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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" - Levittown White reaches title game - Courier Times Sports
| Bryan Dean's two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning lifted White to a come-from-behind victory. |
- John Centanni Sr., 77, had role in big city projects - Philly.com
| JOHN R. CENTANNI Sr. didn't like to hear the word "good-bye." "Never say good-bye," he would admonish family and friends. |
- Ruth M. Cordes - Daily Record
| BROOMALL, PA. -- Ruth M. Cordes passed away at home on Monday, July 21, 2008. She was 88. |
- Survey Shows CEOs Are Making Collaboration a Top Priority - Customer Interaction Solutions
| NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA, July 22 / MARKET WIRE/ -- A new survey finds that C-level executives are increasingly turning to collaboration with their business networks as a way in which to win new markets and address ... |
- Bio-Imaging Technologies to Release Second Quarter 2008 Financial... - Business Wire
| Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. will release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 on Wednesday, July 30, 2008. |
- Memorial planned for Dale V. Herrick - Philly.com
| A memorial service for Dale Virginia Herrick, 57, a psychotherapist and avid canoeist and kayaker, will be from 7 to 9:30 p.m. July 16 at the Philadelphia Canoe Club, 4900 Ridge Ave. |
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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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