Category: Misc

 

The Top Ten “Curated” Local News Stories in 2018

The following are the TOP TEN viewed local news stories in 2018 in rank order. These stories were “Scooped” (i.e., curated*) by John Mack as being of interest to Newtown residents. See all curated news here.

1. 5 Doctors Are Charged With Taking Kickbacks for Fentanyl Prescriptions - Lock 'em Up!


2. Doors Blocked With Tables To Stop Council Rock North Walkout, Students Say


3. Bucks County Initiates Smart911 with RapidSOS to Quickly Serve Callers


4. Arcadia Green Sues Newtown Township


5. Craft Beer Brewery, Food Trucks and Fun Coming to Newtown Commons This Summer


6. EWG Report: Perfluorinated Pollutant (PFAS) Contamination of Water Spreading


7. In God We Trust. Lower Southampton Supervisors Not So Much!


8. Opioids Not Better Than Acetaminophen at Reducing Pain to Improve Function for Chronic Back, Knee and Hip Pain


9. How Much Does a Family of Four Need To Earn To Live Comfortably In Bucks County?


10. Falls Wawa Developer Wins Case Brought by Local Service Station But “SLAPPs” a Lawsuit Against Residents Who Spoke Up at Public Meeting

* A Content Curator is someone who continually finds, groups, organizes and shares the best and most relevant content on specific issues online. I curate stories published in local and national media that I believe are of special interest to Newtown residents. Many of these stories relate to issues discussed or acted upon by Newtown Township Supervisors.

I use the Scoop.It platform to capture and organize these stories (news articles) online. Each curated story is called a “Scoop,” which is a shortened version of the article. Within the Scoop is a link to the original, long version of the article plus links to related articles, blog posts, etc. Some Scoops include my personal insight.

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Posted on 28 Dec 2018, 01:56 - Category: Misc

 

Top Ten Most Viewed Blog Posts in 2018

The following are the TOP TEN viewed blog pages in 2018 in rank order:

1. Developer and Attorney Present Their Case for a WaWa Superstore on the Newtown Bypass (see #2, #8 and #10)


2. Residents Present Their Case For and Against a Super WaWa on the Bypass


3. Attacking the Root of the Opioid Crisis - Pharmaceutical Companies


4. Newtown Board of Supervisors Shoots Down Drive-thru Starbucks (see #9)


5. Newtown Township Employee Salaries & Wages


6. Toll Brothers Twining Bridge Road Proposal


7. They Took All the Trees & Put Up a Parking Lot!


8. The Newtown Township Planning Commission Stymies Path Forward for Wawa - For Now


9. Drive-thru Starbucks is Back on Track!


10. Super Wawa Survey Comments

Meanwhile, the Newtown Area Municipal Glossary was very popular. It was accessed over 500 times in 2018 after its launch on October 8, 2018!

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Posted on 27 Dec 2018, 12:04 - Category: Misc

 

The Top Ten Blog & Video PageViews for October 2018

The following are the TOP TEN viewed blog and video pages for October, 2018 in rank order:

1. The Newtown Township Planning Commission Stymies Path Forward for Wawa - For Now


2. Board of Supervisors Decimates Noise Ordinance


3. Newtown Township Finance Committee Report (video)


4. Report on WaWa Presentation Before the Planning Commission (video)


5. Developer and Attorney Present Their Case for a WaWa Superstore on the Newtown Bypass


6. My BOS Meeting Survival Kit


7. A Scary Preliminary 2019 Budget, But at Least It Calls for More Roads to be Repaved


8. Newtown Township Employee Salaries & Wages


9. Auditor Presents Summary of 2017 Audit to Supervisors (video)


10. Trends in Newtown’s “Volatile” Earned Income and Property Transfer Taxes

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Posted on 18 Nov 2018, 11:48 - Category: Misc

 

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