County grants total of $5M to 248 small businesses
WEST CHESTER — Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline announced today the award of $5 million in grants to 248 Chester County small businesses and agricultural enterprises. The individual grants, made available through the Chester County Main Street Preservation program for small businesses impacted by COVID-19, range from just under $1,500 to $25,000.
The...
Commissioners OK organized sports practices
WEST CHESTER — Chester County took another step toward a more normal life, by announcing that organized team sports practices will be permitted — under certain circumstances — beginning Thursday. Games and competitions are still not permitted.
In a statement issued Wednesday, the Chester County Commissioners and Chester County Health Department said they are committed to ensuring the health and...
Inner Nature — Fe: An Iron Constitution
By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times
There are 92 naturally occurring elements in the periodic table, but only a handful of elements are essential to life. They include hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen in large quantities, moderate amounts of iron, magnesium, sodium, potassium, phosphorus and sulfur, and miniscule quantities of “micronutrients” like selenium and zinc. Why? In an intermittent...
County reschedules Webinar on building consumer confidence for June 11
WEST CHESTER — The second in a series of free webinars presented by the Chester County COVID-19 Business Task Force will be held Thursday, June 11th at 3:30 p.m. The webinar, which was rescheduled after severe weather caused countywide power outages, is designed to help county businesses and organizations navigate through the yellow phase reopening process and provide tools, resources and best practices...
Chester County officially moves to Yellow Phase; some businesses allowed to reopen
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
Chester County is — sort of — open for business.
Gov. Tom Wolf signed an amended executive order moving the last 10 counties from red — or Stay At Home — status to Yellow, allowing limited business openings, a return to limited retail operations, and the start of outdoor dining at many area restaurants.
Still, there remain a number of restrictions...
Election results? Thanks to heavy mail-in use, not so fast
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
If you were expecting to see results this morning of the many contested primaries in and around Chester County — you may need a bit of patience.
And any candidate declaring victory might be a bit premature.
More than half of the voters in Chester County used Vote-By-Mail — while 63,583 votes were cast at the polls Tuesday, about 72,000 ballots came...
County continues Webinar series Thursday with focus on restoring consumer confidence
WEST CHESTER — The Chester County COVID-19 Business Task Force will be continuing a series of webinars for county businesses and organizations looking to reopen, revise or even expand operations due to the impact of the coronavirus.
The next webinar, scheduled for Thursday, June 4 at 3:30 p.m., focuses on how businesses can build consumer confidence as they increase public interaction during the...
Kerslake, Friel Otten call out dark money PACs attacks; say they’re related to pipeline opposition
Two Democratic primary candidates — one an incumbent State Representative — say they’re being targeted dark money political action committees, neither of which appear to have filed required campaign finance reports.
Two Super PACs have launched television ads attacking environmental leaders State Rep. Danielle Friel Otten and Ginny Kerslake. The SuperPACs are registered at the same address,...
Chesco adds additional ballot drop off locations
The Chester County Board of Elections approved today the addition of five secure drop-off locations for mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 Primary Election. These additional sites have been created to accommodate voters who are concerned that their mail-in ballot may be returned too late by the postal service to be counted.
The five new drop-off locations are added to the drop-off location...
Commissioners announce government reopening plan as Chester County moves to Yellow
WEST CHESTER — Twelve weeks after moving to essential services-only, Chester County Government and Courts are preparing to open the doors once again of county facilities on Market Street and Westtown Road, as well as the Magisterial District Courts throughout the county. But, officials note, the doors will be open with caution and with some restrictions, to ensure the safety of staff and the public,...
