Marple Newtown approves three year teachers contract
The Marple Newtown school directors voted 7-2 to approve a three year teachers contract with an average 8 percent raise each year through 1992-93. Fringe benefits stay largely unchanged. Some residents criticized the raises as unfair while board members defended the deal citing economic conditions.
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Marple- Newtown
Stan Ross
Marple Newtown
Yori
Rita de Santo
Bryant joins Delaware County Women's Commission panel
Chester resident Robin Bryant has been appointed by the County Council to the Delaware County Women's Commission to fill a term expiring in October 1992. The commission is an 11 member advisory board formed to promote civic involvement and address women's issues.
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Chester
Robin Bryant
Delaware County Women’s Commission
Women’s Commission
Fencing Grant Funds Primos Field Tot Lot Project
FOLCROFT borough receives a $15,000 special project grant from the State Legislature Initiative Program to complete fencing around the newly established Primos Field tot lot. The funds secure the final fencing work and protect play area for children.
Patchel loses retrial bid in fatal hit and run case
The Pennsylvania Superior Court refused to reconsider a ruling upholding Paul Patcher Patchel's convictions for the June 11 1988 hit and run deaths of Hazel Fox and Ruth Wright in Middletown Pennsylvania. The court found strong evidence he knew he struck the victims and fled. Patchel’s appeal claimed psychiatric testimony bias and trial errors.
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North Carolina
State Superior Court
Furse
Patchel
Hazel B. Fox
Ruth Wright
Baltimore Pike
Middletown
Granite Run
Patcher
Melvin G. Levy
Delaware
John Gallagher
State Supreme Court
Paxon Hollow scandal blamed on township bureaucracy says Dozer
Daily Times reports Democratic Commissioner Barry Dozer and others fault a diffuse public bureaucracy for the Paxon Hollow Country Club problems. Investigators probe missing revenues while the independent auditor firm Clymer, Merves and Amon faces scrutiny tied to prior HUD findings.
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Paxon Hollow Country Club
Barry Dozer
Paxon Hollow
He Sai
Dozer
Mark DiGiovanni
Clymer
Merves
Water board weighs 17 percent rate increase
Chester City Water Authority considers a 17 percent rise for 32,000 customers after a study by Gannett Fleming. Executive manager Peter K. MacEwen notes no hike since 1987 and a special meeting is set for next month. The board also to provide 300000 gallons daily to the Chester Resource Recovery Authority for seven years, and declined to buy Media Water Company.
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City Water Authority Board
Gannett Fleming Valuation and
Chester Resource Recovery Authority
MacEwen
Resource Recovery Authority
Media Water Company
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Chester Water Authority
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