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  • Chester in mourning after 11-year-old struck killed

    cscharr@delcotimes.com @cindyscharr CHESTER - A large stuffed bear, balloons and flowers mark the site where young Rastafari Covert was struck and killed while walking home Monday afternoon.The 11-year-old city youth died after being struck by a vehicle involved in a crash at Ninth Street and Highland Avenue at 3:48 p.m.His 10-year-old friend Tyvaun Fryson suffered a leg fracture and is ...

  • SEPTA claims win for U.S. Open services

    jwolfe@delcotimes.com @delcoreporter While it was a busy week for workers and volunteers who helped make the U.S. Open operational, it was also a busy week for transportation services that moved fans to and from Merion Golf Club in Haverford.The tournament ended early Sunday evening when Justin Rose won with a 1-over par score for the four days of play.And Sunday night, when about 25,000 fans ...

  • Ridley School Board approves final budget with tax increase

    By BARBARA ORMSBYTimes Correspondent RIDLEY TOWNSHIP - The Ridley School Board recently approved the district’s final budget for 2013-14 of $93,889,757, along with a real estate millage rate of 39.125 mills, which is an increase of 0.875 over the current rate.The proposed millage rate translates into $3.91 per $100 of assessed property value, an increase of 8 cents per $100 over the ...

  • July 4th decorating contest set in Prospect Park

    PROSPECT PARK - The borough will host its first Fourth of July house decorating contest.Similar to its Christmas and Halloween house decorating contests, the borough will attempt to choose a winner from each precinct."If there are not enough houses participating, we will choose an overall winner," said Councilwoman Diane Faison.­­- JENNIFER ...

  • Taxes going up 1.7 percent in Garnet Valley School District

    CONCORD - The Garnet Valley School Board is poised to approve the 2013-14 budget with a 1.7 percent increase. Final numbers announced at the work session showed a reduction from the 2.1 percent increase in the last iteration; they are not expected to change as the budget comes up for adoption at the board’s June 25 meeting.Millage for Concord Township and Chester Height Borough is proposed ...

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Reservoir Dogs

"Reservoir Dogs," the exhilarating debut film of 29-year old writer/director Quentin Tarantino, is a ballet of macho posturing, gun-pointing, and the creative uses of every four-letter word imaginable. Its testosterone level is off every chart, and it happily wallows in its own juvenile love of criminals, violence, and vulgarity. Taking a note from Sam Peckinpah, Tarantino populated his film with ... ...

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  • Coeburn Elementary School walk-through planned

    BROOKHAVEN - A final walk-through of Coebourn Elementary School prior to demolition will take place 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday.Former students, teachers, staff and the general public are invited to attend.- LORETTA ...

  • Tinicum OKs bid for building demolition

    TINICUM - Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to approve a bid by Ridley Excavating to raze a building at 347 N. Governor Printz Blvd., which the township purchased earlier this year and plans to maintain as open space.Ridley Excavating bid $14,800 for the work.- LAURA ...

  • Prosecutor No doubt Chester man was JS shooter

    arose@delcotimes.com @arosedelco MEDIA COURTHOUSE - The trial of a 23-year-old Chester man accused of first-degree murder in a February 2012 shooting spree at J&S Seafood is not a "whodunit," according to Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Boogay.Boogay said there is no question Edwin Soto Jr. was the shooter in the 3 a.m. Feb. 19 attack that left 22-year-old Jamecia I. Toler ...

  • Nether Prov man sentenced for stealing $70K

    arose@delcotimes.com @arosedelco MEDIA COURTHOUSE - A Nether Providence man who pleaded guilty to theft charges in February for taking more than $70,000 from an 80-year-old man using a stolen ATM card was sentenced Tuesday to time served to 23 months.Antonio Puzzangara, 23, of Media Parkway in Wallingford, had pleaded to felony charges of identity theft and theft by deception in February. ...

  • Town center project discussed in Swarthmore

    By SUSAN L. SERBINTimes Correspondent SWARTHMORE - The Swarthmore College Town Center West project for a multi-use building came before the borough planning commission in a still somewhat informal sketch plan. Nevertheless, the college had a full complement of representative to present the information, starting with President Rebecca Chopp.The vision of the combined inn, campus store, ...

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