Tuesday, March 12, 2013
A Red Cross sponsored blood drive will be held on Wednesday, March 13 to benefit Jean Shapcott, a 20-year-old who has a rare form of liver cancer.
A benefit and blood drive will be held to raise awareness for a Bristol Borough resident who is in stage four of a rare form of liver cancer. Jean Shapcott, who is a 2010 graduate of Bristol Borough High School—where the drive will be held—found out days before Christmas that she has fibrolmellular hepatocellular carcinoma. This type of cancer is so rare that only 200 cases have been reported worldwide according to a Bucks Local News article. The drive, which is sponsored by the Red Cross, will be held on Wednesday, March 13 from 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the high school. The drive will be used as an opportunity to help raise money and awareness for Shapcott, one of the event's coordinators told Patch. "In addition to the blood drive, there …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Bristol Borough author Bill Pezza will sign copies of his newest book on Thursday, March 7.
Local author Bill Pezza will sign copies of his newest book tonight at Cesare's Ristorante in Bristol Borough. Pezza, who is a Borough lifer, writes his hometown into his books. In his latest release, "Homegrown," main character Johnny Marzo also lives in the borough. Marzo, who is a recurring character from Pezza's previous books, is home from Iraq. He's living in Bristol with his wife and daughter and works with the FBI, according to a flyer for the signing. Pezza said that books will be available at the signing for $23 and he will gladly write a personal message inside the cover. Cesare's is located at 1407 Radcliffe St. in Bristol Borough and the signing will be from 6 to 8 p.m. If you can't make it to tonight's signing, no worries. …
Monday, February 4, 2013
A 35-year-old man was arrested following an incident at Warren Snyder-John Girotti Elementary School where he allegedly threatened to 'blow' a school employee away.
A 35-year-old man was arrested for an incident at Warren Snyder-John Girotti Elementary School and must stay 100 yards away from Bristol Borough School grounds, police said. Edwin Landman, of Garfield Street in Bristol, went to the elementary school Tuesday to pick up his daughter, police said. The father became very angry when a school employee asked to see his identification before he could enter the building, according to a police criminal complaint. "What the [expletive] for?" courts documents quote Landman as saying to the school employee. Landman eventually produced identification and was let into the school, according to court documents. Once inside, he said, "Now I am in, I can blow you away." The man became "irate" inside the …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
A reported armed robbery and police activity all occurred in Bristol Borough Thursday evening.
An armed robbery at the Dollar General on Route 13 and police activity around Cleveland Street made for an interesting evening in Bristol Borough on Thursday. According to emergency radio reports and a county dispatch official, police were summoned to the Dollar General along Route 13 (Bristol Pike) at around 5 p.m. for reports of an armed robbery. An alert from the Breaking News Network, a service that monitors police radio transmissions, reported the robbery suspect was a "stocky white male" armed with a handgun. The suspect made away with $100 in cash, PhillyBurbs.com reported. Local residents told Patch that police from Bensalem, Bristol Township and the state police were at the Dollar General assisting borough authorities. On …
A man concealed his face during an attempt to rob the Burger King in Bristol Borough after dark on Wednesday.
A man with a handgun tried to rob the Burger King at Route 13 and Beaver Dam Road in Bristol Borough at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday. According to Investigations Sgt. Randy Morris, a man entered the fast food restaurant and jumped the counter. Once behind the counter, he pulled a handgun and confronted the manager about the store's money. The suspect appeared to get "spooked" and ran from the restaurant, Morris said. No customers were in the store and no employees were hurt, police said. Officers from the borough and township responded and searched the woods behind the Burger King, Morris told Patch. He added that investigators are speaking with residents of several nearby homeless encampments to try to garner information that could lead to the …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Officials in Bristol Borough and along the Neshaminy Creek are warning of flooding on Thursday and Friday following a massive weather system.
Officials in the lower portion of the county are warning residents who live along the Delaware River and Neshaminy Creek that flooding is a threat in the coming days. Bristol Borough emergency management officials said the "Mill Street Parking Lot is likely to flood the next few days on high tide." They also asked residents along Radcliffe Street to secure "floatable" items and to remove electronic and valuables from lower levels. Bucks County emergency planners cautioned residents who live near the banks of the Neshaminy Creek Bristol, Bensalem, Langhorne, Lower Southampton, Middletown and Northampton to "monitor the creek and take protective actions if necessary." Rain and high winds are expected to remain in the region until Thursday …
Friday, December 14, 2012
A man was struck and killed early Friday morning along Route 13.
A man was struck and killed by pick-up truck early Friday morning outside the Golden Eagle Diner on Route 13 in Bristol Borough. According to police Sgt. Pete Faight, the victim was walking in a lane of travel at the Bath Road turn off on Route 13 when a pick-up truck driven by a New Jersey man going to work struck and killed the victim just before 2:30 a.m. NBC 10 identified the man as Enrigue Garcia, 44. The death remains under investigation, but the driver of the truck is fully cooperating with the investigation, Faight said. He added that the driver said he did not see Garcia until it was too late. After striking the Garcia and sending him flying several yards, the driver backed up and parked his car in front of the man's limp body in …
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Local groups held rallies Monday outside Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick's office in Middletown and in Bristol Borough.
Events focusing on urging lawmakers to extent middle-class tax breaks that are set to end if a solution to avert the fiscal cliff is not found by the end of the year were held in lower Bucks County on Monday. The crowds gathered outside the building that houses Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick's office in Middletown and later on the streets of Bristol Borough. Outside the congressman's office, a group of more than 50 gathered to speak about how decisions by Republican lawmakers have impacted their lives. Later in the evening, many of the same people met at the Christmas tree on Mill Street in the borough to attend a "holiday-themed vigil," according to the group that organized the rally, Pa. Working Families. Doylestown businessman Det Ansinn …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
A Bristol Township resident died from injuries sustained when she was hit by a car. Bristol Borough police are investigating the accident.
A Bristol Township woman has passed away from injuries sustained when she was struck by a car in Bristol Borough. Christina “Tina” Szymanek, 60, of Bath Road, was walking along the southbound shoulder of Route 13 when she was struck by a car driven by a Croydon resident at 5:28 p.m. on Friday, according to borough police. The victim was taken by ambulance to Aria Health's Torresdale hospital. She died several hours later, police reported on Tuesday. The driver is cooperating with the ongoing police investigation and the District Attorney’s Office is reviewing the incident. Authorities have not released further details on the crash. Individuals with information on the deadly crash are urged to contact Acting Sgt. Peter Faight via phone at …
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Bristol Monday during services honoring Fire Police Captain David Wintz. The long-time volunteer died last week shortly after leaving the scene of a three-alarm fire at the Dow Chemical Plant.
Family, friends and first responders from across the region gathered together in Bristol Borough Monday to attend the mass for Bristol Fire Company Fire Police Captain David Wintz. Wintz, 65, died early last Wednesday after feeling ill and leaving the scene of the massive three-alarm fire at the Dow Chemical plant. After pulling into the driveway of his Penn Street home and exiting his tan truck with red emergency lights affixed to the top -- a staple at Bristol fire scenes -- Wintz went into cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead shortly after by doctors at Lower Bucks Hospital. Many of the first responders who worked to try to revive the fallen Wintz said they knew him through his nearly 50-years of serving in local fire companies in …
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