No more whining: now you can get your vino at Wegmans
Over 400 varieties available for sale seven day a week
By Lauren Parker- Gill, News Editor, The Times
The Downingtown Wegmans Wine Shop officially opened for sales Friday morning.
DOWNINGTOWN – First beer, now wine – Wegmans in Downingtown is among the first of 200 grocery stores that is able to sell wine and they celebrated by popping the cork on a bottle of sparkling wine Friday with state representatives...
Candidate Q&A: Josh Maxwell, 74th State House District
Josh Maxwell
Editor’s Note: Once again, we posed the same nine questions to our legislative candidates and offered to publish them without edits or modification to allow our readers to get an unfiltered view of their positions on some of the top issues of the day in Pennsylvania. We will run the answers of all of the candidates for a given race at the same time — assuming all have responded.
1....
Candidate Q&A: Harry Lewis Jr., 74th State House District
Harry Lewis Jr.
Editor’s Note: Once again, we posed the same nine questions to our legislative candidates and offered to publish them without edits or modification to allow our readers to get an unfiltered view of their positions on some of the top issues of the day in Pennsylvania. We will run the answers of all of the candidates for a given race at the same time — assuming all have responded.
1....
Barrar appointed to house Consumer Affairs committee
State Rep. Stephen Barrar
HARRISBURG — State Rep. Stephen E. Barrar (R-160) was assigned to serve on the House Consumer Affairs Committee during the 2015-16 legislative session. Barrar will also serve as the chairman of the Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee.
“Being a member of the Consumer Affairs Committee will allow me to take the issues and problems that face my constituents...
Ross to chair house Liquor Control committee
State Rep. Chris Ross
HARRISBURG — Rep. Chris Ross (R-158), who was recently elected to his 10th term in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, has been named chairman of the House Liquor Control Committee for the 2015-16 legislative session. The House made history last session when it passed liquor privatization legislation, but the Senate failed to act on the measure. Ross expects privatization...
Lewis appointed to Eduction, Urban Affairs committees
State Rep. Harry Lewis, Jr.
HARRISBURG — Rep. Harry Lewis (R-74) was assigned to serve on four standing House committees during the 2015-16 legislative session. Lewis was assigned to the Children and Youth, Education, Health and Urban Affairs committees, it was announced Thursday.
“I am very excited to be involved with these committees,” said Lewis in a statement. “I believe that my experience...
Pileggi out as Senate Majority Leader
GOP Senate votes him out in favor of Corman
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Sen. Dominic Pileggi
Chester County will no longer have representation in the leadership of either party’s leadership in the state legislature, after a shakeup Wednesday deposed Sen. Dominic Pileggi from his post as Majority Leader of the state Senate.
Pileggi (R-9), who represents a large portion of the eastern part of...
