State police: Traffic stop nets DUI offender

Troopers say arrest occurred in Pennsbury Township A 53-year-old Delaware man was arrested for driving under the influence in Pennsbury Township on Friday, May 16, at 11:47 p.m., said state police from the Avondale barracks. Police said Thomas Edward Glass of Newark was detained for a traffic offense on Parkerville Road, south of U.S. 1, and exhibited signs of intoxication, police said, adding that...

Largest drug bust in county history announced

D.A.: 44 arrests so far from probe of Mexican cocaine cartel Update at 3:45 p.m. with names of all defendants By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Kennett Square Police Chief Edward A. Zunino (left) discusses the arrests as District Attorney Tom Hogan listens. The 65-year-old Mexican native who became a U.S. citizen and ran a landscaping business from his rented home in East Marlborough...

Life-saving expertise honored at banquet

Annual EMS Council ceremony recognizes more than 100 By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Earl Taylor (third from left), a member of the Washington Hose Co. who also works as a deejay, poses with EMS officials after receiving the BLS Provider of the Year award. More than two dozen Chester Countians are alive today because the county’s emergency services community intervened in their...

Grandeur of historic courthouse restored

Dignitaries gather to celebrate rebirth of landmark 1847 building By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times District Judge Gwenn Knapp (from left), Tony Polito from West Chester Men’s Service Club, Commissioner Ryan Costello, Commissioner Kathi Cozzone, Chester County Court President Judge James P. MacElree II and Commissioner Terence Farrell assemble for the ribbon-cutting at the historic...

Happy to shoulder blame for ‘Jack’s Fault’

Kennett teacher one of many local ties to Unionville grad’s band By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The members of Jack’s Fault, a local rock and blues cover band, include Sean Patton (from left), Jo Huxster, Ken Genovesi, and Robert Huxster. A Kennett Square resident who visited the borough’s La Verona restaurant last month did so at the urging of friends who  recommended...

Historic Kennett Square seeking input

Survey will help shape economic development plan, officials say Want to weigh in on what retailers Kennett Square Borough should be trying to attract or what you like or don’t like about the existing ones? Historic Kennett Square is seeking your feedback. The organization is running a survey to get input  from residents and visitors. To access it, visit http://historickennettsquare.com. Historic...

Emergency Services earns coveted status

County department is first in state to receive full accreditation  WEST CHESTER – The Chester County Department of Emergency Services is the first county in the state – and one of only 50 programs in the nation – to be granted full accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP), the county announced in a news release on Tuesday, May 20. EMAP awarded the accreditation...

County seeking homes for veterans

50 presently in need of permanent residences WEST CHESTER – Chester County’s goal: House 100 veterans in 100 days – an initiative that began March 17 and is only at the halfway point with a little more than a month until the June 27 deadline, a county news release said. The campaign came in response to the federal government’s push to end veterans’ homelessness by the end of 2015. So far,...

Police seeking speedy return of radar sign

It was reportedly stolen in East Goshen Twp. last month The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department wants the public to put this thief on its radar. The department said it is seeking assistance from the community to locate a Safepace 100 Speed Radar Sign that was stolen from a signpost in East Goshen Township sometime between April 22 and April 30. The yellow sign, with a digital speed display,...

At Sandy Hollow, hallowed ground gets respect

Reenactment of 1777 battle brings history alive for thousands By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times During the height of the battle, a haze of musket fire fills the air at Sandy Hollow in Birmingham Township. “A most infernal fire of cannon and musquetry”is how one officer described the fighting he witnessed at Sandy Hollow in Birmingham Township during the Battle of the Brandywine...