Cimes capsule and town meeting note headline
Flurries pass with no accumulation expected and cool daytime highs in the 30s. The Ester Heights Community Association meeting is rescheduled for 8 tonight at the firehouse in Springfield. Police report two armed robberies at Strawbridge & Clothier in December linked to James Jeffries, who is jailed in Delaware County. Upper Darby Townwatch seeks volunteers at the Public Safety Building.
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Ester Heights
Springfield
Philadelphia
Strawbridge & Clothier
Woodland Ave
Baltimore Pike
James Jeffries
N. Edgwood St
Jeffries
Delaware County
Upper Darby Townwatch
Upper Darby
Public Safety
West Chester Pike
Cover girl becomes Head Start coordinator
Penncrest High School squares off with Coatesville tonight at North Penn High in a first round state basketball playoff game. Page 11 reports on the matchup and local prep action.
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ePenncrest High School
Coatesville
North Penn High School
Haverford residents win traffic safety promises
Lt. Gov. Ernest Kline met Steel Road residents and pledged support for lower speed limits. PennDot will cut the limit to 25 mph and ban parking for 90 days, citing two thirds of recent accidents caused by parked cars. Residents want stop signs at intersections, but state criteria prevent their installation.
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Haverford
Ernest Kline
Steel Road
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
PennDot
Kline
Eagle
Burmont
Central
Steel Roads
Son of politician tied to Chester burglary still free
Ridley Township police link a son of a prominent politician to a Jan burglary at Shahadi Real Estate in Chester that stole notary seals a money writing machine and 562 blank money orders. A $150 money order cashed Jan 26 at Beneficial Savings Bank in Woodlyn is noted. No arrest or formal complaint yet.
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Ridley Township
Shahadi
Chester
Beneficial Savings Bank
Woodlyn
MacDade Blvd
Shahadi’s
Ridley
Charles W. McElwain
Beneficial
McElwain
Beneficial Savings
Father identified as man who saved boy from drowning
Colwyn police named Ronald Miller as the father who pulled five year old Brian Miller from Darby Creek after a near drowning. The boy remained in serious condition at Fitzgerald Mercy Medical Center as authorities pledged safety improvements at the creekside area behind the Colwyn Industrial Complex.
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Colwyn
Brian
William Garrity
Ronald Jr
Seventh St
Keystone Ave
Garrity
Michael Murray
Murray
Doyle aims changes in district justice system bill
Harrisburg report states Rep. Joseph Doyle seeks amendments to the district justice system. The legislation would strip county administrators of transfer powers, shift authority to the Supreme Court administrator, allow part time clerking by retired justices, add a judicial ethics course, and permit full time district justices to practice law in their spare time.
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Times
Harrisburg
Delaware County
House
Joseph T. Doyle
163Rd
Aldan
Doyle
William J. Getty
Nether Providence
Swarthmore
Supreme Court
Settlement in Tinicum fire hassle may end long dispute
A pre-trial settlement may resolve a nearly three year dispute stemming from the Spring 1975 Lester Industrial Center fire. Cleveland Wrecking Co. seeks 35000 for demolition costs after township officials arranged work with Lester Associates, who refused payment. The Beckers are named as defendants, and the site was rezoned from heavy industry to residential use after the fire.
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Lester Industrial Center
Cleveland Wrecking Co
Township Commission
Peter Polinsky
Wrecking Company
Sidney
Leonard Becker
Lester Associates
Beckers
Lester
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Diana Johnston
Sun Valley
Fanny Brown
Shryl
Pat Young
Hillside Road
Young
The
Southeast National Bank
Granite Run
Aston
Tri-State Mall
Concordville
Howard Johnson's
Tinicum
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