Upland News

The first meeting of a new development authority board that has drawn the ire of Chester Democrats attracted not a single audience member Friday afternoon at the Delaware County Commerce Center on State Street.

It wasn't long ago that legislators from around the country were streaming into Pennsylvania to get a look at a successful model for electric utility deregulation.

While many high schoolers are spending the summer at the beach or scooping ice cream, we learned about some young people in Chester who are getting a jumpstart on their futures.

The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office has subpoenaed board minutes for the years 2001 to 2006 from the Chester Upland School District, superintendent Gregory Thornton said yesterday.

A 3-year-old boy died Friday after he was found floating unconscious in his family pool here, officials said.

A pregnant Harrison Township woman was injured when she lost control of her car and it struck a utility pole, severing it in half, police here said Monday.

A 3-year-old boy was found face-down and unconscious in his family's in-ground swimming pool shortly after noon Friday.

Crozer-Chester Medical Center reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on a new contract for its nursing staff.

THE TAX RELIEF ACT l The act is part of Act 1, passed into law in 2006, in which Gov.

The Queen Anne's County Board of Education has scheduled meetings this week and next with the three finalists for the job of school superintendent.

Submitted by HelenGym on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 5:41am. A lot of school news in the past few weeks to share: School Safety The District's Safe Schools Advocate has been in the news slamming the District regarding ... via Young Philly Politics

“There will be some who missed out”

A gambler's misfortune has become a property owner's gain. On Thursday, the Warren County School District learned how much money it will receive from the state's slot machine gaming revenue. via Times Observer

“It was just a matter of getting casinos up and running and getting enough revenue.”

Property owners have a reason to crack a small smile amid the frowns caused by high gas and food prices. via York Dispatch

Pennsylvania homeowners can now get a better idea of how much tax relief they can expect from casino revenues in the coming fiscal year. via KYW-AM Philadelphia

“I really didn't know what to expect”

The Pennsylvania Department of Education on Thursday announced how much in slots revenues each of the state's 501 school districts will receive for property tax relief in 2008-09, with the figures for Franklin ... via Herald-Mail

The state Education Department has released more detailed estimates of how much property tax relief Pennsylvania homeowners will receive from slot-machine gambling this year. via WHTM

Chester Upland schools have been failing for years, producing some of the worst state test scores in the region. via Philly.com

“The fire chief told me it started in the kitchen and there's a lot of expensive damage to the kitchen and laundry room.”

A 36-year-old woman who was severely burned in an early-morning blaze Saturday is in critical condition, according to a nursing supervisor at Crozer-Chester Medical Center's burn treatment center in Upland, Pa. via Press of Atlantic City

A man sustained burn injuries during a house fire Saturday in Millsboro, the Delaware State Fire Marshal reported. via The Daily Times - Salisbury, Md.

“One of the things that became evident in the last couple of weeks is that there is large segments of the American population, particularly the white sections of the American population, that have little understanding of the black church”

On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School President Eugene C. Bay said Americans need to consider the historical ... via Rochester Democrat and Chronicle