Headlines tell the stories of 2012

The world didn’t come to an end in 2012, and, despite the fears, there likely will continue to be Twinkies.

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In May, a bus carrying Pennridge High School students home from a Dorney Park outing was involved in an accident that sent some of the students to hospitals. There were no serious injuries.

Another accident, this one in April on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, killed News-Herald Managing Editor Emily Morris.

This was the year Sellersville Theater celebrated its 10th year and Pennridge Community Day turned 40, while Dublin Borough and Grand View Hospital were at the century mark. It was also the year Pennridge Community Senior Center dropped the “senior” from its name.

At one April meeting, the Pennridge School Board approved redistricting plans that will transfer some Deibler Elementary students to Guth Elementary and some Pennridge North Middle students to Penn South; decided there would not be a tax increase for the 201213 school year; approved a contract for work on Poppy Yoder Field; and approved having air conditioning installed in 2013 in Pennridge Central Middle School.