New Garden’s Board of Supervisors will consider a resolution next month in support of legislative efforts to create an independent redistricting reform commission in Pennsylvania It’s part of an effort by Fair Districts PA, a nonpartisan statewide citizens group whose goal is to end gerrymandering – a term used to describe when voting districts are redrawn to benefit those in a particular political party. David…
Newlin Township residents who packed the board of supervisors meeting Monday night expressed their displeasure when two-thirds of the supervisors failed to support a motion that would put an anti-gerrymandering resolution to a vote. “Isn’t it important the township support this?” asked Newlin resident Marilyn Tully asked after board Chairwoman Janie Baird made a motion that was not seconded. Gerrymandering is a term used to describe how…
Southern Chester County residents – and especially Pocopson Township residents – can learn more about efforts to fight gerrymandering in Pennsylvania during a special meeting May 11. The meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. at Unionville High School, is one of many by Fair Districts PA, a statewide group dedicated to reforming the redistricting process. Gerrymandering is a term used to describe how voting districts…
At least three of the 19 companies who submitted proposals for the Barnard House feasibility study will have a chance to be interviewed by the Pocopson Township supervisors. The proposals specify renovations needed for re-purposing the building for use by the township and Kennett Underground Railroad. Each of the supervisors will pick her top five proposals and send the list to Vice Chairman Elaine DiMonte,…
Pocopson Township Supervisors will provide an update Monday on the Barnard House feasibility study proposal. The supervisors meet at 7:30 p.m. Proposals to look at possible uses for the Barnard House and the township’s Denton Hollow facility were received by Feb. 28, and the township had been reviewing them in March. There were 19 proposals in total, according to supervisors’ Vice Chairman Elaine DiMonte. Once…
It’s been almost two weeks since the Route 926 bridge closed, and the phones at the Pocopson Township building have been nearly silent with calls about it. “The first week of the 926 bridge outage has gone better than expected,” Supervisors’ Vice Chairman Elaine DiMonte wrote in an email. “The township received three phone calls on Tuesday, Feb. 14 regarding the new traffic signal, but…
Work on replacing the Route 926 Bridge will begin next month, but plans to install a traffic signal in advance of it will begin sooner. The $8.6 million project, expected to last until Sept. 1, will officially begin in February, according to the Transportation Management Association of Chester County. The 26-foot-wide state-owned bridge in Birmingham and Pocopson townships was declared structurally deficient, and a notice…
There will be no leadership changes for Pocopson Township’s Board of Supervisors. At its reorganization meeting Tuesday, Ricki Stumpo was named chairwoman and Elaine DiMonte was named vice-chairwoman. Alice J. Balsama is the third supervisor. Other township appointments and committee members were approved on Tuesday, as were meeting dates for 2017. The supervisors, who normally meet the second and fourth Mondays at 7:30 p.m., will…
The Pocopson Supervisors closed out 2016 by accepting dedication of a road in a subdivision and discussing several park projects. The supervisors’ Chairman Ricki Stumpo also congratulated fellow supervisors Elaine DiMonte and Alice Balsama on their first full year with the board. “You’ve brought intelligence, tact and wit to these meetings,” Stumpo said of DiMonte, the board vice chairman, and Balsama. “Thank you for the…
Pocopson Township residents will not see their taxes increase in 2017. The supervisors adopted a 2017 budget at their Nov. 28 meeting that keeps tax rates at 2.2 mills and projects an overall fund balance of $1.97 million by the end of 2017. (A mill is $1 for every $100 of assessed valuation.) The budget also keeps the earned-income and net-profit tax at half a…