West Chester News

LI, NY officially in a recession

Newsday.com - Wed Dec 03

It's officially here, too: Long Island and New York State are in a recession, according to Moody's Economy.com. The state is one of 33 states with a contracting economy based on October jobs and industrial ...

Indiana council leaves door open for talks with dispatchers

Indiana Gazette Online - Wed Dec 03

Indiana Borough council adopted a tentative 2009 budget Tuesday night, holding the line on taxes and laying off most of the police dispatchers.

I fronted '01 political suit for Fumo

The Phoenix - Wed Dec 03

In 2001, state Sen. Vincent Fumo's staff asked a fellow lawmaker to be the public face of a political lawsuit against high-ranking Sen.

Some lawmakers won't taste COLA

Delaware County Times - Tue Dec 02

State legislators, judges and some executive branch members received an annual salary boost on Monday, despite a looming $2 billion state deficit and the possibility of tax hikes.

Train proponents getting together

The Phoenix - Tue Dec 02

THE PHOENIX STAFF REPORT www.PhoenixvilleNews.com PHOENIXVILLE - Citizens for the Train, a Phoenixville advocacy group backed by CDC/Main Street executive director Barry Cassidy, will host a meeting on ...

GVA brings hands-on, green learning

The Phoenix - Tue Dec 02

Photo provided Jason Short, a seventh-grade teacher at Phoenixville Area Middle School, points out a frog during a wetland study program with GVA last spring.

Murder suspect kills himself after standoff

Philly.com - Mon Dec 01

After allegedly murdering a man in Philadelphia and abducting his female companion, a 42-year-old Chester County man armed with a 9 mm handgun held West Chester-area police at bay for more than nine hours today ...

Standoff continues near Chesco school; Pocopson Elementary opens after two-hour delay

Delaware County Times - Mon Dec 01

A standoff with an armed man delayed the start of classes at Pocopson Elementary School outside West Chester this morning.

Game commission investigates slain serval's link to illegal exotic pet trade

Reading Eagle/Reading Times - Mon Dec 01

Chester County Wildlife Conservation Officer Scott Frederick holds the carcass of a serval killed by a Chester County farmer.

A busy startto the holidayshopping season

The Daily Local - Sun Nov 30

The holiday shopping season is officially under way. We haven't started ours yet, but plenty of Chester County residents did on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.