Flood destroys supplies used for Camp Dreamcatcher
KENNETT SQUARE >> Equipment used for a summer camp attended by local children dealing with abuse, depression, bullying and HIV/AIDS was ruined by floodwaters earlier this week, just as camp got...
View ArticleWest Chester Lions Club welcomes new members
West Chester Lions Club President George Groff welcomes new members Jeremy Rhoads, left, and Matt McKeon, at a recent meeting.
View ArticleSpotted lanternflies attacking trees in region
PHOENIXVILLE >> The invasive spotted lanternfly insect is sucking the life out of trees in Chester, and 12 other southeastern Pennsylvania counties.The opportunistic insect uses a proboscis, or...
View ArticleTERRY JARRETT: Fixing the Clean Power Plan a sensible first step
Washington loves controversy. And critics are undoubtedly clucking right now about the Trump administration's plan to replace the Clean Power Plan (CPP) with a modified effort. But the administration...
View ArticleCHRIS FREIND: Prisoners on hunger strike should chew on the facts
For anyone hungering to see another story of unabashed entitlement, this one's a slammer. In a bid to end "prison slavery" and enact sentencing reforms, inmates in jails nationwide have gone on strike....
View ArticleComitta to host telephone town hall Aug. 29
West Chester >> State Rep. Carolyn Comitta invites residents of the 156th Legislative District to participate in a telephone town hall at 7 p.m. Aug. 29.Residents of the 156th District will...
View ArticleOxford school board member resigns
LOWER OXFORD >> Oxford School Board member David Severino has resigned effective immediately. His resignation was accepted earlier this week by school directors.According to policy, a replacement...
View ArticleJERRY SHENK: The (media) 300
On August 16, Americans witnessed a self-indulgent, pearl-clutching modern parody of Thermopylae's 300 Spartan warriors -- the culmination of the Boston Globe's "heroic" campaign to enlist 300 or more...
View ArticleLocal lawmakers introduce basic education funding fairness bill
Pottstown >> State Reps. Tim Hennessey, R-North Coventry, and Tom Quigley, R-Royersford, jointly introduced House Bill 2595, the Basic Education Funding Fairness bill, that will help better...
View ArticleCounty to participate in International Overdose Awareness Day
West Chester >> As part of Chester County's commitment to tackle the opioid and heroin epidemic, the county's Department of Drug & Alcohol Services announced the county's participation in...
View Article'Gasland' filmmaker Josh Fox gives presentation at WCU
WEST CHESTER >> Emmy winner and Oscar nominated "Gasland" documentary filmmaker Josh Fox has held a front-row seat at much of America's biggest history-making events.At Monday's presentation of...
View ArticleCounty going after hotels, Airbnbs, for taxes; beefing up collections for dog...
West Chester >> For the past eight years, hotels in Chester County have had it good. Few paid taxes to the county's Office of Treasury, and those that did, did so voluntarily."We're starting to...
View ArticleTransportation management website -- weareTDM.com is a winner
King of Prussia >> The Greater Valley Forge Transportation Management Assoc. has been recognized for its website: www.weareTDM.com. The Greater Valley Forge Transportation Management Assoc....
View ArticleInside catch and kill: Cohen, a porn star and 'Individual 1'
WASHINGTON >> His name is Donald John Trump, but federal prosecutors have a simpler moniker for the 45th president: Individual 1.Dry legalese and generic aliases could do nothing to tone down the...
View ArticleGrammy-winning country star Gretchen Wilson arrested
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. >> Grammy-winning country music star Gretchen Wilson has been arrested at a Connecticut airport after what was described as a minor disturbance on an incoming flight.Wilson...
View ArticleFormer Trump campaign manager Manafort guilty of 8 counts; mistrial on 10
ALEXANDRIA, Va. >> Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been found guilty of eight financial crime charges in the first trial victory for special counsel Robert Mueller's team.A judge...
View ArticleFirst responders rescue FedEx driver trapped under overturned truck
EAST VINCENT >> First responders rescued a FedEx driver who was pinned under the truck after it overturned on Route 724.The accident happened in the area of Schuylkill and Kolb roads shortly...
View ArticleJERRY SHENK: A higher education in compounding
Higher education can be a good investment, but for some it isn't. One "why" is in the math:Simply explained, "compound interest" means "interest paid on interest earned." Additional interest earned on...
View ArticleDAVE NEESE: The Russia collusion stink, step by step
Aha! Got the s.o.b. now! Guilty, guilty, guilty! Trump "colluded" with the Russians. He conspired with them to get campaign dirt on Hillary Clinton.Then, skunk that he is, he circulated that...
View ArticleAP sources: Cohen pleading to bank, campaign finance fraud
NEW YORK >> Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer and "fixer" who once said he would "take a bullet" for Donald Trump, struck a deal with prosecutors to plead guilty Tuesday to charges including...
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