A Milford Township man is under arrest for what police in Bucks County describe as the hit-and-run of a 70-year-old man who was working on his lawn. The victim underwent multiple surgeries, police said.
Police nab alleged driver in hit-and-run that injured man reportedly mowing lawn
Updated May 08, 2021;
Authorities in Bucks County on Saturday arrested a man accused of striking someone with a vehicle then fleeing Thursday.
Joel McGriff, 40, of Milford Township outside Quakertown, was arrested by Richland Township police, assisted by Quakertown police, according to a bucks.crimewatchpa.com post.
McGriff is accused of driving a vehicle that struck 70-year-old John Gruver outside Gruver’s home in the 200 block of Mill Road in Richland Township, then continuing on without rendering assistance.
Gruver was taken to St. Luke’s University Hospital, Fountain Hill, where he has undergone multiple surgeries, police said.
Commercial and subsistence harvesters speak out against trawler bycatch of Chinook salmon
Posted by Sage Smiley | Apr 21, 2021
A king salmon troll harvest (KSTK file photo)
Alaska’s commercial fishermen have been speaking out against big trawlers for years, complaining that the large vessels in federal waters are scooping up mature and juvenile fish. The regional council that manages federal fisheries recently heard from hundreds concerned about the number of salmon and other species that end up as bycatch in trawl nets.
Listen to the story here.
For Alaska’s troll fleet, king salmon is their money fish. In state waters, small crews on these 40 to 50-foot boats or even small skiffs will catch a fish at a time, and it’s worth it: Chinook salmon can fetch $6 a pound from a processor.
Bob Dooley of Half Moon Bay, Calif., a 2017 National Fisherman Highliner. Sherry Flumerfelt photo
People tend to repeat certain words when they talk about Bob Dooley: generous, humble, knowledgeable, smart, nice, friend. Now 63 years old and retired from active fishing, Dooley, along with his late brother and longtime business partner, John, left an edible mark on the fishing industry, particularly in the Bering Sea pollock and Pacific whiting fisheries.
The Dooleys sold their pollock boats in 2013 and finally parted with their last boat, the Shellfish, a Dungeness crabber also used as a tender, in May of this year, shortly before John passed away. Reflecting on retirement, Dooley says 33 winters on the Bering Sea “was enough,” and while he does not miss the long winters or working on boats in the shipyard, he does miss the camaraderie. And his fellow fishermen will miss his solidarity.