Bandit robs Chester bakery for cash watch and handgun
Police report a bandit robbed Buono Brothers Bakery at West Second Street and Concord Avenue around 3 35 p m on Wednesday. The thief threatened Anthony Iannelli 37 of Aston forced him to the floor and opened a door to grab 19 dollars a watch 150 from the cash drawer and a .32 caliber revolver before fleeing.
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Buono Brothers Bakery
West Second Street
Concord Avenue
Truck Bay
Anthony Iannelli
Bishop Drive
Aston
Retiree's Watch Taken in Street Robbery Chester man robbed at gunpoint
A 65 year old Chester resident Gassie Nasino of 2500 block Chestnut Street was robbed by two youths about 10 30 a m Wednesday at West Mary and Parker streets. A small handgun was held to his head as assailants rifled his pockets and took his retirement watch valued at $250. Nasino earned the watch upon retiring from Pepsi Cola Corp.
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Gassie Nasino
Chestnut Street
West Mary
Parker Streets
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Pepsi-Cola Corp
Chester Plans Second Father's Day Festival Parade
The city will honor fathers with the Second Annual Father's Day Festival starting at 2 p.m. Sunday. A parade of bands and dignitaries including Mayor Joseph Battle and Rev. William Rocky Brown will assemble at Memorial Park. Eight boxing exhibitions, with boxers from Pensauken New Jersey Wilmington Delaware Upper Darby and Philadelphia, will precede a performance by David Simmons of the Sister Sledge Singers and a Night Flight rock concert.
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Joseph Battle
William Rocky Brown
Clinton Johnson
Chester Upland School Board
Peggy Charleston
Memorial Park
Pensauken
N.J
Wilmington
Del
Upper Darby
Philadelphia
Sledge
David Simmons
Chester-Upland teachers reach tentative contract agreement
The Chester-Upland Education Association and School District say they have a tentative contract agreement. Details will be released after the ratification vote by the 532-member CUEA, scheduled for this afternoon at a to be announced location.
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Roast of WPEN deejays Joe Grady and Ed Hurst
The Poor Richards Club will honor WPEN radio hosts Joe Grady and Ed Hurst of the 950 Club on Thursday June 24 with silver medals for their broadcasting work. The show airs weekdays from 4 to 6 p.m. The Central Delaware County Authority seeks office space in the borough hall with a $250 per month lease.
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Joe Grady
Ed Hurst
Richards
950 Club
Morton
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Delaware County Authority
Borough Hall
Delcora
Tall Ships Draw Massive Crowds To Philadelphia Waterfront
The Tall Ships display at Penn's Landing drew bumper crowds and millions are expected through Monday. Venezuelan barque Simon Bolivar won the race ahead of Brazilian sloop Cisne Branco, while U S Coast Guard ship Eagle and others opened free viewing. Governor Thornburgh, Mayor Green, and dignitaries welcomed spectators amid air and water displays.
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Dick Thornburgh
Bill Green
Drew Lewis
Walter Cronkite
Touring a Tall Ship by Patti Mengers
Gloria a barque with three masts and 135 foot high masts anchors Port of Philadelphia as Captain Romulad Zelazowski invites the writer aboard the Colombian vessel Gloria. Captain Jose A Villamizar Hernandez highlights the ship s awards and its mascot Chicote the duck, one year old and having sailed 12000 miles. Zelazowski vows a return visit aboard Gloria before she departs.
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