Animals Rescued From Farm, Flourish Cafe Expanding: Bucks County News

BUCKS COUNTY, PA —The Bucks County SPCA rescued more than 100 farm animals last week from Narrow Way Farm in Wrightstown Township. After receiving complaints, including photos and videos of sick animals and reports of dying animals, the SPCA launched an animal cruelty investigation with the Newtown Township Police Department and responded to the farm with a search warrant.

These were some of the stories making news in the Newtown-Northampton area this past week:

More Than 100 Animals Rescued At Bucks Co. Farm

More than 100 farm animals were rescued by the Bucks County SPCA on Tuesday at Narrow Way Farm in Wrightstown with the sickest animals relocated to the SPCA's Quakertown shelter. After
receiving complaints including photos and videos of sick animals and reports of dying animals at the farm at 887 Worthington Mill Road, the BCSPCA launched an animal cruelty investigation at the farm. When the agency’s Humane Law Enforcement team, with assistance from Newtown Township Police, served a warrant on Tuesday for the removal of the animals it was discovered that the farm owner, Abigail O’Keefe, is out of the country with no confirmation of when or if she plans to return.

Flourish Cafe Plans To Open Location In Newtown Township

Flourish Cafe, which has a location at the nearby Village Shires Shopping Center on Buck Road in Northampton Township, plans to open a second location at the Village at Newtown Shopping Center. The proposed “European Style” restaurant will occupy approximately 3,210 square feet
inside the former KO Modern Asian Cuisine Restaurant next to the Capital Grille. This past week, the township’s planning commission voted unanimously to recommend granting conditional use approval for the new eatery. The application will now be considered by the board of supervisors, which is expected to grant the conditional use.

Council Rock Newtown Baseball Wins Berth In LL World Series

The Council Rock Newtown 12U All-Star team is headed to Williamsport and the Little League World Series after clinching the Mid-Atlantic LL Championship on Friday. During a rainy championship game on Friday, the Newtown boys defeated a scrappy Washington, D.C., team to win a trip to Williamsport and a berth in the 2024 Little League World Series. "There is just pure joy for the kids, the families, and for Newtown as a whole," said team manager Brad Hamilton of Friday's win. "We've had great support from Council Rock Newtown and all the Little League and Cal Ripken teams that we play. All of Bucks County has been reaching out and supporting us to no end. It's been a fabulous experience for all of us." Weather played a big factor in Friday's game as rain forced officials to move up the game to a 10 a.m. start from its originally scheduled 3 p.m. time slot. Even still, the teams met in a sometimes drenching rain that forced game delays.