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8 hrs ago | Business Journal

Chester County institution up for sale

The Victorian property at 148 Bridge St. was constructed in 1892. Its current owner, Donna Cashman and her late husband, Dan, bought the 13,555-square-foot building in 2000 for roughly $700,000, totally gutted it and invested about $3 million in improvements ranging from new HVAC systems and electrical work to significant structural changes.

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Related Topix: Phoenixville, PA, Economics News, Bankruptcy

9 hrs ago | UnionvilleTimes.com

New Garden police talk gangs, drugs with public

In addition to talks and a question & answer session and some one-on-one face time for residents with many of the uniformed department members, the township police unveiled their new Website and offered demonstrations of the use of various pieces of police equipment.

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Related Topix: University of Delaware, Coatesville, PA, Kennett Square, PA

12 hrs ago | UnionvilleTimes.com

Op/Ed: Smart justice begins with smart sentencing

Local lockups, county jails, state prisons and federal correctional institutions are filled and overflowing across the United Sates.

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Related Topix: Prison, Berks County, PA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Opinion

17 hrs ago | Philly.com

Old Glory a boon for his business

T IM O'CONNOR OWNS Humphrys Flag Co., one of the nation's oldest custom-flag manufacturers.

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Thu May 23, 2013

MyFoxPhilly

Sketch Released In Possible Chester County Abduction Attempt

Police need your help in identifying a man for attempting to abduct two 10-year-old girls in Chester County.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, PA, Weather, Delaware County, PA

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Twin Valley voters choose new face

Catherine Goetz needed little more than three write-in votes and a coin toss to regain her seat on the Twin Valley School Board two years ago.

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Related Topix: Honey Brook, PA, Berks County, PA

Philly.com

A farm where Philly chefs get pasture-ized

WITH ALL the concern these days over where our food comes from, relationships between chefs and farmers, long limited to brisk phone calls and backdoor deliveries, have taken on a new air of transparency.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Honey Brook, PA, Agriculture, Science, Pork, Meat

Patch.com

Memorial Day Observances in Gladwyne and Elsewhere

Local governments and organizations across the Philadelphia area have planned Memorial Day observances.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Gladwyne, PA, Philadelphia, PA, Radnor Township, PA, Phoenixville, PA

Patch.com

Trail Is Closed During Construction, County Says

Tredyffrin Township posted a notice on its website Monday, reminding residents that use of Phase 2 of the Chester Valley Trail is not permitted until construction is complete : The County would like to remind the community that the Chester Valley Trail is sill under construction in Tredyffrin Township and will be closed until the work is officially ... (more)

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Patch.com

Low Voter Turnout, Fall Re-Matches Set

With 100 percent of the precinct votes reported late Tuesday only about 10.45 percent of eligible voters in all of Chester County had cast a ballot in the Pennsylania Primary Election.

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Wed May 22, 2013

WXPN-FM Philadelphia

Watch Tin Bird Choir perform WXPN's lunchtime buskers' series at The Porch at 30th Street Station

The Chester County-based folk group Tin Bird Choir performed in a stripped down two-piece configuration for this weeks' installment of the WXPN lunchtime buskers' series at The Porch at 30th Street Station.

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Related Topix: Phoenixville, PA

Patch.com

Election Central: Your Guide to PA's Primary

May 21 is Primary Election Day. Below you will find links to your local candidates and polling place information.

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Related Topix: Phoenixville, PA

Patch.com

Voter Turnout Light in Phoenixville, Chesco

With 86 percent of the precinct votes reported at 11:17 p.m. Tuesday only about 10.44 percent of eligible voters in all of Chester County had cast a ballot in the Pennsylania Primary Election.

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Related Topix: Phoenixville, PA

UnionvilleTimes.com

D.A. calls East Fallowfield murder 'an execution'

Authorities said Jamica Woods, 37, of East Fallowfield Township, was fatally shot Tuesday by Gregory A. Twyman, 44, her longtime boyfriend.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Patch.com

Where to Find Election Results

Check the Chester County Voter Services website for cumulative results . To see links specific precincts, click on one of the links below: East Whiteland Township Willistown Township Malvern Borough Any location/precinct in Chester County.

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Philly.com

Police: Chester Co. murderer announced his intention to kill on Facebook

On Monday, Gregory Twyman, 44, uploaded an image of a shotgun and a shotgun shell he bought at Walmart to his social media page, police said.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook

UnionvilleTimes.com

Unionville High teens take chance with film and win

Unionville High students Alan Dembek , Molly Basilio, and Adam Carl show off their second-place prize for "Chances of," a digital short movie.

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Related Topix: Unionville, PA, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, Stevens, PA

Tue May 21, 2013

Philly.com

Spring comes sooner to Phila. - and that's not good

On May 2, 1908, as he strolled along the Perkiomen Creek in Montgomery County, Bayard Long collected a flowering sprig of redbud.

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Related Topix: Montgomery County, PA, Entomology, Science, Philadelphia, PA, Audubon, PA, Rutgers University

Mon May 20, 2013

Patch.com

Mayor Joins Cyclists for Bike to Work Day

As dozens of young Chester County Family Academy students cheered them on, a pack of riders, including West Chester Mayor Carolyn Comitta pedalled to the West Chester Borough Municipal Building to promote biking and biking safety.

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PR-inside.com

Centerline Capital Group Refinances Three Multifamily Properties in Pennsylvania for the Same Sponsor

The loans are all standard commercial mortgage executions that were closed simultaneously for the same borrower, a Pennsylvania limited partnership.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance