Chadds Ford approves zero tax hike budget
Township slashes spending by 9% to make up for lost tax revenue
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Township supervisors opted to cut spending, rather than raise taxes or dip into Chadds Ford's surplus for the 2011 budget.
CHADDS FORD — As expected, the board of Supervisors voted Wednesday afternoon to approve a 2011 budget calling for no local tax increase — a feat that required a...
Price questions outsourcing proposal requests
Board member argues administration either biased or incompetent; colleagues call on him to apologize
Controversy surrounds a request for proposal that could put outside workers in Unionville school lunchrooms, such as Unionville High School
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — A school board member alleged Monday night that members of the administration are sabotaging...
Sparks fly over Unionville bus outsourcing study
Parents ask board to look carefully before firing district drivers, board members clash over study proposal
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The Unionville Chadds Ford Board of Education awarded a $15,160 contract to study the district's transportation system.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Tension is already rising as the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District begins its first steps toward considering...
Finding the middle ground: making gray the new black
Black and white mentality needs to give way to compromise, consensus
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
I was driving down Route 52 the other day and a passel of abandoned campaign signs prompted me to start thinking about what, if any, conclusions, one should draw from the recent election results and how it applies to life around here.
Yes, it’s obvious that people are angry, frustrated...
Unionville schools set to hire consultants to look at buses
Could be first step to privatizing school bus fleet
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District is expected to hire a consultant Monday night to look more closely at the district school bus fleet — and whether moving to an outside contractor is a better fiscal option.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education is expected to take...
Formal presentation on activity fees on tap Monday for Unionville school board
Unionville High School baseball players and others involved in school activities may see some increases in activity fees for the 2011-12 school year.—File photo.
Research, conversations with coaches, athletes, families, taxpayers used to create picture of current status
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — A formal presentation on the topic of activity fees will be made...
Unionville comes together to help Ladd family
More than 400 gather to support couple who has given so much to the community
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Briand Ladd expresses his appreciation for everyone who gathered Friday to help support his family — and his wife Caren, who suffered a stroke in July.
BOOTHWYN — The heart of Unionville beat as one for a few hours Friday night as more than 400 people gathered to help a community...
T-Mobile expert: Chadds Ford cell phone expansion poses no health risk
After October furor, few residents show at second part of hearing
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
CHADDS FORD — Using a typical cell phone exposes people to many more times the amount of radiated radio frequency than would proposed additions to an existing cell phone tower off of US 202, an expert testified before a special hearing Wednesday night — as opposition to T-Mobile adding...
Chadds Ford looks for zero tax hike in 2011
Needs to find just under $24K to keep rates flat for second straight year
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
CHADDS FORD — Finding just under $24,000 in savings is all that township supervisors say they need to once again balance the township budget without a local tax increase — a task they expect to have completed before the 2011 budget is formally introduced next month.
Supervisor...
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