Implementation of school safety grant expedited

Funding was announced last week; officer begins new position this week  By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Kennett Square and school officials are wasting no time in taking advantage of a state grant announced last week. The borough’s Police Department and Kennett Consolidated School District were among the winners of funding for a school resource officer. “This grant in the...

Cleaning out medicine cabinets can save lives

Area police offering safe disposal of unused prescriptions By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Multiple reasons exist to take advantage of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., area law-enforcement officials say. Keeping expired or unused drugs in medicine cabinets can make homes a burglary target and also increase the risk that an...