Wild Night at La Stalla, Controversy Over Sewage Plant: August in Newtown

Here's a look at the top 10 stories on Newtown Patch in August. (The stories are listed in order of popularity based on site traffic.)

1.Public Urination, Loud Music Require Police Response at La Stalla 
Loud music and public urination required police to make two visits to La Stalla within 40 minutes of each other.

2. Proposed $68M Sewage Treatment Plant Infuriates Neighbors
A proposal to reopen a sewage treatment plant off the Newtown Bypass has residents of the Crown Pointe neighborhood fuming.

3. Community Rallying Behind Quadriplegic CR-South Graduate
The community is rallying around a Council Rock South graduate who recently suffered a spinal cord injury and is now quadriplegic

4. Grange Fair Now Open Until Sunday
The five-day 65th annual Middletown Grange Fair enjoyed great weather this year.

5. Teen Crashes Car on Swamp Road, Charges Against Driver Pending
A 19-year-old Warminster woman was charged after an early morning car accident in which police say she was driving after consuming alcohol. 

6. $10M for Swim Club? Township Says No Way
The $10 million bid price for the Newtown Swim Club property is "just ridiculous," Board of Supervisors member Rob Ciervo said.

7. Wrestling Coach Charged with Child Porn Possession
A youth wrestling coach for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Wrestling Team faces more than a dozen felony charges stemming from alleged child pornography possession and dissemination.

8. OwowCow Makes HuffPo's Top 10
OwowCow Creamery is included in Huffington Post's recent list of America's top 10 ice cream shops.

9. Worker Ordered 1,100 Narcotic Pills at Dentist Office, Police Say
Samantha Welsh, 32, of Doylestown, is being charged with numerous crimes after a narcotics investigation that began in June, Newtown Township police said.

10. Can the Newtown Swim Club be Saved?
Residents hoping to keep the Newtown Swim Club open held a planning meeting Wednesday at Newtown Borough Hall.