Delco Delco Board Faces Opposition to Bus Housing Plan
Tinicum commissioners vow to block the Interboro school board plan as Delco residents protest, accusing double talk and planning to disrupt truck traffic to a resource recovery plant. Alumni plan to save a 52 year old St James school slated for archdiocese closure. Joe Venditti, a long time Drexel Hill barber, retires after 65 years.
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Interboro School Board
Tinicum
West End
Ncdcumaenouss
ST. James
Joe the Barber
Joseph Venditti
Drexel Hill
County and local meetings listed for today
County housing authority meets at 3 p.m. at 1855 Constitution Ave Woodlyn. Regional water quality control authority gathers at 3 p.m. at Delcora Building 100 E. 5th St Chester. Haverford Parks and recreation board meets 7:30 p.m. at township building 2325 Darby Road. Interboro School District board work session at 7 p.m. administration building 9th and Washington Ave. Lansdowne planning commission at 7:30 p.m. 20th Century Club 84 S Lansdowne Ave. Marple environmental advisory board at 8 p.m. township building Springfield and Sproul roads. Morton planning commission at 7:30 p.m. borough hall Sycamore and Highland avenues. Upland council at 7:30 p.m. municipal building Main and Castle avenues.
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County — Housing Authority
Constitution Ave
Woodlyn
Regional Water Quality Control Authority
Delcora
E. 5Th St
Chester
Haverford — Parks and Recreation Board
Darby Road
Interboro School District
Board of School Directors
Washington Ave
Lansdowne — Planning Commission
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Aston approves PECO street light purchase payment
Aston township commissioners authorized a $144 911 payment to Philadelphia Electric Co for street light purchase pending Public Utility Commission approval. President Jim Persing said the township previously paid about one mill or 15 500 monthly for maintenance and bulb replacement. Aston joins other counties buying lights from PECO to save taxpayers money.
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Aston
Philadelphia Electric Co
Public Utility Commission
Jim Persing
PECO
Delaware County districts await new special ed funding bill
Delco's 15 school districts hope the new Legislature in January will pass a special education financing law to enable about 2.6 million due January 28. Authority expires December 31, risking cash flow and possible use of reserves. Budget funds exist but require new authorization and spending rules.
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Harrisburg
Delaware County
Delco
al Gallagher
Gallagher
Pennsylvania Health Coverage among Nation's Top Rates
Health coverage in Pennsylvania remained strong with 7.8 percent uninsured in 1991, 954000 residents, down from 10.1 percent the year before. Nationally 14.1 percent are uninsured. Medicaid expenditures rose from 2.5 million in 1988 to 5.9 million this year, amid an aging population and many union workers with benefits.
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Washington
David Stone
Harris Wofford
D-Pa
Pennsylvania
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Nia
Robert P. Casey
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