Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan announced in a press release that a former 17-year veteran of the Upper Darby Township Police Department is facing multiple theft charges for stealing property including money and narcotics and tampering with evidence from the Upper Darby Township Police Department evidence room. Brad A. Ross, 41, of the 600 block of Massachusetts Avenue, Aldan, is charged with 203 counts…
Sometimes that doggone stress requires more than human comfort, especially in a court-related situation. For that reason, Chester County Sheriff Carolyn "Bunny" Welsh is welcoming a new four-legged deputy, Melody, to her office’s K-9 unit. The Labrador-Golden Retriever joins a team that includes seven German Shepherds, all of whom are trained in tracking, with specialties in drug, accelerant, explosives or cadaver detection. Welsh said Melody’s…
The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department is seeking assistance from the public to locate a missing elderly male from East Goshen Township. Porter May, 86, left his residence on Friday, Dec. 18, at 10 a.m. in a red 2002 Ford Crown Victoria for a doctor’s appointment in West Goshen Township and never arrived, a police press release said. The registration on the vehicle is Pennsylvania…
PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Dec. 19 through Dec. 26. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Route 842 in Pocopson, Newlin, and East Marlborough townships will continue to require lane restrictions on Monday, Dec. 21,…
Sally Ann M. Kelly, age 71, of North Cape May, NJ, formerly of Drexel Hill, PA, passed away on December 15, 2015. Born in Darby, PA, she was the daughter of the late Paul G. and Sarah M. Kelly (nee Jaworski). Sally Ann was a 1962 graduate of Villa Maria Academy, Malvern, PA, and was one of the first women to graduate from St. Joseph's…
Drivers on Route 202 in Chester County will face lane and ramp closures this weekend for construction to shift two lanes of northbound traffic onto the newly widened and rebuilt northbound side of the highway between the Routes 30 and 401 interchanges, PennDOT said in a press release. The upcoming traffic pattern change marks the start of the final, major construction stage of the $63.3…
Historic Kennett Square invites visitors to “meet me by the tree,” a reference to a holiday pocket park created in the borough’s downtown. The pocket park, located behind the borough’s Christmas tree on State Street, has turned a once-empty alley into an outdoor living room through the holiday season, said a Historic Kennett Square press release. “It’s really spectacular at night,” Tara Dugan of Scout…
Following the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, gun sales at Targetmaster went up 50 percent, according to manager Bob Bonnett. Now, he said, after the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, sales at his shop on Route 202 in Concord Township are spiking again. He said the actual figure is hard to gauge, but he estimates gun sales and range use are up 25…