Will commissioners’ 9-1-1 fee plan flatline?
Municipal officials balk at sharing costs for county-controlled services
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The KennettTimes.com
WEST CHESTER — A proposal to apply a tourniquet of sorts to the county’s hemorrhaging 9-1-1 costs has generated cries of anguish from some municipal officials, prompting the Chester County commissioners to delay a vote.
In an effort to defray about $2.6 million...
County to be hit by ‘excessive heat event’
Prolonged period of dangerously hot temperatures predicted
WEST CHESTER – The National Weather Service advises that a major excessive heat event is expected to hit Chester County beginning tomorrow, a period of high temperatures that may extend into Friday, the county’s Department of Emergency Services said in a press release.
The release said the county is currently under a heat warning,...
County poised to assess towns for emergency services
Local officials object to timing, costs of the $5.20 per person fee
By Mike McGann, Editor, The KennettTimes.com
Chester County appears poised to impose a per-capita tax on the county’s 73 municipalities — $5.20 per person — for emergency services starting with the 2013 fiscal year, but municipal officials are blasting the move as little more than an excuse to shift a tax hike.
The Chester...
Messages of hope send off Kennett’s Class of 2012
Kennett High School’s 121st Commencement ushers 2012 grads into adulthood
By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com
Members of the Kennett High School Class of 2012 advance to collect their diplomas during Friday night’s commencement ceremony.
KENNETT SQUARE — Undaunted by an economic downturn, high unemployment, and mounting student loan debt, the graduates of Kennett High’s...
For Father’s Day, a poem
An ode to the men who make a difference in all our lives
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, KennettTimes.com
With baby’s cry a Father is born
From darkest sky to early morn
He takes his turn to guide, to teach
Protecting babe from danger’s reach
With strength and wisdom on his side
His love is deep, his knowledge wide
KCSD and residents tackle stadium lights
Borough Council could decide lighting issue Monday night
By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com
The fate of these lights — shown last summer as the model originally slated to be installed at Kennett High School’s football field — may be decided at Monday night’s Kennett Square Borough Council meeting.
KENNETT SQUARE — During Monday night’s KCSD Board meeting, Kathy...
Teachers ‘disappointed’ with Kennett school board
Union says board stopped talks for fact-finding, then rejected proposed deal
By Mike McGann, Editor, KennettTimes.com
KENNETT SQUARE — Members of the Kennett Education Association (KEA) — the union representing the Kennett Consolidated School District’s teachers — expressed their disappointment at the Board of Education’s decision to reject the recommendations of a state-appointed fact-finder...
Police respond to disputes, drunken-driving
One defendant faces charges for allegedly threatening to kill a co-worker
A dispute with a co-worker led to terroristic threat charges against Hassan Elmiamari, 43 of Mechanicsburg, New Garden Township police said. Police said Elmiamari became involved in an argument on June 2 with a co-worker in the 900 block of Penn Green Road. Elmiamari then threatened to kill the co-worker and made a gun-type...
Dental implants: a reliable choice to replace missing teeth
By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, KennettTimes.com
The earliest dental implants seemed to have been placed by the early Egyptians when they used seashells implanted in the jaw bones to replace missing teeth. The first modern dental implants were placed in 1952. Dental implants have come a long way since those early implants. No longer is dental implant treatment considered experimental...
Kennett school board rejects fact finder’s report
Talks to continue on seeking new pact with teachers’ union
By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com
KENNETT SQUARE — The Kennett Consolidated School District Board voted unanimously to reject the findings of Diana S. Mulligan—the state-appointed fact finder — at Monday night’s School Board meeting, meaning contract negotiations between the district and its teachers will...
