April is National Safe Digging Month, and PECO wants to remind all customers and contractors to call 811 to have utility-owned underground lines marked before digging. Nationwide, there were nearly 350,000 incidents of damage to an underground utility line because of digging without first calling 811, according to the Common Ground Alliance, the national association that promotes the 811 phone number and safe digging practices,…
Despite the origin of his company’s moniker, this Kennett area resident is no ordinary Tom, Dick or Harry. W. Thomas Musser transformed the Tri-M Group LLC – eponymously named for the three Musser brothers, Tom Dick and Harry – into one of the leading electrical solutions providers in the eastern U.S. Founded in 1964, the Kennett Square- based electrical contracting company has served the likes…
The April 4 meeting of the Birmingham Township Board of Supervisors was pretty much all about roads. Supervisor Scott Boorse recapped last week’s meeting with PennDOT regarding the Route 926 Bridge project, and Police Chief Tom Nelling said there would be a township-imposed detour on Country Club Road that would coincide with PennDOT’s detour during the bridge reconstruction. As previously reported, construction is set to…
Active threat and reunification on a school campus will be addressed at the bi-annual Safe Schools Summit on Thursday, April 7. From 5 to 8:30 p.m., school administrators, school board directors, law enforcement, teachers and parents are invited to learn more about responding to and recovering from an active shooter scenario. The Safe Schools Summit will be held in the auditorium of Phoenixville High School,…
Construction is scheduled to begin the week of April 11 to replace the Birmingham Road bridge over Radley Run in Birmingham Township, PennDOT announced on Thursday, March 31. In a press release, PennDOT said the new bridge, located between the intersections of Lambourne Road and Stoney Run Drive, is scheduled to open in August. It has been closed to motorists since Sept. 22 due to severe…
State Sen. Andy Dinniman, D-19, is encouraging farmers who want to implement best management practices (BMPs) or purchase on-farm conservation equipment to apply for the remaining 2015-16 Resource Enhancement and Protection program tax credits. REAP, a tax credit program for agricultural producers who install BMPs or make equipment purchases that reduce erosion and sedimentation, is administered by the State Conservation Commission. The program gives agriculture…
After at least 14 years of delays, the Route 926 Bridge replacement project is set to begin in 2017, two years after the last time it was scheduled. If the project goes as planned, the total job will take a year, but detours will last only six months and access to businesses in the area of the bridge will be kept open. That was the…
The federal government has granted disaster assistance to reimburse Chester County and Chester County municipalities for costs associated with the response to the winter storm of Jan. 22 and 23, according to a county press release. Chester County submitted a request for $3,553,431, which included the cost estimated to deal with the snow removal from municipalities and other government agencies. The federal disaster assistance will…
Days after the January blizzard, teams of volunteers spread out across affluent Chester County, searching for residents who often operate below the radar: the homeless. The effort, part of a national initiative called the Point in Time Count, found that 682 people lacked permanent shelter on the evening of Jan. 27 into the early morning of Jan. 28, according to a report compiled by the…
Residents in southeastern Chester and southwestern Delaware counties will benefit from a $2.4 million vegetation management investment to trim trees and remove vegetation along 310 miles of aerial electric lines, said a PECO press release. The work is underway in Bethel, Birmingham, Chadds Ford, Concord, East Marlborough, Kennett, London Britain, New Garden, Pennsbury and Thornbury townships, and the Borough of Kennett Square. It will be…
The Chester County Commissioners spent the majority of their Sunshine meeting on Tuesday, March 22, focusing on intellectual disabilities and domestic violence. Commissioner Michelle Kichline read a proclamation for Intellectual Disability Awareness Month, stating that those with limitations both in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior are valued members of the community. The proclamation reinforced the county’s commitment to “early intervention, education, employment, and home and…