Costello announces run for Chester Co. Commissioner
Ryan Costello
WEST CHESTER – Chester County Recorder of Deeds Ryan Costello today announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for Chester County Commissioner. Costello will seek to replace Carol Aichele, who has accepted an appointment to serve as Pennsylvania Secretary of State under incoming Governor Tom Corbett.
As Recorder of Deeds, Costello reduced spending in the county row office,...
Corbett taps Aichele for State post
Potential departure of county commissioner could be leg up for GOP candidate in 2011
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Chester County Commissioner Carol Aichele has been tapped to join the administration of incoming Gov. Tom Corbett.
Chester County could be getting a new county commissioner sooner rather than later — as incoming Gov. Tom Corbett has picked current commissioner Carol Aichele...
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...
Despite spending cuts, local, school and county taxes going up in 2011
Plummeting real estate market, loss of state aid, pension costs putting big hole in government budgets but the worst is yet to come in 2012
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Despite slashing roughly $5 million in spending, the same drops in tax revenue that are plaguing Unionville’s school district and local towns are hitting Chester County hard, meaning taxpayers can expect an increase...
County merges departments
WEST CHESTER _ An announcement made to the Chester County Commissioners at yesterday’s
Sunshine meeting outlined the merger that has taken place between the county’s Facilities Management and
the Parks and Recreation departments.
The announcement was based on the findings of a study undertaken for the county that reviewed
ways in which Chester County’s Facilities Management costs could be saved...
New tax rules leave Unionville caught between state, county laws
New county regulation would force schools, local towns to ignore state law
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
New tax debt reporting rules by Chester County could force local towns and school districts to violate state laws.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Unionville school officials are concerned about new rules by Chester County that could force the district to be in violation of state laws regarding...
Commentary: Politics trumps common sense in open space cuts