Family Promise gets grant

Family Promise of Southern Chester County was recognized and rewarded for its efforts to alleviate family homelessness by the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls. Family Promise was one of 20 nonprofit organizations awarded funding at CCFWG’s Annual Grants Celebration on June 14. Family Promise of Southern Chester County, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping families with children experiencing homelessness, will utilize this grant…

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Roadwork for June 17 through June 23

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 June 17 through June 23. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones.  •Sweeping and inlet cleaning will cause intermittent lane closures on Route 202 in Birmingham and Westtown townships between 9…

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Letter: Roping in some finances

To paraphrase an old adage, watch the pennies and the dollars will take themselves. But when the pennies are opaque, questions about how many pennies the taxpayers are on the hook for is the question. A curriculum change for ninth grade gym was initially to be supported with a high ropes course costing $100,000-plus. That program never came to fruition but now the district has…

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