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MEDIA — Delaware County's most senior medical official issued recommendations pertaining to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which has killed more than 100 people and sickened thousands in China.
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MEDIA — Changes keep a'coming to Delaware County as county council hired a human resources specialist to revamp hiring practices and as it prepares to host an ethics reform hearing next month.
CONCORD — A 12-year-old girl reported that a man tried to lure her into his car after she got off her school bus Tuesday afternoon, police said.
PHILADELPHIA — A Garnet Valley doctor pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to five counts of unlawful distribution of controlled substances for running a “pill mill” out of his office.
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MEDIA — Despite the cold temperatures, Girl Scouts were spotted, bundled up, with cookies in hand across the area last weekend.
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Members of Delaware County Council plan to meet with state officials in Harrisburg next week to discuss the process of establishing a health department.
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MEDIA — The solid Democratic Delaware County Council met for more than two hours Wednesday and already began making changes by scheduling nightly meetings, live streaming meetings and setting hours during the week to make themselves available to the public and to county employees.
CHADDS FORD — State Sen. Tom Killion, whose district has been held by Republicans since the 1800s, has announced his re-election bid for the seat he has held since 2016, and which straddles the boundaries of two suburban Philadelphia counties that have recently seen Democratic victories at the polls.
Candidates are beginning to emerge in the 160th Legislative District, where longtime state Rep. Steve Barrar, a Republican, has decided to call it quits after nearly a quarter century in the seat.
MEDIA COURTHOUSE — Democrats officially took control of county government Monday morning with the swearing in of Dr. Monica Taylor, Christine Reuther and Elaine Paul Schaefer, who joined incumbent Democrats Kevin Madden and Brian Zidek on the five-member county council.
CONCORD — An early-morning fire damaged a garage and several vehicles inside, officials said.
Brace yourself, Delaware County. Something will happen Monday that has never happened before.
County officials continue their investigation into the Christmas Day overdoses at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility that left one inmate dead. The Jail Oversight Board toured the prison amid reports emerge that a teenage son of one of the impacted inmates delivered the drugs.
MEDIA COURTHOUSE — It was standing room only Friday morning in the John V. Diggins Ceremonial Courtroom, where four new faces joined the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas in a historic swearing-in ceremony often fraught with emotion and never lacking for applause.
CONCORD — One of five inmates who overdosed on Christmas has died, and still another inmate committed suicide on the same day - Christmas Day - at the county's George W. Hill Correctional Facility, according to officials.
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MEDIA — Delaware County Council unanimously approved hiring McGrath Human Resources Group for $102,452 to perform a compensation study of county and court employees with a goal to begin implementing parts of that study by the end of 2020.
PHILADELPHIA — Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit alleging a culture of abuse and educational disenfranchisement at the Glen Mills Schools got a win from U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle III, who denied nearly all of the defendants’ motions to dismiss last week.
MEDIA — The Delaware County Bar Association may have received a $35,000 grant from Delaware County Council but Democratic members were vocal about their opposition to "subsidizing" lawyers.
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CONCORD — Five female inmates overdosed at the Delaware County prison on Christmas night and had to be revived through administering Narcan, officials confirmed.
For more than a century, Republicans have ruled Delaware County and overseen the operations and functions throughout every corner of the county.
Wawa is taking a proactive approach to help customers who may have been affected by a months-long data breach this year that may have compromised credit card information used at any of the convenience store chain’s 850 locations up and down the East Coast.
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MEDIA — Last week, Delaware County Council managed to pass a $358 million budget.
Delaware County officials are looking to employ some new tools in tracking a mysterious petroleum smell that keeps popping up along the Delaware River and other potential hazards, Emergency Services Director Tim Boyce said Tuesday.
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It’s a battle that has been fought many, many times before.
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MEDIA — It has no proposed tax increase - for now - and only one member of the public voiced concerns with the $358 million county budget being presented. But some county council members found issues of perceptual concern.
CONCORD — Reorganization of the Garnet Valley School Board began with Magisterial District Judge Wendy Roberts swearing in re-elected members. Greg Chestnut, Maria Deysher, Richard Jones, Tracy Karwoski and Scott Mayer took the oath together.
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MEDIA COURTHOUSE — Delaware County District Attorney-Elect Jack Stollsteimer has reportedly fired 11 current prosecutors within the last two days, amounting to about 23 percent of the present staff of 47.
MEDIA — Along party lines, Delaware County Council approved DELCORA’s establishment of a Rate Stabilization Trust stemming from their asset sale to Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater. Republicans approved the measure and Democrats opposed it.
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MEDIA — Attorneys representing DELCORA's interests experienced some pushback at Delaware County Council during the first reading of a motion that would set up a Rate Stabilization Trust for ratepayers as a result of its sale to Aqua Pennsylvania.
Of the thousands of shoppers out there all hours, nobody may have had more seasonal spirit than Lori Norbeck of Wallingford, Sophie Cunliffe of Aldan, Jodan Floyd of Aston and Amy Norbeck of Ridley Park.
MEDIA — Delaware County Council unanimously chose the three citizen members for the County Jail Oversight Board, including the founder of MVP Recovery, a former community outreach specialist to then-Chester Mayor John Linder and nurse Deb Love, who also served on the Board of Prison Inspectors, which the Oversight Board is replacing.
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MEDIA — Your community needs you to go small this Saturday, and beyond.
Unofficial results from the Nov. 5 elections that posted some razor-thin wins throughout the county have held, according to the county Election Bureau.
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SPRINGFIELD — Just a few days after Delaware County held the largest Veterans Day Parade in Pennsylvania, the county’s active and retired military came together and were honored again, this time at the Sixth Annual Delaware County Freedom Medal Award Dinner.
More than 800 people applied to participate in 12 working groups established as Delaware County Council prepares to become an all-Democratic governing body.
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A package of bills involving reform for childhood sexual abuse statute of limitations reform now goes before Gov. Tom Wolf as the Pennsylvania House passed the measure Thursday. The state Senate passed it Wednesday.
UPPER CHICHESTER — After two decades of service and wanting to spend more time with family while also facing health concerns, state Rep. Stephen Barrar, R-160, of Upper Chichester, announced his retirement.
State senators may consider legislation as early as today that could alter the Pennsylvania Constitution to broaden parameters for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to seek justice.
CONCORD — When the region was hit with an EF2 tornado Halloween night, several houses were destroyed and dozens of others damaged. But in additional to the personal toll, the ripple effect was of concern to ancillary services such as the Garnet Valley School District.
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EDGMONT — Two weeks after the Halloween storm that tore through Delaware County, Ridley Creek State Park is just getting back to normal.
MEDIA — Delaware County needs you.
When voters picked Nusrat Rashid and Monica Taylor for victories Tuesday, they did more than select a judge and county councilwoman.
CHESTER HEIGHTS — Operation Taste of Home is up and running once again. For the 10th year, Wawa Inc. has assembled thousands of care packages to go out to U.S. service members around the world.
MEDIA — Thirty-nine hours after the polls closed on Election Night, the inumbent and newly elected Democratic Delaware County Council members gathered to make it clear when they govern together, it will be for all.
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The sweep of Democratic victories that has officially locked down all control of county council and the District Attorney’s office - in addition to county row offices it claimed in 2017 - the years-long simmering strength of the party in the county reached a boiling point Tuesday.
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Jack Stollsteimer made history Tuesday by being the first Democrat elected to the District Attorney’s office in the history of Delaware County.
Democrats made history by securing four open seats on the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas Tuesday, according to unofficial election results. Though there had been Democrats appointed to the bench before, none had ever won in a general election before.
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SWARTHMORE — The Democrats swept every county race Tuesday night. The party will have a 5-0 majority on county council, including its first African-American member, their first Democrat Common Pleas judges and the first female African-American and Muslim judge in the county's history.
EDGMONT — Republican Supervisor Ron Gravina survived a challenge by Democrat Linda Yu in a race that had a ring.
THORNBURY – Days after storms crashed through sections of Delaware County, crews were still out clearing trees and rewiring utility poles.
