Police responded to a single-family residence in the 1100 block of South Chester Road in Westtown Township for an alarm activation that was upgraded to a working house fire on Wednesday, March 16, at 6:53 a.m., according to a press release from the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department. Officers arrived on location to find the front half of the two-story ...
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Chesco DA sees spike in child-abuse reports
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 16th, 2016
An analysis of Chester County child-abuse reports shows a more than a sixfold increase in the past fours years, District Attorney Tom Hogan announced on Wednesday, March 16. “I have talked with my colleagues around Pennsylvania. They also are seeing tremendous growth in the number of child-abuse cases,” Hogan said in a press release. “In order to keep protecting ...
Decile rankings remain a major issue
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on March 16th, 2016
Decile ranking – whether to continue reporting it or not – remains a hot topic for the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board. Directors spent two hours of a four-hour meeting mulling over the issue with no resolution during their March 15 work session. The board is scheduled to vote on the matter during its March 28 meeting. Decile rankings compare students to others ...
GV school board faces outsourcing protest
Posted by Lora B. Englehart on March 16th, 2016
The Garnet Valley Educational Support Professionals Association (GVESPA) delivered a petition with 1,500 signatures to the Garnet Valley School Board at its meeting on Tuesday, March 15. Signees of the petition object to the board’s consideration of outsourcing the district jobs of school custodian, lunchroom worker and bus driver. Union members, parents, teachers ...
Police Log March 16: Stolen cars, pursuit, DUIs
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 16th, 2016
• State police from the Avondale barracks said Daniel Clymer, 25, of Philadelphia, stole a 2002 Subaru from Delaware County on March 10 and drove it to Peale Drive in Pocopson Township, then entered the rear of a house after the homeowner told him to leave. When confronted by the homeowner again, he left that house and drove the stolen car to another home and ...
Hudson River School of Art to be showcased
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 16th, 2016
Masterworks by Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, John F. Kensett, William T. Richards, William L. Sonntag, and other giants of the Hudson River School will be on view at the Brandywine River Museum of Art from March 19 through June 12. Organized by the New York Historical Society from its vast holdings of works by the Hudson River School, “The Poetry of Nature: A Golden ...
Kennett superintendent joins library board
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on March 16th, 2016
The Kennett Public Library Board of Trustees began its monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 15, by voting unanimously to add a 12th member. The board then welcomed Kennett Consolidated School District Supt. Barry Tomasetti to the group. Tomasetti, a father of three who lives in the Landenberg area, said he believes the library has benefitted the community in many ways. ...
