Bomb threat at school proves unfounded

A bomb threat prompted Kennett Township Police to evacuate an elementary school on Friday morning, Oct, 17, a threat that ultimately proved unfounded. Police said they responded to Greenwood Elementary at 10:38 a.m. after a school employee found a note in a restroom. The written note implied a threat to “blow” up the school, a police press release said. “We consider bomb threats to be…

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Robert A. Barratt of Chadds Ford

Robert A. Barratt, 86, of Chadds Ford, died Thursday, Oct. 16, at his residence. He was the husband of Mary Louise Hiorth Barratt, who died in 2006, and  with whom he shared 57 years of marriage. Born in Chester, he was the son of the late Arnold and Isabel Mary Pyett Barratt. He was a retired foreman at the BP Refinery in Marcus Hook, for…

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