Roadwork may prompt traffic backups
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) wants residents to be aware of possible traffic delays as work continues on area road projects.
Utility installation will continue on Lenape Road in Pocopson Township through Wednesday. Lane restrictions will occur at Locust Grove Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Raised pavement market installation will require lane closures on Lenape Road in East Marlborough...
Plans for Pocopson roundabout finalized
If approved by PennDOT, work could be done by 2014
By Kelli Siehl, Staff Writer, The Times
POCOPSON – Officials discussed a mixed bag of topics at the Pocopson Township Supervisor’s meeting on Aug. 12.
Supervisors’ Chairman Steve Conary said plans for the roundabout linking Route 52, Wawaset, and Lenape-Unionville Roads are completed and awaiting the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s...
State police: Teen who fled was drunk
Failure to heed stop sign allegedly led to attempted traffic stop, flight
On Friday, a Kennett Square driver’s failure to heed a stop sign led to multiple charges, state police from the Avondale barracks said. For starters, Matthew J. Scott, 18, of Kennett Square, also ignored the attempted traffic stop, leading police on a brief pursuit, state police said. Once Scott was apprehended, troopers...
Attempted theft of copper wire reported in Pennsbury
Police: Report any suspicious activity in 1600 block of E. Street Rd. on Tuesday
The attempted theft of copper wire from the 1600 block of East Street Road in Pennsbury Township on Tuesday from 1 to 1:20 a.m. is under investigation by the Avondale barracks, state police said. Anyone with information is asked to call Trooper Revels at 610-268-2022, police said.
A criminal-mischief incident is also...
State police investigating vandalism, turfing, accidents
Two mailboxes and a windshield damaged in separate incidents
State police from the Avondale barracks are investigating an incident in which two mailboxes in the 100 block of Cossart Road in Pennsbury Township were knocked off their posts sometime between 10:40 p.m. on June 4 and 11:45 a.m. on June 5, and a vehicle’s windshield was smashed on June 9 between 1 and 7:39 p.m. in the 1300 block of Bridge...
Police seeking public’s help to ID crash fatality
Troopers said severe burns to truck, driver hampering identification
State police from the Avondale barracks are seeking the public’s help to identify the driver of an early 1990s Chevrolet S-10 pick-up, who died Sunday in a single-vehicle crash.
Police said the truck was traveling south on Rt. 272, north of McCoury Road, in East Nottingham Township. Police said it moved off the south side of the...
Longwood cottages destined for wrecking ball
Kennett supervisors voted 2-1 to grant demolition permit
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The Kennett Township Supervisors voted 2-1 Tuesday night to grant Longwood Gardens a permit to raze these three 1920s cottages along U.S. 1.
For more than half an hour Tuesday night, planners, preservationists, and members of the public urged the Kennett Township supervisors to delay a decision...
Art bash draws hundreds to Pocopson ‘castle’
Painting frenzy prompts Bam Margera to open his gates to appreciative crowd
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Bam Margera (center) poses with two fans from West Chester University: Brian Whitehead (left) and Mike Dattalo
The nattily-dressed government leader looked a tad out of place in the mainly heavy-metaled, multi-pierced crowd. But the presence of Chester County Commissioners’...
Heavy-metal thefts weigh heavily on victims
State police: Materials have been stolen from variety of venues
Heavy-metal thefts continue to plague the area, state police report.
State police from the Embreeville barracks said sometime between Friday at 2:30 p.m. and Wednesday at 6:30 a.m., someone took materials that were part of a bridge rehabilitation project at Brandywine Creek Road in Newlin Township.
Police said the theft included five...
State police: Recovered item in safe-keeping
Call Embreeville barracks if you think stolen safe belongs to you
If you recently had a safe stolen, state police from the Embreeville barracks may have it – in safe-keeping, of course.
Police said they are investigating the discovery of a safe on Feb. 17 about 5:15 p.m. in the area of Old Shadyside Road, about two-tenths of a mile west of Rt. 322 in West Bradford Township. Call police at 610-486-6280...
