Restaurateur Sues Over Fire Ruin At Snowden Store
Media restaurateur Silvio DIgnazio filed a civil suit against H Snowden Rigby seeking to force repair or demolition of the gutted Snowden's Department Store shell at 117 W State St in Media. The building, destroyed by a six alarm fire in December 1976, is slated for repairs and conversion into a $1 million steel and concrete professional office building.
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Marlene Digiacomo
Daily Times
DIA
Media
Silvio FF
Babe
D’ignazio
H. Snowden Rigby
Snowden
James H. Gorbey Jr
Delaware County Court
Rigby
State St
Upper Providence
Country
Towne House owner sues over Snowden site disrepair
D Ignazio owner of Towne House Restaurant at 119 Water St sues over a former Snowden site building now in disrepair threatening adjoining wall and roof integrity. He seeks demolition or reconstruction to prevent collapse. borough has a similar suit and scaffolding is in place for repairs.
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Jewel of Media
D'Ignazio
Towne House
Wate St
Snowden
Snowden’s
D' Ignazio
James Loughran
Rigby
Loughran
Radio dispatch decision stalled in Glenolden debate
Glenolden officials did not vote on future emergency radio arrangements delaying a July 10 decision after a lengthy session with strong Norwood system supporters. The dispute centered on petition validity and cost comparisons between Norwood and county dispatch, with officials noting no clear shift in stance amid questions about who benefits and how signals would be shared.
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Ruth Bissex
Daily Times
Glenolden
County Radio
Norwood
Council
Vincent Toth
William Reese
Reese
Eddystone Council
Walter Kowalski
Collingdate
Edward Zuccarrini
Pres
Frank Hawke
Ridley Park
Ted Stirling Bigger
WNYO
Prisons Boss Firing Sparks Broad Corrections Shakeup
Governor Bartle fired corrections chief Robinson over public disagreements with the attorney general on inmate physical exams and a welding training program at Graterford. With proposed legislation to combine corrections bureaus into a Cabinet department, the shakeup could force sweeping changes across the system and elevate policy control under a secretary reporting to the governor. Robinson could not be reached for comment, while Marks advanced from officer to major and led the training program at Camp Hill before commanding Huntingdon.
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General Assembly
Bureaus of Corrections and Probation and Parole
Graterford
Montgomery County
Robinson
Bartle
Marks
Bureau
Correctional Officers Training
Sci Camp Hill
SCI Huntingdon
Weather Summary for Delaware County and Regions
Delaware County tonight will be clear with a low 55 to 60. Saturday sunny and warm with a high mid 80s. precipitation chances 0 percent tonight, 10 percent Saturday. Sunday and Monday partly cloudy with a chance of showers Tuesday. lows mid 60s to near 70. Highs: Sunday upper 80s, Monday mid 80s, Tuesday low 80s. City temperatures list including New Castle County values and national cities show varied conditions with partly cloudy, fair, or sunny designations. Air quality is satisfactory.
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Delaware County
New Castle County
City
Hi. Lo
Wea
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Delaware County Notices of Deaths and Marriages and Lottery Results
A Delaware County item lists deaths Frederick J. Molin Anna B McIntyre Jesse B Miller Doris P Carroll Linda Pritchard and others plus marriage licenses for numerous couples across Brook haven Darby Lansdowne Havertown Parkside Secane Upper Darby Newark Del Glenolden Springfield and more. It also notes Pennsylvania Daily Lottery June 12 drawing 9 0 6 Jersey Pick It numbers 7 9 5 and Jersey Pick 6 results 27 10 12 19 with bonus 1 7 5 4 8.
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Anna B. McIntyre
Jesse B. Miller
Doris P.carroll
Linda Pritchard
Robert W. Bardsley
Ernest Germany
Henri Elkan
Joseph McDonough
Brookhaven
Janice Chism
Eddystone
James Tubbs
Rita Lane
Darby
Michael Libetti
Lansdowne
Maureen O’donnell
Havertown
William Simmonds 3d
Prospect Park
Mary Ann Maloney
Broomall
Thomas Mandell
Anne Wartman
Parkside
James D. Winner
Linda Brannan
Secane
Warren Dardine
Karen Scattergood
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Lottery to decide radio license in Media
FCC plans a lottery to award a vacant FM channel in Media after years of study and competing bids. Greater Media Radio Co and Philadelphia attorney Alexander Klein Jr are the two top contenders, while Roberts Broadcasting is dropped. The decision, approved on a 4 to 3 vote, aims to avoid further public interest disputes, with the earliest lottery set for the next FCC meeting on June 25.
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Harold D. Ellis
Harrisburg
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Media
Greater Media Radio Co
Alexander S. Klein Jr
Philadelphia
Roberts Broadcasting Corp
Roberts
Abbott Washburn
Joseph Ro Fogarty
Greater Media
Judith Grimes
Reater Media
Klein
Review Commission
Ehonnel
WXUR
Carl Melntire
JCC
Maureen Perstine
Commission
Roberts Group
Suzanne —Haberts
Hotkins Park
Blayne
Kathryn Butcher
Upper Providence
The
Media News Center
Alma Alferr
Wilmington
Protests Persist in William Penn School District Negotiations
The dispute continues as the WPEA accuses the board of stalling while demanding about 73 items in a costly package. A May unfair labor practice charge looms over negotiations, with talks stalled until a state mediator is appointed. The board, led by Donald Ridder, pushes for mediator-led sessions and budget-adjacent steps, with no meetings scheduled yet.
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Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
Sweet
Donald Ridder
William Penn School Board
Kidder
E. Russell Megonegal
Lansdowne-Aldan High School
Forrest. Mutter
WPEA
Budget passage prompts mixed county reaction in Pennsylvania
State budget debate centers on 14 state colleges and TVETS sites with Thornburgh expected to veto funds for municipal overburden. Local lawmakers react, with Rep Stephen Freind praising the budget as tight while Sen Clarence Bell criticizes the conference committee process and school subsidies, and Sen Loeper and Rep Durham offer cautious support after amendments were allowed.
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Stephen F. Freind
Haverford
Freind
Clarence D. Bell
Upland
Bell
Senate
Thornburgh
Bells County
Joseph Loeper Jr
Upper Darby
Loeper
Kathrynann Durham
Durham
Vacant Stay Hotel Fire Damages Chester Block
Chester fire crews battled a 3 alarm blaze at the vacant Stay Hotel and Bat 223 295 E 5th St tearing through the third floor about 40 minutes after Thursday The fire spread to a vacant house on old Elizabeth St and a stove fire on Reading Drive 1700 block in Jamokin Village all minor fires controlled within an hour Fire units from Eddystone Upland and Gard City fought the blazes and a roof fire at the Stag Bar was contained by outside companies.
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Bat
5Th St
Old Elizabeth St
Reading Drive
Jamokin Village
Vincent VicLaughlin
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