Fired teacher appeals after sex change operation in Chester
Chester Art teacher Jewell Ashlie, fired after a sex change operation, plans an appeal at a school board hearing. The Chester-Upland School Board approved the dismissal 6-0 with three absences. The Education Association supports her appeal and notes she has letters of competency.
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Jewell Ashlie
Ashlie
Keith Komarnicki
Chester-Upland
Chester-Upland Education Association
Ashe
Media
Martha Poore
Ridley Township Faces Truck Maintenance and Labor Dispute
Four former township highway department workers quit over a labor dispute. Township manager Raymond H. Kromer says maintenance was neglected and capital improvements were not in the budget. He notes aging sanitation trucks, long overtime questions, and adjusted trash routes while defending staffing and safety concerns.
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Daily Times
Ridley Township
Highway Department
Raymond H. Kromer
Kromer
Kramer
The
Ron Liberatore
Barry Cummings
Sanitation Department
New Jersey
Lee Rogo
Rogo
Commissioners’ Sanitation and Highway Committee
Joseph Rafferty
FOP seeks time limit for police promotional testing
Fraternal Order Police filed suit in Delaware County Court asking to set a strict time limit for civil service exams used for Chester police department promotions. The case follows interim promotions of Sgt. Floyd Lewis and Sgt. Russell McClean to acting captain and comes after an injunction bid earlier in the week. A Sept. 8 hearing date was set to argue the request.
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Fraternal Order Police
FOP
Delaware County Court
Michael A. Paul
Floyd Lewis
Russell McClean
Paul
McClean
Lewis
Joseph Battle
Joseph T. Labrum Jr
John H. Nacrelli
Battle
Labrum
Umbrella forecast amid soaking days before Labor Day weekend
An 18-year-old Chester County woman was kidnapped at knife point while stopped at a red light at Routes 352 and 3 in Westtown. After a struggle the victim escaped. the abductor took her car, a 1974 white over red Toyota Celica.
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Chester County
Westtown
Legal dispute over Sunoco station disputed as franchise
A Delaware County case centers on Thomas Banghart, a Nether Providence Sunoco dealer for 22 years. The State Supreme Court recently held oil company dealer relations as a franchise, not landlord tenant, shaping Banghart's eviction dispute and Sunoco's sale of the property. The decision affects the Banghart matter as Sunoco sold the station after Banghart refused to vacate. The case now awaits higher court action on eviction and remedies.
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Norman Darwin
Philadelphia
Penn-Del Gasoline Dealers Association
Delaware County
Thomas Banghart
Providence
Banghart
Sunoco
Township Line Road
Upper Darby
Sun Co
Sun
Oil Company
County Court of Common Pleas
Robert F. Kelly
Sheriff's Office
Police Department
Edward J. Carney
Mor, Inc
Carney
Darwin
Mor
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