Delaware County Council advances food factory reforms and warming kitchen
The Delaware County Council approved a $450,000 warming kitchen design for the Fair Acres Geriatric Center and revised its management contract with ARA Inc. The move follows a $1 million annual loss blamed on overdesign by the former architects and signals a shift to prepared foods from faster options.
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ARA Inc
Stanford G. Brooks & Associates
Fair Acres Geriatric Center
Middletown
Geriatric Center
Brooks
Delaware County Authority
Delaware County Hospital Authority
Council
Detective wins fight over firing in Delaware County
Lou J D Iorio of Chadds Ford wins legal victory to be reinstated as a Delaware County detective with back pay retroactive to February 27 1976. Judge Joseph T Labrum Jr finds only county council could remove an employee during that period and orders reinstatement with about 40000 in back pay. The county has 30 days to appeal.
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Marlene Digiacomo
Daily Times
Lou J. D’lorio
Chadds
Ford
Delaware County
Delaware
Joseph T. Labrum Jr
D’iorio
Dist. Atty
Frank Hazel
Labrum
Jack Brian
Brian
Cal
County Council
Hazel
D’lorio
Tee
Brian D'lorio
Chester County
District Attorney’s Office
Dist
Robert A. Graci
State Superior Court
Graci
Delaware County Court
Surprise snowfall snarls Delaware County area
A sharp morning snowstorm blankets Delaware County with 2 to 4 inches, slick roads and delays across highways and public transit. Cars slide, injuries possible. Conrail and SEPTA report late trains and slower buses as area schools monitor conditions.
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Lynn Keyser
Daily Times
Delaware County
Philadel
Conrail
Joseph Harvey
Paoli
Harvey
Media
West Chester
SEPTA
Joaquin Bowman
Bowman
County taxes to rise by 6 percent in '80
County property owners face a 6 percent real estate tax increase for 1980 as the county council approves a $67,439,000 budget and a 3 mill hike. The new millage rises to 49.5 mills, costing the average homeowner an extra $9 to $12, with the increase described as well below previous levels.
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Bonnie Bald
Daily Times
Stater Media Courthouse
Delaware County
Charles C. Keeler
Keeler
Thomas J. Lynch
Finalists named in Pennsylvania Lottery millionaire draw
Harrisburg reports five finalists including a Lansdowne man aged 62 in the 41st millionaire drawing set for 12 30 p m Friday in the state Capitol rotunda. The man previously won 1500 six years ago as a Philadelphia postal employee.
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Harrisburg
Lansdowne
State Capitol
Bernard J. McGuire
Philadelphia
McDonald's boosts Merry Christmas Fund donations
McDonald’s eight restaurants contributed $500, lifting the fund total to $1,550 as part of a breakfast coffee donation plan. The goal remains $2,500 by Christmas Eve with locations in Brookhaven Clifton Heights Folsom Haverford Holmes Springfield Newtown Square and Aston participating. Ginny Wakefield sponsored a 25 cent mystery book page count guess raising $51.75. a winner received a record donated by Wakefield. The fund aids 950 Delaware County families via the Chester Salvation Army with gifts to nursing home residents and inmates. The Philadelphia Fox will air a benefit game tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. with $1 from each ticket to the women’s basketball game vs Milwaukee Does at the Civic Center.
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McDonald’s
Brookhaven
Clifton Heights
Folsom
Haverford
Holmes
Springfield
Newtown Square
Aston Ginny Wakefield
Garnet Valley High School
Butch Johnson
Wakefield
Chester Salvation Army
Delaware County
T the
Salvation Army
Philadelphia Fox
Milwaukee
Civic Center
Jerry Hampton Furniture Co
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Bonnie Baldwin
Delaware County Council
Tde
Stephen Hanes Associates
Authority
Bellante, Clauss, Miller & Nolan
ARA
Dennis J. Rochford
Today's Times
Georges Bank’ Oi
Robbe
Tanners Exxon
Chester Pike
Washington Avenues
Pullman
Wash
UPI
Washington State University
Streit-Perham Hall
John Stickney
Mercer Island Wash
Dick Fry
WSU
David Trimble
Scopes
New Jersey
Gulf
Pittsburgh
Gulf Oil Ag
Thettsburgh-based
McDonald's Toasts Fund
Clifton Precision Litton System Inc
Gulf & See Fund
Fair Acres
Jean Bender
Ms. Bender
Solid Waste Department
Bender
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