Chester Township weighs rules for front yard pools
Chester Township Supervisors authorize Solicitor and engineer to draft an ordinance regulating pool construction after a Toby Farms homeowner sought an above ground pool in her front yard. Board chair Stanley Kester noted concern about more front lawn pools. the solicitor will review zoning requirements for such structures.
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Chester Township
Chester Township Board of Supervisors
Sopereie Scen 8
Toby Farms
Stanley Kester
Board
Edward Zetusky Sr
Chester approves senior center plan at 9th and Hayes
The Chester city council approves final plans for a $400,000 senior citizens community center at 9th and Hayes. Senior Community Services and the County Services for the Aging will operate the facility, with zoning hearing board approval required to allow the site.
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Chester
9Th and Hayes Streets
Senior Community Services
The
County Services For the Aging
CCSA
Council
Citys
9Th and
Hayes
Public meetings listed for several towns this evening
A dense schedule of local government and board meetings across multiple boroughs and townships. Delcor a committee and various council sessions are set for 6 8 p m at municipal buildings courts centers and schools, with topics ranging from sewer authority and zoning to library boards and school committees.
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Bethel — Sewer Authority
Bethel Road
Brookhaven — Council
Brookhaven Road
Edgmont Avenue
Collingdale — Park and Recreation Board
MacDade Blvd
County
Delaware Valley Regional Finance Authority
Delcora
E. 5Th St
Chester
East Lansdowne — Council
Borough Hall
Emerson
Lexington Avenues
Eddystone — Council
12Th
Saville Avenue
Folcroft — Council
Elmwood Ave
Southeast
Delcc School Board
Delmar Drive
Primos Avenue
Haverford — Commissioners
Darby Road
Marcus Hook
10Th
Green Streets
Marple
Sproul Road
Prison guard fired over AIDS dispute
Daniel P. O Connor a 25 year old corrections officer at Delaware County Prison in Thornbury says he was fired for refusing to guard an inmate with AIDS and for demanding more protection and AIDS education for prison staff. County officials say the inmate's AIDS status was not confirmed at the time and debate over safeguards continues.
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Upper Darby
Delaware County
Thornbury
Daniel P. O’connor
Kenneth Matty
O’connor
O'Connor
Glenthorne Road
AIDS toll rises in state prisons with eight deaths
State prison spokesman says eight AIDS deaths have occurred in the prison system since 1985, with two former inmates dying after parole. Ken Robinson notes the system of 12 prisons and 15 centers houses about 15,700. He attributes most prison cases to preentry needle sharing and cites three AIDS deaths this year, two at Graterford and one in Pittsburgh. An orientation program started in 1986 after earlier brochures.
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Ken Robinson
State Department of Corrections
State Correctional Institution
Graterford
Montgomery County
Officials defend blast efforts at DeFinizio Imports
Tinicum officials defend firefighting actions at Essington car dealership after an explosion killed one. Fire Chief Walter Lee and Police Chief Robert Lythgoe said removing parts of a cyclone fence and moving cars were necessary to reach the fire and recover the victim. DeFinizio family objected to fence removal and car removal, but officials maintained they acted to save lives and control the scene.
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Daily Times
Tinicum
DeFinizio Imports Inc
Essington
Walter Lee
Robert Lythgoe
Thomas DeFinizio
Deborah
DeFinizios
Lee
Lythgoe
Joseph Zentmyer
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Chester Two
Aston — Public Works
Municipal
Pennell Road
Middletown — Council
N. Pennell Road
Nether Providence — Zoning Board
Sykes Lane
Wallingford
Newtown — Supervisors Public Caucus
Bishop Hollow
Radnor — Commissioners
Ivon Ave
Ridley Township
Citizens Building Commission
Morton Avenue
MacDade Boulevard
Sharon Hill
Swarthmore — Council
Park Avenue
Main Streets
Upper Providence — Council
Providence Road
Yeadon
William Penn School Board
Bell Avenue
Delco
John M. Roman
Daniel Mullarkey
Delaware County Prison Employees Independent Union
Leonard J.maloney
Maloney
Matty
Pittsburgh
Harry Maitland
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