Teachers’ request for non-binding arbitration gets OK
40-day process by state-appointed ‘fact-finder’ will create new settlement proposal by end of January
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Association — the teachers union — has asked for a form of non-binding arbitration to break the currently stalled negotiations for a new contract between the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District and...
Chadds Ford approves zero tax hike budget
Township slashes spending by 9% to make up for lost tax revenue
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Township supervisors opted to cut spending, rather than raise taxes or dip into Chadds Ford's surplus for the 2011 budget.
CHADDS FORD — As expected, the board of Supervisors voted Wednesday afternoon to approve a 2011 budget calling for no local tax increase — a feat that required a...
Aqua issues boil order for some Newlin residents
NEWLIN —Aqua America is telling some township residents who get service from their Embreeville well to boil their water through at least Thursday, Dec. 23 after a chlorination system this week.
A breakdown in the disinfection system at the Embreeville well in the Aqua Pennsylvania (Aqua) Spring Run Water System was discovered on Dec. 20. The chlorine feed was repaired and the required chlorine...
Likely fee structure for Unionville activities comes into focus
Three-tiered plan likely to be up for adoption at January school board meeting
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Students can expect a more uniform set of fees for school activities, such as high school football, if the Unionville-Chadds Ford adopts a proposed fee structure in January.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Although nothing is in stone as yet, the likely structure of activity fees for the...
PennDOT cuts speed limit on US 1 in Pennsbury
Serious crash, resident letters appear to spur action; local officials hope to increase area of lowered speed
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
PennDOT agreed to cut speeds along US 1 after a serious accident — one of a number over the years — happened in October.
PENNSBURY — Apparently, someone in Harrisburg is listening.
After years of attempts to get the Pennsylvania Department...
County Commissioners plan Public Safety Training Facility
Commissioner Kathi Cozzone, Commissioner Terence Farrell, and Commissioner Chair Carol Aichele announce the opening of the new training facility.
SOUTH COATESVILLE — The Chester County Commissioners announced plans for the county’s Public Safety Training Facility Dec. 8, at an event in South Coatesville.
The facility will be the county’s first common training academy for all emergency service...
Price questions outsourcing proposal requests
Board member argues administration either biased or incompetent; colleagues call on him to apologize
Controversy surrounds a request for proposal that could put outside workers in Unionville school lunchrooms, such as Unionville High School
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — A school board member alleged Monday night that members of the administration are sabotaging...
WalMart expansion plan moves ahead in a surprising way: calmly
Plans to expand the East Marlborough WalMart into a SuperCenter appear on track.
Supervisors ask for trail paving, traffic light re-timing; SuperCenter expansion seems likely for 2011
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — After nearly two decades of contentious back and forth over first the creation of a WalMart and the pending expansion of the site into a SuperCenter — ...
EM Residents express concern about apartment development
Worries that proposed 20-unit development would worsen flooding issues in Willowdale
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
A 20-unit apartment development is proposed for this empty wooded lot next to the Willowdale Town Center.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — A proposed 20-unit apartment development in Willowdale has local residents worried that it could worsen local storm water runoff and increase flooding...
Gate lock at SuperFresh remains bone of contention
Township, property owner sparring over key system, expansion plans on hold
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
This is gate is locked during the evening, but concerns exist about emergency access.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The say good fences make good neighbors, but in the case of the SuperFresh Supermarket, on U.S. 1, it’s a good locked gate — preventing early morning deliveries and trash...
