Light turnout for primary

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Chester and Delaware counties are reporting light voter turnout in Tuesday’s primary. Both say turnout was just less than 23 percent.

As is often the case with primary elections, turnout can be low. That’s, especially so when there are no contested races. In many cases, campaign signs outnumbered voters at any given time. At the Concord Township municipal complex on Thornton Road yesterday, pickleball players often outnumbered voters at the two precincts at that complex. But while the turnout was low — an average of less…

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Police Log April 24: Shoplifting, threats, DUI

Pennsylvania State Police Media Barracks • Police are investigating a case of a counterfeit $100 bill used as payment for five cupcakes at the Cupcake Sisters in Concord Township on March 23. Police also investigated a bogus $100 bill passed at The Meat Market on March 25, but that case was closed due to a lack of leads, police said. • Tyler Haile, 26, of…

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