County urged to form watchdog on federal housing funds
Delaware County council faced calls from Jobs With Peace to create a citizen participation board to oversee Community Development Block Grants after a HUD audit cited suspected misspending of at least 1.6 million. Officials defended expenditures while pledging a formal response and weighing increased public oversight. Delaware County gets roughly 3 million annually in block grants.
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Daily Times
Delaware County
Jobs: With Peace
County Council
HUD
Jobs With Peace
Terry Rumsey
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Council
Mary Ann Arty
Rumsey
Upland Woman Furious Over Flood Damages and Blame
Margaret Allen, 29, voices anger at the borough and Delaware County Housing Authority after a two foot flood destroyed her living room in the 500 block of Third Street. Neighbors cite misrouted drainage pipes and ineffective response as rain totals of .52 inches accompany outages and flood debris. Allen, her children, and furniture suffered losses without flood insurance and will stay with relatives.
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Daily Times
Upland
Margaret Allen
Delaware County Housing Authority
Allen
Billy
Stephanie
Karen
Nikki
Chester
Third Street
Authority
National Weather Service
Gordon Atherholt
Upland Boro Council
Joseph E. Blair
Housing Authority
No charges filed against councilman in elbow incident
District Attorney said there is no sufficient factual basis for initiating criminal charges after Carolyn Mason accused Councilman Edward J. Zetusky Jr. of elbowing her after a May council meeting. Zetusky contends Mason blocked him and caused the collision, but investigators found no criminal violation.
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Carolyn Mason
Edward J. Zetusky Jr
William H. Ryan Jr
County Criminal Investigation Division
Special Prosecution Unit
Zetusky
Ryan
Mason
Local government meeting schedule for multiple towns
Daily list of 16 hearings and council meetings across Aston Bethel Brookhaven Chester Glenolden Haverford Media Morton Ridley Park Ridley Township Rose Valley Tinicum Upper Chichester Upper Darby Upper Providence with times from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at various municipal buildings and township halls.
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Aston — Board of Commissioners
Pennell Road
Bethel
Bethel Road
Brookhaven — Council
Brookhaven Road
Edgmont Avenue
Chester — Planning Commission
Welsh Streets
Glenolden
E. Boone Ave
Haverford
MacDade Boulevard
Morton Avenue
Rose Valley
Long Lane
Garrett Road
Upper Providence
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