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County Working On Mental Health Crisis Facility
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Bucks County is moving forward with plans to open a mental health facility to help those in crisis.
The facility will be for people who may have previously been sent to the county correctional facility and is designed to offer help instead of solely running a person through the courts system or waiting for a spot to open at a state facility.
The new center would work hand-in-hand with attorneys, public defenders, prosecutors, and police. A soon-to-be-implemented mental health court will also work with the facility.
Bucks County Commissioner Chairperson Diane Ellis-Marseglia announced the news during last week’s State of the County address hosted by the Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce.
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The pandemic year began with family losses to COVID-19 for Fami and Amali Elabed, owners of Piccolo Trattoria in Newtown and Doylestown, as well as Pennington, New Jersey.
Like most businesses owners in March and April of 2020, the couple was coming to terms with the uncertainty of what the pandemic would mean for their restaurants, as they mourned family members and closed Piccolo Pronto, a The College of New Jersey location.
“It was challenging in the beginning, very challenging because we didn t know what was gonna happen,” Fami said. “We were like in a shock. At this time, it was uncertainty. It was uncertainty in the world. Nobody knew what was happening.”
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BRYN MAWR, Pa. (BUSINESS WIRE) Aqua Pennsylvania s Bristol Water Treatment Plant has received the Phase III Directors Award from the
Partnership for Safe Water, a program developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the American Water Works Association, and associated Partner organizations to guide water utilities towards improving water quality by optimizing system operations.
Aqua s Bristol plant, located in Bucks County Pennsylvania, was presented this award for achieving the program s Directors Award level of performance. The Directors Award is awarded by completing the Self-Assessment and Peer Review phase of the
Partnership program, which includes comprehensive evaluation of treatment plant operations and performance, identification of performance limiting factors, and the development of action plans to achieve optimization. Aqua s Bristol plant was one of a select group of utilities honored by the