PennDOT: Roadwork may cause traffic delays

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) wants motorists to be aware of  roadwork in the area that may cause traffic delays. On Monday and Tuesday, crews from Peco Energy will be working on utility installation on Baltimore Pike between Reese Street and Penn Green Road in New Garden Township. The work, which will be done from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., will result in lane restrictions. Lenape...

International conference puts GIS guru on map

Emergency services employee wins first-place data award Dave Sekkes, the emergency planning coordinator for the Chester County Department of Emergency Services (DES), won a first-place data integration award last month. The emergency planning coordinator for the Chester County Department of Emergency Services (DES), Dave Sekkes, was honored at the ESRI International User Conference last month with...

Thompsons named Honorary Mushroom Fest chairs

Long-time Mushroom Festival volunteers Mark and Jo Beth Thompson have been named as the Honorary Chairs for the 2013 Mushroom festival, which takes place Sept. 6-8. KENNETT SQUARE — This year the Mushroom Festival chose a husband and wife team, Mark and Jo Beth Thompson, as its honorary chairpersons because of their dedication to the Festival and the hours they have dedicated to making the Mushroom...

Unionville pounds Sun Valley, 13-2

ASTON — The Unionville High School baseball team got back to its winning ways, coasting to an easy 13-2 win over Sun Valley, Thursday. Matt Foster earned the win on the mound as the Indians (13-3 overall) moved to 13-2 in Ches-Mont league play. Foster pitched five innings only giving up one run. Kyle Fries pitched a pair of scoreless innings closing out the game.    Send article...

Warmer weather brings West Nile threat

County’s Health Department urges precautions to avoid breeding, bites This Pro-Mist electric ULV sprayer is one of the tools used by the state to control adult mosquitoes that could spread West Nile virus. The Chester County Health Department reminds Chester residents that along with warmer weather comes mosquito season and the threat of West Nile virus, which first appeared in Pennsylvania in...

Race to fund research on genetic disorder

‘Run For Our Sons’ to benefit childhood victims of Duchenne muscular dystrophy “Run For Our Sons 5K and Family Fun Days,” a benefit for childhood victims of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, will be held Saturday. The devastating news came in 2007 when a couple’s first son, now 9, was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common fatal genetic disorder diagnosed in...

For tourism marketing, south of France hits home

New  campaign will capitalize on county’s cosmopolitan flair By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Blair Mahoney, executive director of the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau, explained the importance of boosting tourism in the region. It wasn’t exactly an identity crisis, but the folks entrusted with promoting the area as a tourist destination have agonized for some...

Guilty plea caps tumultuous 2010 murder case

Mother of three admits conspiring with young lover to kill husband   By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Morgan M. Mengel will spend life in prison after pleading guilty to the first-degree murder of her husband. By the end of the hour-long proceeding Tuesday, a West Goshen woman had pleaded guilty to the  first-degree murder of her husband more than two years ago, and most of the...

Supervisor at driver’s license center convicted

Jury said he issued licenses to known criminals, using other people’s data By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Khalif Abdullah Ali was convicted by a Chester County jury of identity theft, tampering with public records, and related offenses. A Philadelphia man accused of fraudulently issuing driver’s licenses at a Chester County  Drivers’ License Center  was convicted Wednesday. A...

Indicted local judge suspended without pay

State Supreme Court acted on petition filed Thursday by Judicial Conduct Board By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times  Magisterial District Judge Mark A. Bruno has been suspended without pay, pending final disposition of his federal criminal charges. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday ordered a Chester County magisterial district judge ensnared in the sweeping federal probe of alleged...