Daily Archives: December 22, 2014

Pennsbury spends $5 million for 23 acres

Pennsbury Township consummated its deal to buy 23 acres from a subsidiary of Toll Bros. Inc. for $5 million. The deal was finalized on Dec. 12. According to Supervisor Charles “Scotty” Scottoline, $4 million came from a loan — with an interest rate of just less than 2.7 percent over 20 years — another $125,000 came from the Pennsbury Land Trust and the remainder from…

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Teen girls brighten area nonprofits’ holidays

A group of area teenage girls made the holidays brighter for a handful of local nonprofits, which will receive $24,000 in grants from the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, through its Girls Advisory Board (GAB). The GAB wrapped up its session of grant-making this month. With 25 girls – the largest class ever – the high-school students worked for three months to set…

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