Concord Township is completing a $432,000 traffic congestion mitigation project designed to enhance traffic signal timing to alleviate delay at nine intersections on Route 202 in Concord and Chadds Ford Townships, a press release said. As part of the proposed adaptive traffic signal control system, video detection cameras will be installed at each intersection approach This project will build upon a similar system installed by…
David John Egan, 67, of Drexel Hill, died Aug.1 in Philadelphia. The cause of death was from complications of mesothelioma. A graduate of Monsignor Bonner High School, he was the president and CEO of Cemtech Energy Controls in Media, a company he established 39 years ago. A lover of all of the arts, his true passion was literature, having amassed a collection of over 15,000 books. He…
Lamenting a bygone era when citizens answered their unlocked doors without checking to see who was there, the National Association of Town Watches (NATW) created National Night Out 32 years ago. During the community-police, awareness-raising event, held on the first Tuesday in August, residents are encouraged to lock their doors, turn on their porch lights, and spend the evening outside with police and members of the community,…
Updated to add a link to the obituary In his statement on the president’s page of the Chester County Historical Society (CCHS) website, Rob Lukens, a native of southeastern Pennsylvania whose ancestors co-founded Germantown in 1683, summed up the passion that he brought to the institution. “I love this place, and know you will, too (if you don't yet!),” it stated. The historical society is…
Pocopson Township is poised to make county history during the fall election – at least unofficially. Barring any unforeseen write-in candidates, voters will be selecting from two Republican women – Elaine DiMonte and Alice Balsama – to fill two vacancies on the Pocopson Township Board of Supervisors. In January, DiMonte and Balsama would join incumbent Supervisor Ricki Stumpo, creating what is likely the first all-female…