Unruh Turner Burke & Frees aids open space preservation effort

Bill Burke WEST CHESTER — Unruh Turner Burke & Frees, one of Chester County Pa.’s largest law firms, announced Tuesday that it represented and assisted Brandywine Conservancy in acquiring and preserving over 577 acres of land in Lower Oxford and West Nottingham Townships.  William Burke represented Brandywine which, with invaluable support from the Oxford Area Foundation and grant funding...

New Garden Police: Worker stole from employer

24-year-old man accused of defrauding company of more than $500 Dale Cole On Tuesday, April 22, at 1:39 p.m., the New Garden Police Department responded to the report of an employee theft discovered in the 900 block of West Cypress Street, police said. Upon arrival, the regional loss prevention manager had the employee, Dale E. Cole, 24, of Nottingham, in his office, accused of individual acts...

Passion for horses will take her to Mongolia

Nottingham woman seeking help to give retired thoroughbreds new life  A lifelong horse enthusiast from southern Chester County has been selected as one of a handful of Americans to ride in the 2014 Mongol Derby, a grueling, 1,000-kilometer (621 mile) trek across Mongolia. Bonnie Hutton, director of After The Races (ATR), a nonprofit she founded to rehabilitate and then find homes for unwanted...

Police: Nottingham man found with PCP, cocaine

New Garden arrest stemmed from multi-agency investigation Following a multi-agency, drug investigation, New Garden Township Police took 39-year-old Nottingham man into custody Wednesday. Police said Howard Blackburn, 39, possessed PCP and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to distribute it in the 100 block of Pine Street. Theodore Kinder, 35, of Nottingham, was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia...