Op/Ed: Parents should be concerned about moves to oust school board members
By Charlotte Valyo, Chair Chester County Democratic Committee
Charlotte Valyo
Every parent in Chester County should be concerned by the latest effort from the far right to take control of local elected offices outside the process of fair and open elections.
The latest example is the petition filed in Judge William P. Mahon’s Court of Common Pleas by 10 residents bent on ousting West Chester School...
Move to remove WCASD board members is an attack on democracy
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
Court of Common Pleas Judge William P. Mahon vacated his order Friday removing five members of the West Chester Area School District Board of Education — but the case and the possibility that duly-elected public officials could be removed from office remains a possibility.
So for now, Sue Tiernan, Joyce Chester, Kate Shaw, Karen Herrmann and Daryl Durnel...
County judge removes 5 from WCASD board over masking policy
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
The original petition filed in the West Chester Area School District case.
A Chester County judge moved Tuesday to remove five members of the West Chester Area School District Board of Education on what he termed a procedural issue — saying that neither the school board members or school district responded in a timely manner to a petition seeking the...
‘Evil’ killer gets death sentence plus 85 to 170 years
Judge sought assurance that murderer would never ‘walk among us’
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Laquanta Chapman, 33, of Coatesville, received a death-penalty sentence for the 2004 murder of Aaron Turner, a 16-year-old neighbor.
“You are evil and not fit to walk among us; that’s all I have to say,” a Chester County judge told a teen’s killer before imposing a...
Coatesville murderer gets rare death sentence
Jury imposed penalty for fatal shooting, dismemberment of 16-year-old
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Laquanta Chapman received the death penalty for the murder of Aaron Turner.
The Coatesville man convicted last week of fatally shooting his 16-year-old neighbor, dismembering the body with a chainsaw, and stuffing the carnage into garbage bags, remained impassive as he was sentenced...
