Fairless Hills Shop Sells Winning Powerball Ticket Worth $50 Million

The winner has not yet come forward publicly. Patch talked with the store owner.

Thursday started like any other day for Levittown News & Tobacco owner Rakesh “Rocky” Raina. It was a phone call during the Fairless Hills residents morning shave that changed the course of the day. “I was shaving when the lottery rep. called me and told me someone hit the Powerball,” he said. His wife, Naina, said her husband did not believe the lottery representative and her supervisor followed up to confirm that a lucky customer had matched the numbers and had won the $50 million dollar prize. The jackpot-winning Powerball ticket from Wednesday’s drawing  correctly matched all five white balls, 13-17-19-27-38, and the red Powerball 12, the lottery commission said in a statement. Store employees said no one has come in yet to claim the …

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Local Toys for Tots Drives Ending Soon

Time is running out to donate to Toys for Tots. One Fairless Hills business is offering free services for some who donate.

The Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad and Gardner Family Chiropractic in conjunction with 225 Lincoln Properties are collecting new, unwrapped play things as part of the Toys for Tots program. Dr. Tony Gardner will be collecting toys for the drive through Monday, Dec. 17 at his 225 Lincoln Highway office.  New patients who donate will be treated to a "consultation, spinal exam, report of findings and half hour massage," the doctor said. The services are valued at $150. "Our office is really looking forward to giving something back to the community. We love to have this opportunity to give our time and talents to people in exchange for their toy donation that will help kids…everybody wins,” he said. The office asks those interested to …

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Crumbling Bridge to Be Fixed

Falls Township is expected to fix a deteriorating bridge on South Olds Boulevard in 2013.

Barricades block a portion of South Old Boulevard and its sidewalk that have begun to crumble after decades of use. By next year, Falls Township hopes to have the road fixed and fully open to motorists and pedestrians. The Board of Supervisors recently approved a motion to advertise their intent to hire Bensalem's BrightLine Construction at $336,173 to fix the roadway and culvert that runs below. The bridge, located between Parkway Avenue and Southway Drive, has been crumbling for months and work on it has been delayed by previous bids which were considered to be "exuberantly high," Chairman Bob Harvie said. Falls Township went out for new bids and was pleased to discover lower pricetag for the project, officials said. The project is …

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Cubby the Pomeranian Passes Away

Letter to the Editor: Days after being reunited with the family Cubby missed for 8 months, the Pomeranian passed away over the weekend.

Thank you so much for the story of Cubby. He belongs to my daughter Kristin Quinlan. I am so pleased you captured the joy she felt at being reunited with Cubby. She and her family were devastated when he disappeared. She searched for him day and night and was sent many well meaning but false leads. Unfortunately, our hearts break as I have to let you know, Cubby, who was seemingly well on the mend, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly yesterday. With the help of some very kind people, I was able to make arrangements for his cremation. And- she has your story to keep the memory forever in her heart. As sad as this news is, my brave daughter sees this as the final gift of being with Cubby one more day before he left this world. She feels …

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Police & Fire

Reports: Fire in Bristol & Accident in Falls

Local emergency responders were busy Sunday night.

Monday, 7:43 a.m.: According to a post on our Facebook page, a man was killed in the accident in Falls last night. We are working to gather more informaton. Monday, 5:45 a.m.: Police, fire and EMS units were busy in Levittown Sunday evening. Shortly before 7 p.m., fire crews responded to the Marion Village Apartments on Marion Avenue in the Edgley section of Bristol Township for a fire. According to emergency reports, the fire was reported to be on the lower level of the 3-story apartment building. Details on the fire were scarce, but the fire marshal and police remained at the scene at about 8 p.m. Sunday. Emergency reports indicated that first responders were called to a multi-vehicle accident along South Old Boulevard in the Fairless …

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County Sets Retrieval Event at Closed Cleaners

The clothing retrieval will be held on Saturday in Fairless Hills.

  The county has announced that Consumer Protection officials will be at the Payless Dry Cleaners location at 150 Lincoln Highway in Fairless Hills. The retrieval event will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, the county said. According to a post on the county’s Facebook, all clothing “items previously found to be unprocessed, have now been removed from the bins and cleaned.” The county urged those who had clothes at the shuttered cleaners make every attempt to get their belongings. At the first retrieval event at the end of October, hundreds of people came out to get clothing items that were in the dry cleaners and tailoring shop. Many people who came out were not able their items back. The business, which boasted a $1.99…

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Hurricane Sandy

Trees Cause Heavy Damage in Falls

The Thornridge section of Levittown was devastated by falling trees during Hurricane Sandy.

“It was a night in hell. It was awful.” Those are the words of a middle-aged female Twisting Lane resident. Twisting Lane and the rest of the Thornridge section of Falls Township were ravaged Monday night by Hurricane Sandy. Residents said a public works official told them more than 25 large trees toppled over in the neighborhood. Trees rested upon houses and atop cars. "We were standing in front of my brother-in-law's house, watching the tree fall down on my daughter's car, which is completely devastated,” Sue Mirsch told 6ABC. In the backyard of one home, a large tree fell and took down power lines and several fences. Township crews and private contractors worked throughout the day to clear the roads of the fallen trees. According to …

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Not All Customers Get Clothes Back from Dry Cleaners

The county is working to help hundreds of people get their garments back from the business that closed recently without warning.

Hundreds of people lined up outside Payless Dry Cleaners Saturday morning to attempt to retrieve clothes they dropped off at 150 Lincoln Highway in Fairless Hills before the location closed unexpectedly last week. One woman, a Langhorne resident, said she watched as another woman rummaged through a bin looking for her mother’s wedding dress. In the end, the woman found it. However, many were not so lucky on Saturday. Bucks County consumer investigator Lynn Hanes said the dry cleaners and tailoring shop had clothes everywhere. Inside garments hung from racks and sat piled in bins. Hanes told Patch and customers that it might take a little while for all the clothes to be sorted out and given to their respective owners. The Bucks County …

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