3 days of potentially dangerous heat predicted

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for the area from noon on Thursday, Aug. 11, through 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13. Heat index values of 100 to 105 are to peak from 2 to 5 p.m. each afternoon of the heat warning, with the highest values predicted for both Friday and Saturday. However, a few isolated thunderstorms could bring temporary…

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Op/ed: Don’t change Station Way Road

The Chadds Ford Village Plan is a wonderful and visionary major improvement to our community. As with many large plans such as this however, what may seem practical and a good idea, may have real problems when implemented. When the idea was proposed to change the direction of travel on the one-way Station Way Road to the opposite direction, I looked at it with an…

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Chesco commissioners win state posts

The County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) held elections at its 130th Annual Conference in Carbon County this week and two Chester County commissioners won leadership posts. Harlan Shober, a Washington County commissioner, became the 2017 president of the association; Dennis Stuckey, a Lancaster County commissioner, was elected first vice president; Chester County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone became second vice president; and Chester County Commissioner Michelle…

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Gerard “Bib” D. Troilo West Grove

Gerard “Bib” D. Troilo, 91, West Grove, died Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Christiana Hospital in Newark. He was the husband of Christine E. Paisley Troilo, with whom he shared 71 years of marriage. Born in Collingswood, N.J., he was a son of the late Joseph and the late Eleanor Troilo Teti. Mr. Troilo served our country in the Navy during WWII. He was general…

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Police Log Aug. 10: DUIs, assault

• State police from the Avondale barracks arrested an Oxford man on Saturday, July 23, at 12:31 a.m. for suspected DUI. Police said Jeffrey W. Sargent, 41, was stopped on East Baltimore Pike in Kennett Township. • On Tuesday, Aug. 2, at about 11:30 a.m., officers from the Westtown East Goshen Regional Police Department stopped a commercial motor vehicle transporting automobiles for an equipment violation…

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