Chester-Upland para professionals finally get raises
Chester-Upland School District approved raises costing about 380000 for 300 para professionals after two years without increases. Administrative staff gains average ten percent. 12 month clerks receive 1000, 10 month clerks 850, drivers and maintenance 50 cents hourly, lunchroom aides 25 cents, and teacher aides 645. Raises not retroactive. Paraprofessionals formed an in-house union and voted to affiliate with Teamsters. board appeals.
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Chester
Chester Upland
Harold Smith
Teamsters Union
Sun Ship case in limbo delays possible prosecution
District Attorney Frank Hazel said he will not announce a possible Sun Ship prosecution for at least a week. He planned to meet aides to discuss a potential arrest tied to a June shipyard incident aboard the S S Lash Atlantico that killed four workers from carbon dioxide exposure after a manually triggered extinguisher release.
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Frank Hazel
Sun Ship
Hazel
S.S. Lash Atlantico
TV burglar sentenced in Willowbrook Apartments case
A 19 year old Boothwyn man was sentenced to two to 12 months in prison for taking part in a Willowbrook Apartments burglary last June 25. Lawrence Sianni of Locust Street pleaded guilty to stealing a TV from an Upper Chichester residence.
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Boothwyn
Willowbrook
Lawrence Sianni
Locust Street
Chichester
Two inmates remain at large after Woods Haven escape in Delaware
In Claymont Delaware police report two of three women who escaped from Woods Haven Cruse Detention Facility a week ago remain at large. Trina Divirgillio 19 of Delaware City and Patricia Hendrickson 22 of New Castle fled Aug 22 through an open door during a commotion caused by inmate Shield Luff who stabbed a guard and took her hostage before Luff was captured. Divirgillio was serving two years for burglary and theft while Hendrickson faced four years for forgery theft and unlawful use of credit cards.
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Claymont
Del
Woods Haven Cruse
Trina Divirgillio
Delaware City
Patricia A. Hendrickson
New Castle
Shield L. Luff
Lewes
Collingdale to Hold Sept 9 Meeting on Health Code Update
Borough council will meet September 9 in Clifton Avenue municipal building to consider adopting an ordinance updating the health code. The measure proposes increased fees and fines and replaces the usual first Monday schedule with the holiday.
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Collingdale
Bec
Munici Clifton ‘Ave
Specter to Hear Federal Education Budget Cut Impact
U S Senator Arlen Specter will chair a special oversight hearing in Philadelphia at 9 36 a m at the U S Courthouse Sixth and Market streets. The Senate Subcommittee on Health and Human Services and Education will examine how federal budget cuts affect education.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
6Th
Markett Streets
Senate
Tions
Health and Human Services
Tenants’ alleged YMCA fraud sparks legal probe in SE Delco
Raymond an Elwyn student in the Southeast Delco YMCA shelter program at Central Branch reported his Social Security and school funds were stolen by YMCA employees. Gennie Hales, a para-legal, filed a case report prompting DA scrutiny into mismanagement and possible fraud tied to shelter funds and grant money. She said YMCA officials refused shelter program funding documentation, raising concerns about misused donor money.
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Daily Times
Chester
Raymond
Elwyn
Delco Ymca
Central Branch
YMCA
The
Delaware County Legal Assistance Association
Gennie Hales
Elwyn School
S. Eyre Drive
Hales
Delaware County District Attorney's Office
Gibson
Central
Castle site sold at tax sale after fire demolition begins
The 1.5 acre Plush Mill Road property once housing the Gothic Castle is listed in Delaware County tax sale for 27 000 after a May 20 blaze. Demolition is set to start today or tomorrow with remaining ground to be auctioned. Delinquent taxes from 1978 onward total about 21 479, plus 6 000 in judgments for demolition and cleanup. Main Line Paving Co. of Devon holds the $3 440 demolition contract.
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Trisha Cofsell
Daily Times
Nether Providence
Castle
Plush Mill’ Road
Delaware County
Jane Deshong
Delaware County Tax Claim Bureau
James Zito
Main Line Paving Co
Devon
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Vince Bacchetti
Esther Sangiorgio
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Bacchetti
S. Sprout Road
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