Commissioners name new Water Resources Authority Exec. Dir.
Seung Ah Byun
WEST CHESTER — Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline announce the appointment of Seung Ah Byun, PhD, PE as Executive Director of the Chester County Water Resources Authority (CCWRA).
Dr. Byun brings to Chester County more than 20 years of extensive water resources experience in nonprofit, government, academia and private consulting. She...
Chesco Commissioners to Wolf: shutdown Mariner East II
WEST CHESTER — The County Commissioners Tuesday strongly called on Gov. Tom Wolf to end construction and revoked permits on the Mariner East II pipeline after a series of events, including sinkholes and release of materials into Marsh Creek Lake.
The letter making the request said:
Dear Governor Wolf:
During a telephone conference with Commonwealth officials on Friday, August 14, 2020, regarding...
State legislators call for revoking Energy Transfer’s pipeline permits, after leaks, spills
State legislators representing five House districts and three Senatorial districts in Chester County have signed a letter to secretary Patrick McDonnell of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, secretary Dr. Rachel Levine of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, and Chairwoman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission calling for an immediate halt to...
Recorder of Deeds office to bring facemasks to SE Veterans Center
Recorder of Deeds Chris Pielli
SPRING CITY – Officials from the Recorder of Deeds office of Chester County will deliver face masks to residents at the Southeastern Veterans’ Center (SEVC) branded with their respective branch of military. The masks were handmade in the United States and gifted by an anonymous donor. They vary in size and are printed with designs relating to the US Army,...
Friends Assoc. to pilot an Eviction Prevention Court
The Associated Press projects that 28 million renters are at risk of eviction because of the financial impact of COVID-19. Tenant advocates expect numbers to increase significantly unless protections are put in place. The moratorium on evictions is set to be lifted in Pennsylvania on August 31, 2020. Based on high unemployment rates, Chester County will be facing a wave of evictions, placing an enormous...
Logan named interim City Manager as Trio announces retirement
COATESVILLE — James Logan has been named Acting City Manager after City Manager Michael Trio announced his retirement from his role at the end of his five-year contract. The change was announced by City Council members on Monday.
Logan, who has served as Assistant City Manager since August 2018, will assume the new role effective immediately. Logan previously held a number of city, workforce...
Don’t Retire, ReFire: Older and wiser, my birthday edition.
By Gail Supplee Tatum, Columnist, The Times
There are two major milestones in each year where we often, reflect on our life and assess where we are, where we were and where we’re headed. The next question is, does it align with where we want to go?
For me, those two milestones are the week leading up to the first day of the New Year and my birthday.
On both occasions, I ask what have I learned this...
Del-Chesco United slams ET/Sunoco over Mariner East II discharge into Marsh Creek Lake
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
A view of mud plume ejected into Marsh Creek Lake. Courtesy, Del-Chesco United.
Environmental groups are asking for a state investigation of a release of mud and potentially other substances into Marsh Creek Lake Monday as part of construction work on the Mariner East II pipeline pipeline — although Energy Transfer/Sunoco, the company building the pipeline,...
Coatesville VA works to be a partner in sustainability
Alex Cruz, a Boy scout, pauses for a photo in front of the raised garden beds at Coatesville VAMC July 16, 2019. The raised beds are Cruz’s Eagle Scout service project and are accessible to Veterans of all abilities and grow fresh vegetables for the Veterans and the excess is donated to local food pantries.
In recognition for its achievement and innovation in health care sustainability, Coatesville...
PIAA to Wolf: Cancelling 2020 sports may have ‘unintended consequences’
By Mike McGann, Editor, the Times @mikemcgannpa
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) is asking Gov. Tom Wolf to have a discussion about the cancellation of fall school sports, after the governor said Thursday he strongly recommends cancelling all youth sports through Jan. 1, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wolf did not order a ban — the ultimate decision on fall sports...
