New Dept. of Human Services director named

Former county employee has worked for state for past 16 months Updated at 9:15 with comment from new director By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times  A 30-year professional in the drug and alcohol field has been named the new director of the Chester County Department of Human Services, county officials said Tuesday. Kim Bowman, who served as executive director of the Chester County Department...

County bids quasi-farewell to longtime administrator

Human services director retires but will stay on until replacement is found Although Ruth E. Kranz-Carl has retired as head of the county’s Department of Human Services, she will work part time until her replacement is found. A retirement send-off for a longtime county administrator on Thursday came off good-naturedly a bit half-baked. That’s because Ruth E. Kranz-Carl, who has spent more...