County to seek audit of 911 fee payment by telcos

WEST CHESTER — The Chester County Board of Commissioners introduced a resolution at this week’s Commissioners’ Sunshine Meeting, that authorizes the law firm of Dilworth Paxson LLP, and the telecommunications auditing firm, Phone Recovery Services LLC to undertake a legal review and forensic audit, to determine if telephone companies providing service in Chester County have failed to bill, collect...

Loughery files suit against banks on recording fees

Chester County seeks $10M in fees not paid on mortgages Rick Loughery, Chester County Recorder of Deeds. WEST CHESTER — Chester County Recorder of Deeds Richard Loughery announced Wednesday that he and Chester County have filed a lawsuit against several of the nation’s largest banks and others in the residential mortgage industry to recover millions of dollars in recording fees for mortgage assignments...

Happy Dental New Year

A new year could mean new insurance and different rules and fees By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, The Times January is the month of renewal, time to start over, make some healthy changes or break some old habits.  It is also a new year for most dental insurance plans. There is no perfect dental insurance plan, some plans will work better for you and your family.  Dental insurance plans...

Letter: opposes charges for school facility use

Editor’s note: the following is a letter sent to Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education and administration. An earlier version appeared as a comment to a story here, but the author asked that the original comment be removed and replaced with this letter. To The Editor, Let me preface this with these comments do not directly reflect the opinions of the URA Board of Directors or Organization...

Schools to charge non-profits for facility use

District seeking to recoup costs from URA, SCCSA, KAU among others, but debate over size of charge remains By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Non-profit groups such as the Unionville Recaretion Association, Southern Chester County Soccer Association and the KAU Little League will have to pay a facilities' use fee starting in 2012-13. How much that fee will be was a subject of discussion,...