By LeslieKrowchenko Special to the Spirit Upland Borough Council voted 8-1 recently to adopt an ordinance regulating sanitary sewer lateral connections. The action was a response to requirements imposed by Delcora. A study completed by the county authority indicated excessive flow into sanitary sewer systems typically results from infiltration and inflow (I&I) into main pipelines [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com Southwest Delaware County Municipal Authority (SWDCMA) Board of Directors Chairman Nelson Shaffer, during last week’s meeting of the Aston Township Board of Commissioners, said to date, $700,000 of more than $2 million in delinquent sewer bills has been collected. “We have been aggressively, but fairly, trying to bring everyone into compliance,” said [...]
By KevinKaneshiki Special to the Spirit Single Mothers Are Really Trying (SMART) recently held its first women’s support group/open house at the Booker T. Washington Community Center on Central Ave. in Chester. SMART provides services for women recently released from prison; women who are spousal abuse victims, or going through similar hardships. “I have an [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com This week, Gov. Tom Corbett and state Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) met in Harrisburg with members of the Delaware County delegation of state lawmakers to discuss the plight of the Chester Upland school District (CUSD). “A bipartisan group of legislators from the Senate and the House had a productive meeting [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com Chester-Upland School District (CUSD) board member Cephus Richardson was joined by his three Democratic colleagues at last week’s board meeting in calling for the $5,000-a-month contract with district spokesman Joel Avery to be rescinded. Richardson said the abrupt adjournment of the Dec. 15th meeting at which the contract was approved by a [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com T he 83rd birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was celebrated on Monday, the official federal holiday, in many ways and locations throughout the City of Chester, including Widener University, New Beginnings Academy, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, and the Chester YWCA. Primarily organized by the Martin Luther King Commemorative Committee, the [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com A torrent of activity has surrounded the crisis of money and management at the Chester Upland School District (CUSD) over the past few days. State officials announced late Tuesday that a federal judge ordered the state to pay the district $3.2 million. The money is supposed to help the district meet its [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com W ith the exception of Chester City, reorganization meetings of local government leaders in the surrounding area remained relatively routine, except in Brookhaven Borough. The city’s power shifted from Republican to Democrat and the majority swing in Brookhaven was seismic from Democrat to Republican. Brookhaven’s changes affected the positions of Council president, [...]
In Public Safety… Even though a state of emergency was not imposed in Chester as it was in 2010, violence and crime continued to pose a serious problem. The city experienced 23 murders; one less than in 2010. Although all heartbreaking for the affected families, the death of two teenagers attending a crowded birthday party [...]
By LeslieKrowchenko Special to the Spirit W hen Jesus sent his disciples “to preach the kingdom of God and heal the sick,” (Luke 9:2), he didn’t just mean those with blue chip health care. In an effort to reach the uninsured and underinsured, the School of Nursing at Widener University, in partnership with CityTeam Ministries, [...]
By KevinKaneshiki kkaneshiki@chesterspirit.com T o honor the late union leader who institutionalized Chester’s celebration of Kwanzaa six years ago, the annual holiday event hosted by International Laborer’s Union Local 413 was renamed the James Nicholas Harper, Jr. Memorial Kwanzaa Celebration. Held last Thursday (the fourth day of the seven-day holiday) at the Union Hall, 222 [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com T he new Aston Township website will be fully operational by the middle of January. Third Ward Commissioner Mark Osborn, at a recent meeting of the board, said the site is 90 percent complete and is in the testing phase. He said the site will be fully administered in the township building, [...]
By KevinKaneshiki kkaneshiki@chesterspirit.com M eet Jahlil Beats, a recording artist and record producer at Roc Nation, the entertainment company whose most known investor is Sean Carter, better known as Jay-Z. Beats, whose real name is Orlando Tucker, had one simple wish this Christmas: to give back to his hometown of Chester. “I just wanted to [...]
By LorettaRodgers lrodgers@chesterspirit.com T he Chester Community Charter School (CCCS) last week filed a lawsuit against the Chester Upland School District (CUSD) and its board of directors, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Dept. of Education (PDE) seeking a judgment to force the immediate payment of $3.862 million in funds the school contends it [...]
By LorettaRodgers and KevinKaneshiki SPIRIT staff T uesday was quite busy for the new leaders of Chester government. It started with a public breakfast, the official swearing-in ceremonies, the quick reorganization of Council and an early afternoon luncheon. In front of a standing room only crowd, with his wife, children, and grandson by his side, [...]
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