Delco DA: Officer coerced women for sex acts

A seven-year member of the Chester Police Department used his authority to coerce female detainees into sex acts, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan announced on Thursday, March 10. Roosevelt Turner, 37, of Chester, has been charged with indecent assault, official oppression, and indecent exposure charges, Whelan said in a press release. Turner was arrested Thursday morning by detectives with the Delaware County Criminal Investigation…

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Gilbert L. Johnston of Kennett Square

Gilbert L. Johnston, 87, of Kennett Square, died peacefully on Monday, March 7, at Kendal at Longwood. Gil was born in Harrisburg, the son of the late Mary and Walter Johnston. He was a graduate of Cornell University, Princeton Theological Seminary and Harvard University. Following a ministry at Loudonville Presbyterian Church in New York, he was a professor of East Asian Religion at Pennsylvania State…

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Albert E. Frank III of Cochranville

Albert E. Frank, III, 48, of Cochranville, died Sunday, March 6, in the Temple University Hospital. He was the son of Albert E. Frank Jr. and Elizabeth “JANE” Miller Frank of Cochranville. He was a tow truck driver and mechanic for Triangle Towing in Lester, for 17 years, leaving due to health reasons. After that, he was driving for the Amish community, which he really…

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Popping up at Longwood: rare blue poppies

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Visitors have only about two weeks to view the rare, blue poppies on display in the Longwood Gardens conservatory. Photo courtesy of Longwood Gardens

You’re not seeing things: Those poppies in the Longwood Conservatory really are a luscious shade of blue. Once considered a myth, blue-poppies (Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’) are alive and thriving at Longwood, but only for a limited time. These spectacular flowers – native to the high elevations of the Himalayan Mountains – are on display only for the next 10 to 14 days, according to a Longwood…

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Loans, lights, water dominate borough agenda

Kennett Square Borough Council continued its commitment to improving communication at its meeting on Monday, March 7. As an example of the council’s intention to establish "collaborative pathways" with citizens, Councilman Wayne Braffman described how he responded to resident Tony Talamonti’s belief that the borough’s practice of selling bulk water to non-borough businesses was costing the borough money. At Braffman’s request, Talamonti submitted a proposal,…

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Residential development plan gets a makeover

Wonderland Farms, a planned residential development submitted for Oakland Road near Brinton’s Bridge Road in Chadds Ford, is getting a makeover. The PRD proposal is currently before the Planning Commission, and the plan has changed since last month’s presentation. The project, proposed by Harrier LLC, a Grace Family business entity, has gone from an original plan of 40 units to 38 units in February and…

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Around Town March 10

• The 67th annual Art Sale and Show at Chadds Ford Elementary School is this weekend, Friday and Saturday, March 11 and 12 at the school. The Friday night reception runs from 7 to 10 p.m. and is for adults only. Saturday, the event is open for the entire family and runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a guided tour of the show…

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