Commissioners appoint 3 to chair comp plan steering committee
The Chester County Board of Commissioners announced this week the next step in the Landscapes3 process – the creation of a steering committee to guide the development of the new county comprehensive plan.
The steering committee will be co-chaired by three Chester County leaders representing key sectors of the county’s drive to balance growth and preservation: Chris Alonzo, President of Pietro Industries...
Kennett joins Crime Watch program
By Eliza Mohler, Staff Writer, The Times
KENNETT –Staying informed about criminal activity just got easier for residents of the township.
At Wednesday night’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors, Chief of Police Lydell Nolt announced that the Pennsylvania Crime Watch program is now fully functional in the township. The website address is www.crimewatchpa.com, and residents should select Kennett...
What To Do: Chester County Balloon Festival soars to new heights
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The Chester County Balloon Festival
Seeing hot air balloons in all shapes and sizes floating in the sky over your head is always a memorable sensation.
If you want to experience this sensation, then you should plan on attending this weekend’s 11th Annual Chester County Balloon Festival (New Garden Flying Field, 1235 Newark Road just off Highway 1, Toughkenamon,...
Smucker bill to aid foster children passes U.S. House
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-16)
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-16) announced this week that his bill to make the foster care system more family-friendly by making it easier to place foster children in the home of a family member has passed the U.S. House and will move to the U.S. Senate.
On Tuesday, the House passed Rep. Smucker’s bipartisan legislation that he introduced with Rep. Terri...
Meehan introduces anti-hazing bill
US. Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-7)
WASHINGTON – Congressman Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.) and Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-Oh.) introduced the Report and Educate About Campus Hazing (REACH) Act, bipartisan legislation that takes on the challenge of hazing on our college campuses by requiring incidents of hazing to be reported as part of a college’s annual crime report.
The University of Maine conducted the...
On Stage: Blues guitar aces, young and old, share stage
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Quinn Sullivan and Buddy Guy
Guitar ace Quinn Sullivan is headlining a show on June 22 at the Sellersville Theater (24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville, 215-257-5808, www.st94.com) and will be performing dates with blues legend Buddy Guy later this summer.
Three weeks ago, Sullivan was sitting in class as a student at New Bedford High School in Massachusetts.
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Oxford Feed & Lumber hosts flea and tick product expert
OXFORD — Are you confused about which flea and tick product is the best one for your pet? There are a multitude of products on the market, many of which are very good. But not all work in the same way or are appropriate for every pet.
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Pro Act to hold Sober Social/Picnic June 25
The Chester County Chapter of Pennsylvania Recovery Organization-Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT), a grass-roots volunteer recovery support and advocacy initiative of the Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc., announced its First Annual Sober Social and Picnic in the Park. The event will be held June 25th from noon to 4:00 PM at Valley Creek Park, 361 N. Morehall Road, Malvern, Pennsylvania....
Sheriff’s fugitive unit keeps under the radar
Members of the Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Unit don some of the equipment they wear on the job.
WEST CHESTER — It comes as no surprise that few people know much about the Chester County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Unit: It often works under cover of darkness.
Before most county residents have awakened, the eight members of this elite team have donned 35 pounds of equipment...
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