By JessicaBautista jbautista@chesterspirit.com Just days before the June 30th deadline to pass the Pennsylvania state budget, Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, state House leaders and the governor reached an agreement that would restore $10.5 million to the Chester-Upland School District’s (CUSD) K – 12 education funding. [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com Two women dressed in similar white clothing entered the Giant food market in Aston Township at approximately 4 P.M. June 18th and followed a shopper to the frozen food aisle, police said. A surveillance camera captured one alleged suspect, an African-American woman, approximately 5’ 9” weighing 250 pounds, asking a shopper to [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com F or the past 30 years, John Eller has been police chief of Brookhaven Borough. In recognition, Mayor Michael Hess, during last week’s Citizen’s Police Academy graduation, presented Eller with a resolution in his honor. “I was very surprised,” said Eller. [...]
Willie McGonigle is no longer with the SPIRIT Media Group, publisher of Chester Spirit and the Community Spirit newspapers. We wish him well in future endeavors.
Summer heat is here and it is more important than ever for people with asthma or other respiratory ailments to pay close attention to air quality. Like the weather, air quality can change from day to day or even hour to hour. During summer when ozone levels rise, the number of people with asthma-related symptoms [...]
Delaware County residents curious to learn more history about their family, town or community, now have access to a plethora of genealogical information online through the Delaware County Archives. At the Records Center on the grounds of Fair Acres in Middletown, the Delaware County Archives [...]
By JessicaBautista jbautista@chesterpirit.com Several weeks of visits to, and meetings in, Harrisburg may have just paid off for the Chester-Upland School District (CUSD), according to Board President Wanda Mann, in light of recent news that CUSD will see a restoration of a little over half of the $20 million they were bracing to lose with [...]
Town Hall meeting is set For more information about the June 30th Town Hall meeting, contact James Harper at Jharper60@comcast.net or by phone at 302-588-2467. Joint show for Swarthmore painters For more information about Clair Oaks, visit her creativity blog at www.clairoaks.wordpress.com and her music website, www.clairoaks.com. The exhibit is sponsored by Swarthmore Friends of [...]
Doug E. Fresh, Naughty by Nature, Rose Royce highlight performances By JessicaBautista jbautista@chesterspirit.com This weekend promises to be an explosive one as Pennsylvania’s First City gears up to celebrate Independence Day at Chester and Ethel Waters parks. The four-day festival, sponsored by the City of Chester, is scheduled to [...]
By JessicaBautista jbautista@chesterspirit.com “We’re not just going to roll over and play dead,” Rev. Judy Gaskin said of the decision of a group of local concerned citizens to protest each of Sen. Dominic Pileggi’s three district offices Friday morning in an effort to send a message to the lawmaker about the drastic $20 million [...]
Federal complaint alleges racism and retaliation By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com A local Presbyterian minister has filed a discrimination action with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Presbytery of Philadelphia. Rev. Richard Dalton, former interim pastor of the Thomas M. Thomas Memorial Presbyterian Church in Chester, is claiming racial discrimination and retaliation, alleging that [...]
By WillieMcGonigle wmcgonigle@chesterspirit.com It’s often said that in sports the way you practice is the way you play. With that in mind, the Monarchs had to feel pretty good about their chances in the Jackie Robinson Little League Major League Division championship game against the Stars on Saturday at Crozer Park. Coach Robert Tiller said, [...]
By JessicaBautista Jbautista@chesterspirit.com Drexel Neumann Academy (DNA), the last Catholic school remaining in Chester, graduated 21 eighth-grade students and has made groundbreaking strides by offering the first virtual class in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. “I have faith in Chester, and this is Chester,” said DNA President Sr. Maggie Gannon of the Class of 2011. “The [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com The second reading – and possible passage- of a controversial pay-cut ordinance is expected to highlight this week’s Chester City Council meeting. During a special meeting called last Monday (June 13th), Chester City Council, in a 3-0 partisan vote, approved the first reading of an ordinance intended to reduce the salaries of [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com Aston commissioners last week voted 5-1 to remove Gary Robinson as president of the board. The lone opposing vote was cast by First Ward Commissioner Michael Fulginiti, who expressed surprise and disappointment about the sudden motion. “We have had several meetings and I know there’s a lot going on,” said Fulginiti. “I [...]
By WillieMcGonigle wmcgonigle@chesterspirit.com For the final time during their high school years 268 members of the Sun Valley High School Class of 2011 was together last Tuesday at the University of Delaware’s Bob Carpenter Center for the school’s 49th annual commencement exercises. Among those graduating was Parkside resident Jesus Geigel. “It feels great; I [...]
By LeslieKrowchenko Special to the SPIRIT Tis the season of graduations for Marilyn Metter. The proud mom, who recently attended Penn State University’s commencement of her son, Matt Seyler, was present last Thursday night as her younger son, Ian, received his diploma from Chichester High School. The exercises were held in the Mirenda Center at [...]
Seventh annual art show For further information about this event, call (610) 237-8100, Ext. 30. SCS, based in Folsom, Pa., is a non-profit agency that operates four nationally accredited senior centers in southeastern Delaware County and provides in-home support services for homebound elderly. SCS works in partnership with the Delaware County Office of Services for [...]
By JessicaBautista jbautista@chesterspirit.com Chester Upland School District (CUSD) administrators and board members candidly spoke out Tuesday afternoon (June 14th) against state Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland’s recent proposal to sue the state to close Chester’s high schools if Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed education budget, including a whopping $20 million cut for Chester-Upland, is passed on June 30th. [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com Cheers erupted Friday evening when the 296 members of the Chester High School Class of 2011, dressed in traditional caps and gowns bearing the school colors of orange and black, entered the district’s athletic field for the school’s 137th commencement ceremony. Following a presentation of colors by the Chester High [...]
Parents upset that OLCS will close forever By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com C rossing guard Linda Riffert stood at her corner last Wednesday afternoon patiently waiting for Our Lady of Charity School students to be dismissed for the day. Her mood was somber and Riffert knew attitudes of the children she would be crossing were no better. [...]
By JessicaBautista jbautista@chesterspirit.com Only five Upper Chichester individuals remain wanted under an investigation called “Operation Pain Killer” for the alleged illegal sale of prescription drugs, following a series of 28 other arrests during a sweep last week. As of press time, Upper Chi law enforcement was still looking for Jose Rodriguez, Jason McCabe, Joshua Zalota, [...]
By WillieMcGonigle wmcgonigle@chesterspirit.com Hundreds of runners and walkers of all ages sprinted to Linwood, Lower Chichester Township last Sunday for the fourth annual Sheriff’s Scholarship 5K Walk/Run. Proceeds from the event go to scholarships at Delaware County Community College (for emergency preparedness) and the local parish school, Holy Saviour-St. John Fisher. While the [...]
By JessicaBautista jbautista@chesterspirit.com A lthough it wasn’t first on the agenda, Delaware County Communities that Care (CTC) Network Program Director Neilda Mott could hardly wait to share the news at last week’s CTC monthly meeting that their CTC branch had recently been named the 2011 Pennsylvania Prevention Coalition of the Year. According to Mott, the [...]
By WillieMcGonigle wmcgonigle@chesterspirit.com D elaware County District Attorney G. Michael Green was at Chester High School’s annual Class Day last week to award nine graduating students who, when they attend college in the fall, will have an advantage over their classmates. The advantage they hold is that this fall won’t be their first semester in [...]
By WillieMcGonigle wmcgonigle@chesterspirit.com T he mystery of who would be the next head football coach at Sun Valley High School has been solved. At a special meeting held last Tuesday, the Penn-Delco School District Board of Directors appointed Jim Grugan head football coach by a vote of 5-3. Board members A. Lewis Boughner, Kathleen [...]
By JessicaBautista jbautista@chesterspirit.com T hough many were shocked to learn that popular Widener University professor and Chester Rotary Club Past President Alonzo “Cav” Cavin, Ph.D., passed away at age 71 last Sunday from complications from an undisclosed illness, what’s not surprising, others say, is the amount of people Dr. Cavin seems to have touched [...]
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