DVRPC plans for 50000 riders if rail shutdown hits New Year's Day
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission unveils a plan to move about 50000 stranded commuters to work if train service ends on New Year’s Day. It will issue 79000 transit maps and 2000 information kits at SEPTA rail stations, with kits and posters available in Delaware County’s 23 stations by Monday.
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Philadelphia
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
DVRPC
SEPTA
Delaware County
John Pickett
Delco Planning Department
Delaware
Hard Times Soften Up Hard Liquor Business
Daily Times reports unemployment hurting bar trade across Delaware County. Rossi's Town Inn opens in Essington near Westinghouse layoffs, shifting focus to family dining as beer remains common. Marianni's Bar Chester and Maximillian's Tavern Prospect Park note fewer patrons, with drink choices shifting from mixed drinks to beer.
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Daily Times
The
Delaware County
George Rossi
Lester
Joseph
Ridley Park
Colonial Bar
Powhattan Ave
Essington
Rossi’s Town Inn
Westinghouse Electric Corp
West
Morton Avenue
Chester
Maximillian’s
Chester Pike
Prospect Park
Maxine Segich
Ken Kasper
Steve Moresi
Marianni’s
Penn Ship
Man Tries to Cash Stolen Check Crash Car in Escape
Police report a Black man in a green jacket attempted to cash a stolen 385 dollar check at Southeast National Bank in Brookhaven. He fled in a stolen car, wrecking through road dividers and church parking lots, abandoned the vehicle, and fled on foot after footprints in the snow led nowhere. The car had been stolen in Philadelphia.
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John M. Eller
Southeast National Bank
Edgmont Avenue
Edwards Drive
Eller
First Gospel Church
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Arlington Avenue
56Th
Market
Philadelphia
Bell frees trapped woman in Pennsylvanian phone booth incident
Bell of Pennsylvania inspected and removed a door from a coin phone booth at a closed service station on Pen nel Road near Route 322 where a woman was trapped Sunday night. Upper Chichester police pried the door, caused by a lug pin dislodgement, open after the caller notified the Delaware County EOC. Bell spokesman John J. pa expressed relief the woman remained calm and alerted authorities.
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Daily Times
Bell
Pennsylvania
Coin Phone Department
Pennell Road
Delaware County
John J. Pa
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