Toxins in our Drinking Water?

To The Editor: Sunday’s New York Times revealed a report from Ian Urbina regarding natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. He exclaimed, due to the Marcellus Shale drilling boom, that we are the “Saudi Arabia of natural gas.” Unlike most states, Pennsylvania does not require drillers to dispose of their drilling waste/frack water in underground storage wells below impermeable rock layers....

Sen. Pileggi plays while PA pays

To the Editor: State Senator Pileggi accepted a trip to the Super Bowl from the Pittsburgh Steelers organization – airfare and lodging included. It must be nice – as many Pennsylvanians are struggling to find work and to put food on the table. The Senator’s District encompasses the built-out suburbs of Delaware County (Chester, Marcus Hook, etc…) along with rural Southern...

Unionville bus drivers ask questions about outsourcing

To the Editor: In September, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District Board of Directors agreed to initiate a study to determine the feasibility of outsourcing student transportation services now performed by district employees with district-owned vehicles. The Board’s goal is to complete this study by February, 2011. As employees of the Transportation Department of the UCFSD, we have a vested...