More than 50 Chesco non-profits join in for #GivingTuesday
Nonprofits throughout Chester County have joined #GivingTuesday in a first of its kind effort that will harness the collective power of a unique blend of partners – charities, families, businesses and individuals – to transform how people think about, talk about, and participate in the giving season.
Coinciding with the Thanksgiving Holiday and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season,...
Op/Ed: Chester County benefits from China partnership
By Terence Farrell, Chester County Commissioner
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Michael Grigalonis, COO of Chester County Economic Development Council
Recently, political and business leaders from Chester County visited China seeking to improve business and investment relationships. From left, David Liu, General Manager of CTDI’s China Operations, Chester County Commissioner Terence Farrell, Mike Grigalonis, Chief Operating...
Loughery files suit against banks on recording fees
Chester County seeks $10M in fees not paid on mortgages
Rick Loughery, Chester County Recorder of Deeds.
WEST CHESTER — Chester County Recorder of Deeds Richard Loughery announced Wednesday that he and Chester County have filed a lawsuit against several of the nation’s largest banks and others in the residential mortgage industry to recover millions of dollars in recording fees for mortgage...
Op/Ed: VISTA 2025 offer balance of growth and preservation
By Molly Morrison, President, Natural Lands Trust
Molly Morrison
It may be surprising that preservation features so prominently in reports about Chester County’s new economic development plan. The need to balance economic growth and preservation is, however, the innovative and insightful organizing principal of VISTA 2025, the County’s new Economic Development Strategy.
The plan, prepared with...
Chesco’s Kagel awarded emergency management award
Keystone Emergency Management Association president Bob Matoff presenting the Harry Robidoux Memorial Award for Excellence in Emergency Management to Chester County Department of Emergency Services deputy director Bobby Kagel.
WEST CHESTER — Chester County’s deputy director for emergency management, Robert Kagel, was recently awarded the Harry Robidoux Memorial Award for Excellence in Emergency...
County officials reveal VISTA 2025 economic development plan
MALVERN — Chester County government officials joined with key business leaders, educators and non-profit executives Tuesday in announcing VISTA 2025, a 10-year economic development plan that includes more than 180 strategies that will balance the county’s future economic progress with preservation.
The plan, put together by a unique public-private partnership, is the product of a nine month...
Dansko hosts Meehan, Lawrence for tour
Elected officials get close up look at high tech Chester County business
By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times
U.S. Rep. Patrick Meehan, Dansko’s Co-Founder & COEE -Peter Kjellerup along with Sal Agati – Executive Vice President of Design & Global Sourcing discuss Dansko quality and design inside headquarters, during a recent tour of Dansko’s West grove facility.
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The silliest of silly seasons cranks up
Playing the Walker ‘blame game’ and hijinks in the Sixth race
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
It’s just one month until election day and the gloves have come off, from dueling ads (of questionable veracity at times), protests, endorsements, temper tantrums and worst of all: the lawyers have been unleashed.
So, in other words, it’s a pretty typical October, when politics goes from...
Galer Estate releases 2 Cabernet Francs-same winemaker, 2 different vineyards
Galer Estate winemaker Virginia Mitchell samples some of the new offerings from the barrel.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Galer Estate continues to push the boundaries of Pennsylvania winemaking with the simultaneous release of two 2012 Cabernet Franc wines from two distinct vineyards or what’s called “single vineyard designate” wines.
One wine is made with 100% cabernet franc grapes from Galer Estate’s...
NOPE: drug abuse prevention program in schools this month
WEST CHESTER — Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced Wednesday that law enforcement and volunteers are collaborating to run a school-based drug abuse prevention education program called NOPE (“Narcotics Overdose Prevention and Education”).
NOPE is a non-profit program that delivers personal, high impact presentations to middle and high school students and their parents throughout...
