said during a press conference Wednesday morning.

Heller's attorney, Daniel Schwartz, waived his defendant's right to a preliminary hearing.

Weintraub said Heller voluntarily turned himself in and has agreed to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter when a formal arraignment takes place in April. He described the killing as "an awful mistake" and said Heller has expressed remorse for the crime.

Detectives interviewed Heller's co-workers who said he did not report to work the Monday after the shooting and was visibly "shook up" when he returned the following day, the DA's office said. The co-workers also told detectives that shortly after the shooting, Heller gave away guns, ammunition and hunting gear.

Heller has a prior criminal history, including two theft convictions in the 1980s, as well as a simple assault conviction and a drug-related charge in the early 1990s, Judge Gambardella said.

Kutt was a recent graduate of Pennridge High School who enjoyed playing guitar, video games and taking walks in nature, family members said.

Other misdemeanor charges brought against Heller include possession of instrument of a crime, possession of a prohibitive offensive weapon, shooting at or causing injury to human beings, failing to render assistance after a hunting accident and recklessly endangering another person.

After the arraignment, Heller was returned to the Bucks County Jail. No bail has been set.

"He bore no animus toward Jason Kutt," Weintraub said. "He didn't even know the man. He's going to have to live with this for the rest of his life, and I believe it will have a terrible impact on him."

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Homes reaching 10 stories high on top of a ground floor commercial space will be coming to South Third and Ferry streets.

The Easton Planning Commission on Wednesday night unanimously awarded conditional approval for an 11-story apartment building at 101 S. Third St.

Matador Hospitality LLC owns the property that is the current home to a BB&T branch. The existing bank building will remain, and the developer is subdividing that from the rear of the property where the new project is planned.

There will no longer be driveway access from the banks rear to South Bank Street.

The new building will be accessible from Ferry Street and likely will be given a Ferry Street address from the city, according to Wednesdays planning commission discussion carried virtually via Zoom.

Matador Hospitality principal Garrett Benner said construction could begin in the spring and conservatively take 15 months to complete.

Benner previously said the new building, which he estimates will cost $17 million to build, is planned with 80 apartments comprising 20 studio spaces, 50 one-bedrooms and 10 two-bedroom units.

The first floor will consist of 1,310 square feet of commercial space that is currently being considered for a caf or a restaurant.

Benner said the studios spaces are tentatively priced for yearly leases at $1,100 to $1,300 per month, with one-bedrooms priced at $1,300 to $1,500 per month.

The 11-story, 110-foot-tall building will take up most of the footprint of the lot. There will be no onsite parking but Benner said the city has agreed to enter into a long-term lease that will guarantee adequate parking spaces dedicated to the new building at nearby city-owned parking facilities.

Project engineer David Wilson said Ferry Street will need to be dug into to tie into water lines for the building. Ferry Street eventually will receive new paving on the entirety of the building frontage.

Benner said his company will work with Easton officials to coordinate how to stage traffic on the busy city streets during construction.

We have a lot of experience of doing things in tight quarters, Benner said.

The planners approval comes with conditions including that the developer adhere to comments and concerns of the city engineer, city forester, zoning administrator, fire department and codes department.

Editors note: This article was updated to correct that the property is being subdivided into two parcels as part of the project.

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A Swedish man who was hit by a van and suffered a fatal head injury may have been looking the wrong way as he crossed the road to get into his daughters car, an inquest has heard.

Lars Roland Andersson who was known as Roland was visiting his family in Bourne End from his home in Malm in Sweden back in July when tragedy struck.

The 66-year-old was waiting in the driveway of his daughter Malin Storeys house on Hedsor Road, close to the junction with Ferry Lane, at around 8.50am on July 9, so she could pick him up and take him to her new property in Marlow.

Mrs Storey, who was driving a silver Mercedes, travelled past Flowerland and was heading down to her home and was indicating to turn right into her driveway while she waited for a white Ford Transit that was in the junction to pass.

In a statement read out at an inquest in Mr Anderssons death on Wednesday afternoon, Mrs Storey said: I approached the junction and stopped about two metres from our driveway, which is virtually on the junction. My father way standing waiting.

I saw a white van come from the Bourne End direction. I saw him indicating left to go onto Hedsor Road.

I had stopped to wait for the van but he thought I was waiting for him. My assumption is that he looked left because thats the way they look in Sweden and he walked right out in front of the van.

Mrs Storey watched in horror as her father was hit by the van and flew forward. He had suffered an obvious head injury.

Her statement added: I put him in the recovery position. I screamed at the driver to call an ambulance.

Everyone drives fast on the junction, but it doesnt matter how fast the van was going, my dad stepped out into the road.

He was just trying to be nice to save me trying to go into the driveway. He took a step out and it cost him his life.

Michael McCarthy, who was driving the van, said he was returning to Burnham from Bourne End after dropping his children off at school and was turning into Hedsor Road in the direction of Flowerland when he noticed a man on the pavement and a car on the other side of the road.

He said: The man was looking towards the car. I didnt see any indication that he was going to cross the road. I heard a thud. I stopped almost immediately.

Drivers and passengers from nearby vehicles stopped to help give Mr Andersson, a retired purchasing manager, CPR and South Central Ambulance and the Thames Valley Air Ambulance also attended but he tragically died of his injuries at the scene.

A postmortem found that Mr Andersson had suffered skull, rib and pelvic ring fractures, as well as a brain contusion a severe traumatic injury.

Thames Valley Police collision investigator Adrian White said the driver would have been doing a relatively low speed on the 30mph road and would have been too close to Mr Andersson to have been able to take any avoiding action.

He said: A low speed collision would ordinarily be survivable, but unfortunately the mechanics of the impact meant he sustained a significant head injury.

Malin said her father may have inadvertently looked left as he crossed the road as he would in his native Sweden. For whatever reason, it was an error of judgement and a collision was inevitable.

Senior coroner for Buckinghamshire Crispin Butler said: It certainly seems clear the van was very proximate to Roland when he stepped into the road.

It seems he was just trying to be helpful and cross the road to the vehicle he was going to get into.

The van stopped very, very quickly so speed wasnt the issue here. He just hasnt seen the van. The family have my sympathy here, its utterly tragic what has happened here.

He ruled Mr Andersson died as a result of a road traffic collision.

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Coping with COVID-19 is frazzling enough without experiencing that clicking sound the car makes on a frigid morning or the infuriating sputtering noise as you pump the gas pedal.

So here's a collection of our best winter -- and pandemic -- vehicle care tips, from warding off hibernating critters to the eternal question of how full should the gas tank be.

For starters (no pun intended), if you're working from home and avoiding unnecessary trips, don't let your car stagnate -- it could result in a dead battery or immovable parking brake, auto professionals advise.

Instead, take a drive every few days to refresh the battery. Simply turning the car on and letting it idle in the driveway will probably not be enough, former DuPage County Forest Preserve District fleet manager John Walton advised.

Another good idea is to check the tire pressure before venturing out in cold weather. Tires should be properly inflated to the amount given in the vehicle owner's manual or on the inside vehicle door -- not to the amount shown on the tire, AAA advises. As the average temperature drops, so will tire pressure -- typically by 1 PSI for every 10 degrees.

Also avoid using the parking brake when your car is on hiatus because it could freeze in place or cause the regular brake pads to rust.

"With an automatic transmission, simply place the vehicle in park. If the car has a manual transmission, put it in first or reverse gear and use wheel chocks to help hold the vehicle in place," AAA's Molly Hart said.

One question, for those who remember parents warming up the car in the driveway, is whether to allow the engine to run or to sally forth on a freezing morning.

It comes down to how old your car is, car gurus explained. Vehicles manufactured since the early 1990s are equipped with electronic fuel injection and only need to warm up for a minute or so. Cars made before 1990 should run for at least five minutes.

Another conundrum is whether your gas tank must be brimming in cold weather. The Illinois Department of Transportation recommends keeping it two-thirds full to prevent gas lines from freezing.

Walton noted that gas freezes around minus-40 to minus-58 degrees. "What people think is gas freezing is usually water in the gas line that can freeze and block gas lines. Additives can be used, but I recommend only using additives that are recommended by the vehicle manufacturer," he said.

Then there's unexpected crises as when rodents wintered in Jeanette Greco's college son's car.

A family of squirrels "chewed many wires and we barely got it to our mechanic in time," Greco, of Hawthorn Woods, told us a few years back.

Solutions offered by readers include sticking moth balls or mouse traps under the hood.

Do hybrids need different treatment from regular cars in the extreme cold?

"Most hybrid gasoline/electric cars will operate with the engine and not just a battery in (very) cold weather; as the car warms up the engine may stop and start," said Walton, chairman of the nonprofit Chicago Area Clean Cities organization. But, he advised consulting the owner's manual for specific instructions.

Got a cold weather car care tip or question? Drop an email to mpyke@dailyherald.com.

This may hurt a bit. IDOT crews will be resurfacing Meacham Road between Algonquin Road and Emerson Avenue in Schaumburg and Rolling Meadows starting today through summer 2021. Expect lane closures as workers resurface the pavement, build new shoulders and sidewalk ramps.

Pace has closed indoor spaces at Elgin, Plainfield and Harvey until further notice because of surging COVID-19 cases. The move coincides with tighter state restrictions that were recently announced. Buses will continue to pick up and deliver passengers but Ventra vending machines will not be available.

The Chicago Department of Aviation is seeking vendors to provide rapid and molecular COVID-19 tests for employees and passengers at Midway and O'Hare international airports. Last week, the CDA opened up a drive-up testing site at Midway. The goal is to offer the services before the December holidays. O'Hare will offer a walk-up site before security check-in in the terminal core and a drive-up site in a remote parking lot, officials said. Midway will provide a walk-up site inside the terminal.

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ALBANY Dougherty Countys alley paving initiative got off the ground this week with a groundbreaking at the intersection of Regina and Red Bud lanes.

That first alley on the list, Poinciana, is located near Radium Springs Elementary School. The Radium Springs area was selected because a group of residents brought their concerns to the Dougherty County Commission in 2017. The residents expressed concerns that alleys in the neighborhood were both a driving hazard and a health hazard, and they presented photos showing large pools of water standing in alleyways behind residences.

This has been a concern for both myself and these residents for some time, District 2 Commissioner Victor Edwards, who appeared with the delegation at the 2017 meeting prior to his election to the board. We are excited to see this project being started, and I know it will improve the life of our residents for years to come.

Edwards lives in the neighborhood where the first project is under way.

The alley-paving projects will be paid for using funds from the transportation special-purpose local-option sales tax approved last year by county voters. The T-SPLOST funds can be used for transportation projects that include roads, streets, road striping and sidewalks.

The penny sales tax is expected to raise $26.4 million over five years. The county plans to use $10 million for road improvements, $7 million for special-purpose trails, $3 million for intersection improvements and $1.4 million for sidewalks. The allocation for alleys totals $3.5 million.

District 6 Commissioner Anthony Jones, who was a proponent of the project when it was brought to the boards attention in 2017, said his constituents in the bordering district also will benefit.

Its exciting to see this project coming to life for these residents, he said. This will provide a safer and healthier pathway in and out of driveways for our residents, and we are thankful that T-SPLOST dollars were approved to make this happen.

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ATHOL Athol residents are invited to join town officials for a site walk of Lord Pond Plaza this Saturday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The walk will facilitate a feasibility assessment of the shopping area to determine if much of what is now pavement can be converted into urban green space, and whether efforts should be taken to once again allow Mill Brook which runs under the plaza to see the light of day.

One of the things the town has been talking about for many years has been trying to redevelop and kind of clean up the whole sea of concrete at Lord Pond Plaza, said Athol Planning and Development Director Eric Smith. For some time, weve been trying to find a way to challenge what funding we could use, to try to get some money to further these planning efforts.

Smith said it was striking how the plaza stood out when a map of urban heat islands in downtown Athol was completed under a state Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grant received by the town. The first meeting aimed at hammering out details of an MVP plan was held in March of this year.

If you look at the (heat island) map, you see a red bulls eye right in downtown, said Smith. Part of downtown includes Lord Pond Plaza and that sea of concrete. So, with the support of our state MVP representative, Andrew Smith he was encouraging us to proceed with a feasibility assessment of redeveloping Lord Pond Plaza, which would incorporate nature-based solutions, you know, green infrastructure, like collecting more of the rain water before it becomes storm water runoff maybe explore daylighting the buried Mill Brook, which has been buried ever since they filled in that area.

Its called Lord Pond Plaza for a reason, because it was Lord Pond at one time, before they created the plaza and paved over the pond. So, this is literally an example of where they paved over paradise and put in a parking lot.

It was a pond, a working pond with a mill on it, at one time. Still, it was a drastic change and its been that way since at least we dont have the exact records of when that transpired but somewhere in the late 40s, early 50s is what I ascertained by looking at some deed information.

Its hoped the public will take part in Saturdays walk and provide some ideas on how to improve the area, not only to reduce the impact of potential environmental emergencies, but also as part of the towns ongoing downtown revitalization efforts.

Obviously, we also need to take a look at the traffic flow in the area, Smith continued. Thats another issue people want to take a look at to see if theres a way to kind of slow down traffic, make it safer for pedestrians.

Right now, anyone who ever goes to the Senior Center or Council on Aging, or any of those services there, or Job Lot as soon as you leave those businesses, youre right in the driveway. Theres no separation.

One idea floated is the creation of some green space between businesses/offices and the parking area. In fact, said Smith, there has been talk of creating more green space in general, while also creating space for community activities.

We might like to put in more trees, additional greening. Theres been discussion of maybe trying to put some kind of area where we could do events, festivals, farmers markets that kind of thing. Theres kind of like wasted space behind the Senior Center that could be used for picnic tables or some raised garden beds, things like that

So, thats kind of the idea, but we obviously need to get public engagement. Thats part of this process. We built that into the (grant) proposal and the scope. So, in the early phases of this project we want to have this site walk.

Smith said the idea for the site walk arose from the limitations on indoor meetings imposed by COVID-19 restrictions.

We decided, he concluded, instead of doing a Zoom meeting, lets actually get out there and see the area and discuss it with interested abutters, the community as a whole, people who might be going to the Senior Center, people like that.

So, what well do Saturday morning is meet out in front of the Senior Center/Council on Aging office, give a short little overview of the project, then walk around the site. We really do hope folks will take the time to join us.

Greg Vine can be reached at gvineadn@gmail.com.

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By Garrett Dvorkin

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Chris Roofner and his team could use a nap.

Since inclement weather moved into the Titusville area on Monday, Roofner, City of Titusville Director of Public Works, and his crew have been working overtime to clear city streets. On Wednesday, Roofner said that in the past 30 hours, he has only had four hours off. Roofner and his team have no complaints, though, as they have been preparing since October to deal with this years winter weather.

The Department of Public Works has a system in place to best deal with snow removal. While the department usually has their employees work a simple 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. schedule, starting around January, Roofner splits his squad into two teams for winter hours.

During winter hours, one group works from 4 a.m to noon, while the second group works from noon to 8 p.m.

While the public works team hasnt officially moved to winter hours, starting around October the entire department starts preparing for winter. This preperation includes fitting one of the work trucks with plows and salt capabilities.

To help keep the roads clear, Roofner said that he has three big snow plow and salt trucks. These trucks are the trucks that City residents see and hear out on the roads when things get bad.

Roofner also has five smaller pickup trucks equipped with just snow plows. When asked how the department prepares for inclement weather, he said this time of year, we are always prepared. Part of this is due to the fact that once a truck is fitted with the proper equipment, theyre good to go.

So what is typically the biggest obstacle to clearing Titusvilles streets? Roofner responded with a resounding reply parked cars.

He said that when the plow comes up to a stretch of street with parked cars, they have to take a wide path to make sure they dont get close to the vehicle. When plow drivers have to do this frequently, the roads look as if the plow had to take a break.

To help public works crews, Roofner asked that area residents use off- street parking whenever possible. He understands that some might not have access to off-street parking and asks those who have to park on the street to move their cars every so often.

Titusville has an ordinance that states that during winter weather situations, residents cannot park their vehicle in the same spot for more than 24 hours.

Roofner offered a simple explanation to the 24-hour rule saying, Move your car at least once a day so we can clean where you parked. Roofner said that if his crews notice repeat offenders, they will call the Titusville Police to ticket and/or tow the vehicle at the expense of the owner.

Another way that residents can help the Public Works staff is by properly taking care of snow on their property.

Roofner wanted to remind residents that it is illegal to dump snow from private property into the street. While it is illegal, he also said that it is much easier for us to put the snow back than it is for people to put it in the street.

When shoveling driveways and walkways, he asked that area residents shovel around fire hydrants. Roofner said that hydrants covered in snow are in danger of being dinged and hit by passing snow plows. Help the fire department, help us out and shovel your streets hydrants, he said.

Above all, Roofner hopes that Titusville residents stay patient. He and his team have just three trucks to cover 56 lane miles of asphalt.

With so much pavement to maintain, the Department of Public Works has developed a priority system. Roofner said that the roads near hospitals, schools, emergency services and roads with significant inclines receive attention first. If we havent hit your street yet, dont worry, he said. We did not forget about you, we just have priorities.

Dvorkin can be reached by email at Gdvorkin@titusvilleherald.com.

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