Ridley Park to Repave Sellers Avenue and Rebuild Bridge
Borough Councilman Joseph Brancato said PennDOT will start a 1.2 mile Sellers Avenue repaving project in Ridley Township this fall or next spring. The plan includes reconstructing the Sellers Avenue bridge over Amtrak, with a $496,000 price tag. The nine month project may close the bridge for an undetermined period.
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Ridley Park — Borough
Joseph Brancato
Sellers Avenue
Penndot
Ridley Township
Chester Council Orders High Drug Activity Zones
City council approved an ordinance creating high drug activity areas after 25 drug arrests in six months. Mayor Willie Mae Leake can designate zones where standing or loitering for over 30 minutes is illegal, with fines up to 600 dollars or up to 90 days in jail.
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Chester
Willie MaeLeake
Gas spill cleanup after tanker delivery at Amoco station
Police said more than 100 gallons of gasoline spilled from a tanker delivering to the Amoco station at Sproul and Old Marple roads. About 5:30 p.m. the overflow entered storm sewers. Broomall Fire Co and township crew cleaned 105 gallons and rerouted traffic for about two hours. State and DEA officials attended. comment unavailable. In Aston, commissioners approved final plans for a rear addition to American Legion Memorial Post 926 on Concord Road to provide banquet facilities.
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Marple
Amoco
Sproul
Old Marple
Broomall Fire Co
State Department of Environmental Resources
DEA
Aston
Board of Commissioners
American Legion Memorial
Concord Road
Brookhaven Planning Commission Meeting Schedule
Local calendars list Brookhaven Planning Commission at 8 p.m. in the municipal building at Brookhaven Road and Edgmont Avenue. Other items include Chester Water Authority at 2 p.m. and local zoning and council meetings across several towns.
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Brookhaven — Planning Commission
Brookhaven Road
Edgmont Avenue
Chester — Water Authority
Welsh Streets
County — Planning Commission
Folcroft — Library Board
Dalmas Ave
Haverford
Media — Council
Borough Hall
State and
Jackson Streets
Radnor — Zoning Board
Iven Ave
Wayne
Sharon Hill — Emergency Management Agency
Sharon Avenue
Spring Street
Upper Providence — Environmental Commission
Providence Road
Media
Odor study finds no specific culprit linked to Marcus Hook case
Officials report two substances benzene thiol and sulfur dioxide as possible sources but none exceeded safety limits. Sun Co.s Ten Plant identified as odor source on March 21 tied to an oil separator. DEA EPA will monitor air near Marcus Hook Elementary with } continuous sampling, charcoal filters to be installed, and cooperation with school officials ongoing.
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Kelvyn Anderson
Daily Times
Marcus Hook
N. Rao Kona
State Department of Environmental Resources
Sun Co
Ten
DEA
Sun
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
Kona
EPA
DER
Barbara Harper
Paul Blanford
Harper’s
BP Oil
Sun Refining and Marketing
Congoleum
Chichester
Sam Ferrante
Blanford
Linwood
Ferrante
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
Bruce Dorbian
Suit threatens to alter funding of Pay schools
A Pennsylvania suit by PARSS aims to overhaul state school subsidies, claiming Rural and small districts are shortchanged. The action could shift funds in Chester-Upland and Radnor, with potential ripple effects across 83 districts. Radnor and Wallingford Swarthmore officials acknowledge inequities, while leaders warn reforms may reduce aid to wealthy districts.
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Hal Ellis
Harrisburg Bureau
Harrisburg
New Jersey
Chester-Upland
Radnor
Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools
PARSS
Dave Kirkpatrick
Commonwealth Court
Kirkpatrick
C U
Gerry Brandon
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Brandon
Brendon
Larry Martin
Martin
George Slick
Wallingford-Swarthmore
Slick
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Legion
Jersy
W-S
John Cipollini
Penn
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