Chesco DA files civil suit against operators of Mariner East pipelines
WEST CHESTER — After years of complaints, issues, spills, noise and a construction project that has run years beyond its planned schedule, county officials are going to court with a suit that would establish some level of county oversight for the project.
The Chester County District Attorney’s Office (DAO) filed a civil complaint on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania against Energy Transfer...
Kennett Golf and Country Club earns conservation award
Red Clay Valley Association’s work affects 50,000 residents
By Rick Marts, Staff Writer, The Times
Joe Viscuso, president of the Board of Governors of Kennett Square Golf and Country Club accepts the Red Clay Valley Association’s award of Outstanding Conservationist at the Association’s annual dinner on April 23, 2014. The club, with financial assistance from PADEP and administrative help...
6 county watershed projects win state grants
Nearly $1 million will help fund initiatives to protect area creeks
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will invest more than $20.65 million in watershed protection projects, the state announced on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
Six watershed protection projects in Chester County will receive $980,828 of the state funding through the Growing Greener Program, State Sen. Andy Dinniman in a...
Volunteers sought for earth-shaking endeavor
1,400 trees to be planted in East Fallowfield Township
The Brandywine Conservancy is taking the lead on a collaborative project to plant 1,400 trees in East Fallowfield; volunteers are being sought.
Conservationists hope area residents will dig this important environmental activity: planting 1,400 trees in East Fallowfield Township on Saturday, Oct. 26.
The Brandywine Conservancy, Guardians of the...
Parents angered over E. Fallowfield school water outage
Slated to reopen Thursday after county health department mandated Wednesday closure
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST FALLOWFIELD — East Fallowfield Elementary School is scheduled to reopen Thursday morning, after a failed water pump closed the school Wednesday — but a number of the school’s parents expressed anger over the district’s handling of the matter.
The pump broke at about...
