Birmingham residents question landscaping business
Neighbors tell township supervisors they’re unhappy about business near residential area
By Larhonda Swales, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com
BIRMINGHAM — Even after months of mediation and agreements, township residents are still wary about the Board of Supervisors’ mediation plan with the Leonard’s landscaping property, which has been operating adjacent to a residential neighborhood...
926 bridge meeting may offer answers
Local officials to quiz PennDOT on changes to bridge replacement plan
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The bridge over the Brandywine is slated for replacement. Officials from local townships are concerned that new plans no longer addres the constant flooding issues on either side of the bridge.
Local officials aren’t expecting a quick fix to their concerns about revisions to the state’s...
Local officials seek answers from PennDOT on 926 bridge
New bridge replacement plans won’t address flooding problems
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The Rt. 926 bridge over the Brandywine has been slated fro replacement since at least 2001, but now local officials are frustrated that a new state plan won't address the flooding problems at the site.
You may have heard of the “bridge to nowhere” but some local officials are frustrated...
Barrar: 2011 budget choices could lead to unhappy voters
Eight-term state rep. says spending cuts may not prove popular as lawmakers seek to close $5B gap
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Ask a public official, virtually any public official, and almost all will tell you the same thing: 2011 is going to be a challenging year. But few others are looking at the difficult mix of problems and expectations that accompany local members of the state...
Birmingham supports continued mapping of battlefield
Agrees to issue letter of support for Chester County effort to seek grant funds
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
BIRMINGHAM — The township’s board of supervisors agreed Monday to support a Chester County effort to get grant funding to continue mapping of the Brandywine Battlefield, a large portion of which is in the township.
The board met briefly to reorganize Monday at midday —...
Election 2010: Republicans sweep up and down the ballot
GOP nabs control of state house, governor’s mansion
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Voters across Chester County seemed to be expressing frustration at a weak economy — and too much government intervention — as three Democratic state representatives were turned from office county-wide, the Republicans seized a massive majority in the state house and Pennsylvanians elected a new governor,...
Local voter turnout appears heavy
But question remains: who is coming out to vote and who benefits?
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTmes.com
Voter turnout appeared to be heavy — likely to cross 50 percent per precinct across the Unionville area — but it remains to be seen who exactly is voting and what the impact will be on local and statewide races.
For every voter who expressed anger at the incumbent Democrats, another would...
E. Marlborough says ‘not yet’ to BVA sediment effort, Birmingham says ‘no’
Lack of state DEP support for regional effort cited, concerns about spending
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTImes.com
The Christina Basin
EAST MARLBOROUGH — At least two local towns are in no rush to join the Brandywine Valley Association’s attempt to regionalize efforts to meet increasingly tougher standards by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to limit sediment and other discharge...
Election 2010: McGann’s fearless predictions
Democrats: break out those hankies, it’s going to be a long night
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
At first, I thought it would be a bad idea to write this column. Journalist that I am, I was honestly worried about, somehow, impacting the vote Tuesday. Then I thought about for a while and realized I was writing for Unionville, where the vast majority of people will know exactly who...
Unionville: so many reasons to give thanks