Chichester OKs 15.8 Million Budget With Tax Rise
Chichester school directors adopted a 15.8 million budget for 1985 86 with a 14.43 mill tax increase. Homeowners will pay 313.52 mills in school tax next year for every thousand dollars of assessed value. The average home valued at 2500 will see a 36 increase. Officials credited higher revenues from transfer taxes delinquent real estate tax collections interest on investments and other sources to bridge the budget gap.
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Upper Chichester
Chichester
Budget gets the nod in Garnet Valley school board vote
The Garnet Valley school board approved an 8,734,922 budget with a 14.7 mill rise totaling 265.8 mills for Concord and Chester Heights and an extra 7.1 mills for Bethel residents supporting Delaware County Community College. The average home assessed at 4000 will pay about 59 more dollars, raising the owner’s total to 1329. A 795,000 tax anticipation note was also approved. Delaware County Chief Fire Marshal George T. Lewis attends a National Fire Academy program in Harrisburg, invited by State Fire Commissioner Charles A. Henry, to advance education for Pennsylvania fire managers.
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Concord
Garnet Valley
Chester Heights
Bethel
Delaware County Community College
Harrisburg
Delaware County
George T. Lewis
National Fire Academy
National Fire and Burn Education Association
Pennsylvania
Dennis Garvine
Delaware County Fire Prevention Committee
Lewis
Charles A. Henry
Collingdale Seeks Players for Summer Youth League
Applications for the Collingdale Boys Basketball League are due today June 26 at borough hall 237 Clifton Avenue. Open to all boys aged 13 to 16 with a $25 team registration fee to cover game officials.
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Collingdale
Borough Hall
Clifton Avenue
Norwood Fire Company gets two year loan relief
The Norwood Fire Company secured an $8,300 two year loan at negotiable rate from the council to ease a cash flow shortage. Councilman Dirk Delgrego said the department is pursuing a membership drive while awaiting timely membership fees to replenish funds.
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Norwood
Norwood Fire Company
Dirk Delgrego
Grass Fire Smoke Seen From Jersey Across River
At about 8 p.m. last night dark smoke appeared over the area and was explained by Fire Chief Robert Bernauer as blowing from a fire across the river in New Jersey.
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Tinicom
Lester
Robert Bernauer
New Jersey
Vigil set for hostages in Beirut and aid efforts
A Springfield prayer vigil is planned for American hostages in Beirut and the global crisis affecting Redeemer Roads. Alan Hughes, pastor of Re- appears among organizers as efforts to resolve the situation continue.
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Springfield
Beirut
Minister and Husband Await City to Fix Sink Hole Outside Pennell Street
Reverend Lyla McKenzie and her husband wait since Memorial Day for the Chester city street department to determine responsibility for patching a sink hole outside their Pennell Street home. The city says ownership of repairs depends on fault, with street crews diverted to cleaning.
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Daily Times
Chester
Pennell Street
Lyla McKenzie
McKenzie
City Street Department
Michael Koterba
Koterba
Bert Hodge
Merle
Monitico trash hauler loses bid to dump at Delco landfill
Globe Disposal Co. sued Delaware County after the county refused to accept its waste at the Colebrookdale Landfill. The judge allowed the county to refuse out of county waste but ordered 45 days of sludge acceptance for Upper Merion to secure an alternate dump. Nicolet Inc. supported the injunction.
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Monitico
Delco
Daily Times
Montgomery County
Delaware County
Colebrookdale
Globe Disposal Co
Globe
Nicolet, Inc
Ambler
Common Pleas
Frank Lynch
Upper Merion
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