Regional Roundup: Southampton Days Are Here Again

Catch up on news from around the region and click on a headline to read the entire story.

 The 41st annual Southampton Days Country Fair, which is themed “Our Legacy, Past and Present,” will begin at Tamanend Park on Monday, July 2 and will feature all of the usual staples and a few new attractions. Visit Upper Southampton Patch to find out what those new attractions will be.

: The National Weather Service is predicting highs at or above 90 for the next week in the Philadelphia area, prompting an excessive heat watch. Levittown Patch has more information about how hot it will get.

: The Northampton Township Board of Supervisors awarded a bid to locally-owned B. Blair Corporation to install public water lines at Traymore Manor. The total cost will be $1.26 million, which is less than the township originally estimated. Find out how this project is getting paid for on Northampton Patch.

 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Affordable Care Act, known colloquially as "Obamacare," upholding the constitutionality of the act in a ruling Thursday morning, according to a report from the Supreme Court website. Read how our senators reacted to the ruling and vote in a poll on Warminster Patch.

: The Neshaminy School Board hosted another forum to introduce new superintendent candidate Robert L. Copeland, who answered a series of previously submitted questions from the community. Copeland is the current Superintendent of Schools in Piscataway, NJ. Find out how he answered the community questions on Lower Southampton Patch.

: The United States House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Daniel McIntosh Public Safety Officers Benefits bill (H.R. 4018) that Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (PA-08) authored, which would extend Public Safety Officer Benefits to the families of emergency service personnel who die in the line of duty while serving a non-profit organization. Get the details of the bill on Newtown Patch.

: Christopher Cook, 30, of Lakehurst, N.J., a former U.S. Marine Corps sergeant who had been assigned to the Willow Grove air base was sentenced to five years probation for government property thefts valued at more than $375,000. Go to Hatboro-Horsham Patch to find out what Cook stole.