State police report back-to-back accidents

Both drivers cited for speeding after losing control Saturday on Doe Run Road State police from the Avondale barracks reported back-to-back, one-vehicle accidents on Doe Run Road in West Marlborough Township on Saturday, Dec. 14, at 3:46 p.m. –both attributed to speeding. Roni J. Page, 50, of Toughkenamon, was cited after traveling west on Doe Run Road in a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee when she lost...

State police: Traffic stop leads to drug, DUI charges

A Delaware woman was charged with driving under the influence and possession of marijuana following a traffic stop on Aug. 16 at 11:06 in Pennsbury Township, said state police from the Avondale barracks. Police said Molly T. Daddono, 21, of Newark, was detained on Cossart Road, just west of Fairville Road. Sometime between Aug. 14 at 3:30 p.m. and Aug. 18 at 3:30 p.m., someone broke into a residence...

E. Marlborough woman reports cut phone line

State police from Avondale investigating the incident An East Marlborough Township woman reported on Friday that someone had cut a phone line to her residence in the 400 block of Dean Drive, state police from the Avondale barracks said. The woman, who did not see anyone suspicious, said she realized the line had been severed after speaking with the phone company, police said. Anyone with information...

Does alleged mailbox vandal have skin woes?

 Police said skin cream package was stolen from damaged Newlin box Mailboxes have been a target for vandals recently, said state police from the Embreeville barracks. On March 6, sometime between 10 p.m. and March 9 at noon, someone damaged a mailbox in the 500 block of Joshua Way in Newlin Township and also removed a package of skin cream from it. Anyone with information is asked to call police at...

State police: Recovered item in safe-keeping

 Call Embreeville barracks if you think stolen safe belongs to you If you recently had a safe stolen, state police from the Embreeville barracks may have it – in safe-keeping, of course. Police said they are investigating the discovery of a safe on Feb. 17 about 5:15 p.m. in the area of Old Shadyside Road, about two-tenths of a mile west of Rt. 322 in West Bradford Township. Call police at 610-486-6280...

2013 Phila. Flower Show catering to variety of tastes

Art and cuisine from Chester County will be among offerings An installation by an artistic team from the Chester County Art Association,  entitled “Hockney’s Haven” and inspired by a David Hockney painting, will be displayed at the 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show. When the 2013 Philadelphia Flower Show opens Saturday, March 2, in the city’s Convention Center, Chester County will...

Troopers respond to one-vehicle crash in Pennsbury

Investigators, who found no one at scene, said vehicle was stolen in Delaware State police from the Avondale barracks responded to the 700 block of Cossart Road in Pennsbury Township on Jan. 16 at 1:50 a.m. for the report of a one-vehicle crash. Upon arrival, police said the vehicle, which struck a utility pole, was unoccupied. Investigators later learned that the vehicle had been stolen from Wilmington,...