Springfield Teachers Union authorizes strike movement
The Springfield Education Association authorized union leaders to call a strike after an overwhelming 183 of 186 bargaining unit members approved the move in a voice vote. The contract expires August 31, with teachers seeking fair salaries and teaching rights aligning with county peers. District officials defend the district as a top school with prior national awards.
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Springfield
Springfield Education Association
Yestern
Ann Frye
Frye
Charles McLaughlin
Delaware County
Association
Maryann Eisenhart
George McKenna
Haunted Heilbron mansion burned in arson blaze
State and township fire officials say arson caused the June 4 fire that left only four walls of the abandoned Heilbron mansion on Rose Tree Road. A fire investigator noted a front door interior blaze and possible other points with flammable liquid. The property, about 150 years old and vacant two and a half years, sits on 100 acres managed by the Heilbron estate.
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Harry Maitland
Daily Times
Middletown
Heilbron
George Wert
Wert
Middletown Township
Jack McKeown
Rose Tree Road
McKeown
Providence Road
Upper Providence
Rose Tree
Lima
Lenni Heights Fire Co’s
Tillie Heilbron
Walt Chernokal
Court declines large fee award in Massey tax sale case
The 3rd U S Appeals Circuit refused to order Grace Building Co to pay more than 12 000 in attorney fees to Joseph Massey a Glenolden man whose home on West Cooke Avenue was sold for non payment of taxes in 1969. The dispute stems from a 1975 class action alleging all Delaware County tax sales were unlawful due to improper notice. Rose Valley council approves two one way signs at Pew Park to deter wrong way driving on Rose Valley Road. Chester Zoning Hearing Board approves Chester Care Center Inc plan for an 80 bed addition at 15th Street and Shaw Terrace with an estimated cost between 1 5 and 3 million. Delaware County Human Resources reports a housing assistance grant of 66 873 from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare to help residents facing eviction or utility disconnection.
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Philadelphia
3Rd Circuit Court of U.S. Appeals
Delaware County
Glenolden
Joseph Massey
West Cooke Avenue
Grace Building Co
Massey
Chester
Chester Care Center, Inc
15Th Street
Shaw Terrace
Delaware County Human Resources Department
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Times staffers garner writing awards
Two Delaware County Daily Times writers won top Sigma Delta Chi honors at a Philadelphia banquet. Andi Getek earned first in Best News Story for a probe into Delco Dislocated Worker Training Program. Patti Mengers won first in Excellence in Writing for a piece on striking gravediggers in Darby Township cemetery.
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Delaware County Daily Times
Sigma Delta Chi
Society of Professional Journalists
Andi Getek
Patti Mengers
Williamson
GSB
City Line Avenue
Philadelphia
Getek
Delaware County
Mengers
Darby Township
Joe Mondecourt
Daily Times
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Hershey Lodge
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Harold Cameron
Constance Westbie
B and B Developing Co
Chadds Ford
Rose Valley
Penndot
Pew Park
Rose Valley Road
Paula Healy
Ridley Road
Delco
Times
Chester Times
Bob Ford
Bill Alnor
Ford
Wiffle
Alnor
Drummond
Frederick
Church of Our Savior
Concordville
Monchecourt
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