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West Chester Hosts USA Today Top 10 Christmas Celebration This Weekend
This weekend’s Old-Fashioned Christmas in West Chester ranks among the top 10 of USA Today’s best places “to experience the arrival of Santa Claus during the holiday season”. Other holiday events include the West Chester Studio Singers’ holiday concert, “Trial by Jury” musical, local performances of “A Christmas Carol (More or Less)” and “The Best…
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Community Teaming Up To Support Friend Of Waste Oil Recyclers Amy Barnes
Whether for a cause or in her career, a West Chester woman has built a reputation for showing up and helping. She’s dug into garden nights, celebrated Energy Independence Day, followed the beat of the local live music scene, and helped foster appreciation for MoGreena’s Harvest Art Party — when she wasn’t already devoting hours to…
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Exton Company Assists Defense Department In Tracking Santa
Part of the magic of Christmas will be made possible this year by the talents at Exton software company Analytical Graphics, which is collaborating with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to track Santa’s flight around the world on Christmas Eve. The local aerospace modeling and analysis experts have contributed to the global experience that delights…
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Liquor Control Board Discounts Online Shopping For Licensees
Local restaurants and bars with liquor licenses may now make purchases on the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board online website and receive a 10 percent discount off the retail price of wine and spirits. Previously, licensees were only eligible for a discount if they went to a state store or called an operator who would enter…
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Decade To Doorways Initiative: Ending Homelessness in Chester County
Chester County’s Decade to Doorways initiative is “a model for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania” and a lifeline to some 700 residents like Gabriel, who was rescued from a makeshift Kennett Square shanty and a life of alcoholism, diabetes, frostbite and gangrene, according to a Chadds Ford Live report of the second annual Community Partnership Celebration. The…
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Exton Software Developer Analytical Graphics Inks Another Military Contract
Analytical Graphics, Inc. will continue its decades-long software support of military intelligence from Exton with a new Air Mobility Command contract for a Global Awareness Decision Support solution that combines USSTRATCOM software with “hundreds of authoritative data sources to display and analyze airborne assets, weather, intelligence and logistical support information” for AMC, the 18th Air Force and the Tanker…
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Winter Weather Warning Collides With Holiday Travel
Mother Nature is preparing to dish out some winter weather for Thanksgiving this week, and the season’s first significant snowfall could collide with one of the year’s busiest travel days on Wednesday. In response, the Chester County Department of Emergency Services is stressing the importance of being prepared for the two to four inches of snow…
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Get Ready – AAA Is Predicting Crowded Thanksgiving Roads And Skies
The roads and skies will be stuffed this Thanksgiving, and likely to be more crowded than they have been since 2007, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. The organization estimates more than 580,000 people in the five-county Philadelphia area will travel 50 miles or more away from home over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. This is a more…
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PennDOT Seeks Input On Draft Long Range Transportation Plan
PennDOT has issued its draft Long Range Transportation Plan for the next 12 years and is inviting citizens to comment on the plan up until Dec. 15. The plan, with goals, and recommendations, is here: www.PAOnTrack.com “Our Long Range Transportation Plan provides a vision for Pennsylvania’s future by focusing on system preservation, safety, stewardship and…
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Better Neighbors? Chester County More Likely To Have Bystanders Help With CPR
Bystanders who come across emergency situations where someone is experiencing cardiac arrest are more likely to perform CPR in wealthy counties like Chester County, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. About half of bystanders in higher-income locations performed CPR, with a 23.3 percent rate of success, compared…
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Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Is Optimistic About Economic Growth
Charles I. Plosser, chairman and CEO of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, believes our constantly changing world will be full of surprising new developments that enhance economic welfare. In brief, that is Plosser’s take on the future of innovation and our nation’s prospects for economic growth. Just recently Plosser spoke on the topic of “Economic…
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Lifestyle Center Roadwork, New Hangars And Rail Station Signals Pull In $2.6M
A total of $2.64 million of state funding is being routed to Chester County for a trio of transportation projects that promise to help steer further economic growth, according to a Daily Local News report. Better access and pedestrian accessibility features for Devon’s planned new Lifestyle Center development for Urban Outfitters, Inc. on Route 30 attracted…
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County’s Triple-A Bond Rating Remains As Chester County Refinances
The Chester County Commissioners have approved a bond issue to refinance debt and fund the county’s five-year Capital Investment Program. The refinancing will likely save the county more than $4 million. A new emergency voice radio system will be included in the Capital Investment Program. Gordon Walker, managing director of Public Financial Management, said the…
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CCIU Helps Downingtown Library Prepare For Move
Chester County Intermediate Unit is putting out a call to help move Downingtown’s Free Library at 330 East Lancaster Avenue, a location the library has called home since 1914, to its new location in the Micken Building at 122 Wallace Avenue, a ten minute walk to the other side of Route 30. The Thorndale-Downingtown Rotary…
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Op-Ed: Chester County Benefits From China Partnership
By Terence Farrell, Chester County Commissioner and Michael Grigalonis, COO of Chester County Economic Development Council Chester County citizens and businesses will greatly benefit from the establishment of a partnership between the county and China. We have just returned from a nine-day Sino-American Regional Business Development & Cultural Exchange Summit that centered in the Yongchuan District (Chongqing…
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E. Kahn Development Joins County Transportation Association
The Downingtown real estate firm E. Kahn Development Corp. has joined the Transportation Management Association of Chester County. E. Kahn Development, which specializes in taking on challenging projects for sustainable development, has in its portfolio some local high-profile buildings, including 313 W. Market St. and 10 N. High St. in West Chester, and the Cubesmart…
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CCEDC Stakeholder’s Breakfast Friday Morning In Malvern
The fourth annual Stakeholder’s Breakfast for Chester County Economic Development Council investors is set for 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 14 at the Desmond, 1 Liberty Blvd., Malvern. As in years past, CCEDC plans to deliver their annual report to stakeholders and the announcement of a new partnership is rumored. Space at the breakfast…
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Commissioners Seek Replacement For Ryan Costello, Propose 2015 Budget With No Tax Increase
The 2015 budget proposed by the Chester County Commissioners calls for no tax increase for property owners. “This budget reflects our commitment to providing high value for our citizens as cost effectively as possible, and our budget process demonstrates the importance we place on transparency and accountability,” said Ryan Costello, chairman of the board. “This…
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