New Garden grapples with shortage of salt, money

Supervisors vote to approve $186,000 loan for capital expenditures By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Public Works Director Kenneth Reed discusses the toll that recent storms have taken on the township. Attendees at Monday night’s New Garden Township meeting learned that road salt and money remain in short supply – conditions that paved the way for the supervisors’ reluctant...

New Garden supervisors grapple with myriad issues

For one of them – Police Department’s future – chief suggests regional option By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times New Garden Township Police Chief Gerald R. Simpson addresses the supervisors on the need to begin working on a permanent home for the department. The New Garden Township Supervisors tackled a crowded agenda during a 3-½ -hour meeting on Monday night,...

Police building – as well as plans – have grown mold

Longtime temporary facility now posing health risks By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The lower level of the makeshift New Garden Township Police building is now off-limits due to high mold concentration. The well-respected New Garden Township Police Department stands in stark contrast to the decrepit building it occupies: a makeshift facility so mold-ridden that the lower floor...