Bucks County Issues Emergency Declaration Due to Blizzard, Activates EOC

The Burlington County Bridge Commission announced that the Burlington Bristol Bridge will be closed to all vehicle traffic from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. overnight beginning tomorrow (Friday March 6,) to Tuesday, March 10, weather permitting, for maintenance and repair work.

In only its second year, Bucks County Community College (BCCC) picked up another medal at the prestigious horticultural expo for its ‘Rooted in Art’ tribute to Stella Elkins Tyler.

BCCC’s floral design program has once again taken home a prize in only its second year participating in the Philadelphia Flower Show. Students, alumni, and instructors earned a bronze medal for “Rooted in Art,” reflecting the College’s origins of being founded on the Newtown estate of artist and educational philanthropist Stella Elkins Tyler. The exhibit features Tyler’s sculpture “Joan of Arc at Orleans,” donated to the College by Carol Tyler, who visited the show with College President & CEO Dr. Patrick M. Jones (Feature Pic).  The College was founded on the Tyler estate in Newtown more than 60 years ago. The exhibit features seven original floral designs, each interpreting the connection between nature, art, and education, alongside six selected student works from the College’s School of Arts and Communication.

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A team of 20 students, alumni, and instructors from BCCC’s floral design program helped install “Rooted in Art” at the Philadelphia Flower Show, which reflects the College’s origins of being founded on the Newtown estate of artist and educational philanthropist Stella Elkins Tyler. The exhibit features one of Tyler’s original bronze sculptures, “Joan of Arc at Orleans,” pictured in the background.

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Melanie Poff (left) and her mother Els Poff, both Certified Floral Designers from Doylestown and students in BCCC’s floral design program, helped surround “Joan of Arc at Orleans” by Stella Elkins Tyler with botanical beauty at the Philadelphia Flower Show. The sculpture is part of the “Rooted in Art” exhibit, reflecting the deep connection between art, education, and nature that Stella Elkins Tyler championed throughout her life.

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Amparito Arriaga, a Certified Floral Designer from Exton and a student in BCCC’s floral design program, installs part of the “Rooted in Art” exhibit at the Philadelphia Flower Show. The exhibit features seven original floral designs, each interpreting the connection between nature, art, and education, alongside six selected student works from the College’s School of Arts and Communication.

PennDOT announced that Digital Message Sign (DMS) installations will be performed at night on I-95 in Philadelphia under a $31.7 million project to install and update Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) equipment across regional highways.

Weather permitting, motorists are advised of the following travel restrictions:

• Monday, March 23, through Sunday, March 29, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., the following morning, lane closures will be in place on northbound and southbound I-95 between the Broad Street/Pattison Avenue (Exit 17) and Walt Whitman Bridge/Packer Avenue (Exit 19) interchanges.
• Monday, March 23, through Sunday, March 29, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning, lane closures will be in place on northbound and southbound I-95 between the Cottman Avenue (Exit 30) and Academy Road (Exit 32) interchanges.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time when traveling through the work areas because significant backups and delays will occur.