No sale at city auction in Chester tax sale failure
Tax delinquent properties in Chester failed to sell at a public auction with 149 properties facing over 500000 in back taxes. Only 11 attendees, no bids, leaving Chester Upland School District and Delaware County owed taxes while officials await a new plan.
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Trisha Cofsell
Daily Times
Chester
Delaware County Tax Claim Bureau
Jane Deshong
Tax Claim Bureau
Chester-Upland
Delaware County
Deshong
Tax Bureau
Delaware
John J. Diggins
Ms. Deshong
Notre Dame High Students Oppose School Switch
Parents and students from Notre Dame High School in Chester protest the Archdiocese of Philadelphia plan to relocate Notre Dame girls to Cardinal O’Hara High next fall. The school is slated to close this June. Spokeswoman Vera Dolan said petitions against the reassignment have had no success.
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Chester
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Notre Dame
Cardinal O’hara
Vera Dolan
O’hara
Fair weather fiend? Deep freeze cuts outdoor crime
Crime slips by Lynn Keyser notes police report a drop in outdoor crimes when snow and cold deter activity. Officers from New York to Delaware observe fewer muggings, burglaries, and purse snatches as criminals retreat indoors, with quotes from Sgt. Joseph Funcheon and Lt. Robert Dukes.
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Lynn Keyser
Daily Times
New York
Joseph Funcheon
Times Square
Paradise
Delaware
State approves Sacred Heart plan for psychiatric facility
After two years of talks the state approves a 1 annual lease with Sacred Heart Hospital to operate a short term psychiatric unit at Haverford State Hospital. Renovations of Building 9 will begin, expanding care for residents of Haverford Marple Newtown and Radnor with 23 beds from Sacred Heart.
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Sacred Heart
Gerry Oliver
Daily Times
Chester
Haverford
General Hospital
9Th and
Wilson Streets
Delaware County
Edgmont
Springfield Townships
Marple
Newtown
Radnor
Mary Margaret
Cold winter ices over fuel program
Delaware County faces fuel aid shortfall as $105,000 in state funds exhausted and $50,000 still pending. Ed Truitt, emergency fuel coordinator, reports 994 emergency deliveries since December 1 and plans for warming centers if heating fails.
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Trisha Cofsell
Daily Times
Delaware County
Ed Truitt
Delaware County Council
Truitt
Would-be judges hit another snag
Senator O Pake seeks new public hearings for two Delaware County judgeship nominees Frank T Hazel and Charles C Keeler along with 12 others after claiming notice was insufficient. He says meaningful hearings require prior local newspaper advertisements to inform the public.
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Harold D. Ellis
Harrisburg
Delaware County
County Court of Common Pleas
Michael A. O’pake
Berks
Senate Judiciary Committee
Frank T. Hazel
Charles C. Keeler
Judiciary Committee
Edgar aide robbed at knifepoint near railroad trestle
Radnor resident John Briscoe, aide to U S Rep Robert W Edgar, was robbed at knifepoint about 30 dollars at 5 50 p m Wednesday near the railroad trestle at 6th and Sproul streets. Police pursued a suspect three blocks to the 520 where he struggled with officers.
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Chester
John Briscoe
Radnor
U. S
Robert W. Edgar
6Th
Sproul
Lil MaMa a houseboat dream built in kitchen and patio
Dick Mason vows a cruise to calm his fear of flying and enlists Louise to help. For six months they labored on a scale model of the Lil MaMa boat, started last June on a patio and finished New Year’s Eve with scraps remaining. The project grew cramped in their Stoney Creek home as the model grew.
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Louise
Louise Mason
Dick and Park
Barbara Ormsby
Daily Times Co
Ridley Park
Dick Mason
Mercer County
Mason
Mike Metala
Lil
Stoney Creek
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