Ex-doctor’s specialty has become criminal defense
Former Tredyffrin practitioner has been battling drug charges for more than a decade
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Richard A. Brown, a former Tredyffrin Township physician, has been battling drug charges for over a decade.
The legal travails of a Chester County family practitioner may have begun as early as 1979 when doctors at Lankenau Hospital evaluating him as a medical student...
Emergencies happen; are you ready, county asks?
County’s Department of Emergency Services to educate during National Preparedness Month
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Displaying the proclamation issued by the Chester County Commissioners are Anne Shuinak, Chester County Food Bank; Vicky Mayer, Royer Greaves School for the Blind; Nancy Keefer, Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry; Robert Kagel, Chester County...
Camp runs gamut from zip-lining to scuba-diving
Weeklong state-police program features myriad activities for Chester County youth
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
About 100 young participants experienced Chester County’s 2012 Camp Cadet program, held this year at Camp Saginaw in New London Township.
On Friday, a group of 100 young people proudly passed muster as the 2012 Chester County Camp Cadet hosted its graduation ceremony.
The...
Pocopson tax collector shuts door
Township officials say they don’t think there will be major disruptions after sudden Centax closure
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
POCOPSON — Township officials say they don’t expect any major disruptions after the sudden closure of Centax, the company that had been collecting property taxes for the township, on Friday afternoon.
Centax, which had been in litigation for failing to collect...
Birmingham officials balk at new DEP regs
Supervisors unhappy with DEP’s call for some $322,000 in stormwater management projects
By Nicole Brown, Staff Writer, The Times
BIRMINGHAM — Reports from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and possible adjustments to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) upset the townhip’s supervisors at the board meeting on Monday night. Representatives from VanDeMark &...
Drunk driver who injured trooper sent to state prison
A Glen Mills woman was sentenced to 14 to 28 months in jail for crash on U.S. 1
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A drunk driver slammed into the side of Trooper Chad Burgwald’s police cruiser on U.S. 1 on Dec. 29.
A drunk-driver struck the driver’s side of Trooper Chad Burgwald’s state patrol cruiser as he was parked in the middle of the U.S. 1 median to monitor traffic...
Words, deeds, and misdeeds make county history
Archives celebrating 30-year partnership that has assisted thousands of researchers
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Laurie A. Rofini, director of the Chester County Archives and Records Services, checks a document in the climate-controlled storage area.
Confronting the likelihood he would not survive the Civil War, a Chester County native stationed near Hampton, Va., penned a detailed...
Times web network to undergo upgrades today
No new content, some interruptions possible as we make our system work better
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
I wanted to let you know we have a minimal amount of new content today — we’re undergoing some behind the scenes technology work today and possibly tomorrow.
As we’re moving databases (and merging them) we need to lock down our content and not change anything. It’s possible that we...
UCF board unlikely to seek EIT
Members say income tax wouldn’t pass referendum, cite loss in 2007 ballot measure
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Although West Marlborough became the fourth municipality in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District to impose an earned income tax (EIT) last month, it seems unlikely school officials will pursue such a tax.
During Monday night’s Board of Education Finance...
Police: Would-be Wawa thieves know the drill
Crooks allegedly foiled by efforts to gain entry with power tools
Detectives believe this alleged thief specializes in gaining access to Wawa stores with power tools.
If police are correct, some tenacious would-be thieves persevered in their attempts to gain entry into a Wawa store in East Goshen because they had been successful in Lower Merion Township.
Westtown-East Goshen Regional police said officers...
