State System announces changes to employee health care plan

  Estimated $3.5 million annual savings, aligns benefits more closely with other college and university plans in Pennsylvania and across nation   HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education announced changes to its employee health care plan that are expected to result in initial cost savings to the System of about $3.5 million a year, helping to keep the 14 state-owned...

Former school board member continues service

In new state role, George P. Drake Jr. will help oversee teacher standards  By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Chester County Court Judge Jeffrey R. Sommer (from left) swears in George P. Drake Jr. as his wife, Linda Layden-Drake, holds the Bible. When Kennett Consolidated School District Board Member George P. Drake Jr. ended his eight years of service in November – a tenure...