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Newtown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,312 at the 2000 census. It is located just west of the Trenton, New Jersey metropolitan area, and is part of the larger Philadelphia metropolitan area.
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Newtown Education
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Newtown is in the Council Rock School District. While the district serves many towns in Lower Bucks County, Newtown Township is home to Council Rock High School North, Council Rock High School South, Newtown Middle School (formerly Newtown Junior High), Goodnoe Elementary School, Newtown Elementary School, and the former Chancellor Street School, which now acts as the administrative building for the district. Private schools in the area include George School, Newtown Friends School, and St. Andrews Catholic School. The township is also the site of Bucks County Community College's main campus. La Salle University and Holy Family University also have satellite campuses on the Newtown Bypass.
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Newtown History
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Newtown was founded by William Penn, in 1684. Newtown was one of several towns that Penn had organized around Philadelphia to provide country homes for city residents, and to support farming communities. It was the county seat of Bucks County from 1726 until 1813, when it was replaced by a more central Doylestown. Newtown was incorporated on April 16, 1838 and has been enlarged three times since. In 1969 Newtown's entire central business district was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Newtown News
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Search for "Newtown PA" - CoreStates Capital Advisors Appoints Lisa Peters to Director of Institional Services - PR-inside.com
| Lisa was named Director of Institutional Services, a newly created position within CoreStates to support expansion efforts within their institutional group. |
- CoreStates Capital Advisors Appoints Lisa Peters to Director of Institional Services - Business Wire
| CoreStates Capital Advisors, LLC, a wealth management & institutional investment firm headquartered in Newtown, Bucks County PA., announced today the addition of Lisa Peters to their Institutional Investment ... |
- Media Line Road closed until Dec. 15 - Philly.com News
| Aqua Pennsylvania will close Media Line Road between Morton Street and Gradyville Road in Marple and Newtown Townships, Delaware County, beginning today for water main installation, the Pennsylvania Department ... |
- Warning as more rain heads for UK - PA - Guardian Unlimited
| The risk of flooding across the UK on Monday has reduced but more heavy rain is expected on Tuesday. |
- Janet Elaine Schulte - WisInfo
| Janet Elaine Schulte, 82, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. |
- Chris Connor Joins Phoenix Data Systems as Director of Product Development - PR-inside.com
| In this position, Connor will guide the software development roadmap for PDS' Express suite of eClinical technology products. |
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Newtown Transportation
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State Street runs through Newtown's main commercial area and intersects with Washington Avenue at the borough's infrastructural center. Pennsylvania routes 532, 332, and 413 converge in and around Newtown. The Newtown Bypass surrounds the borough and runs between the borough's eastern edge and Interstate 95.
Newtown had a SEPTA regional-rail train station until February 1983. At that time, service was suspended because of a lack of ridership along the Newtown line. There has been talk of reinstating service because of recent strong population growth in the surrounding area; however, this has not materialized. There is also a movement under way to turn the abandoned rail line into a bike trail (see rails-to-trails) that has thus far been unsuccessful because of resistance in surrounding communities. Today Toll Brothers is building " Newtown Station" at the location of the old Rail Road
SEPTA now serves Newtown with bus route 130 (see SEPTA suburban division bus routes), which runs to nearby Bucks County Community College and Langhorne station.
Newtown township, which surrounds the borough, has a system of walking trails that lead to the borough in several places.
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