Chester County Press 08-17-2016 Edition

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Covering Avon Grove, Chadds Ford, Kennett Square, Oxford, & Unionville Areas

Volume 150, No. 33

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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Avondale It’s official: New Garden to sell its sewer system trooper arrested for purchasing cocaine

By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer By the time New Garden Township supervisors, representatives from Aqua Pennsylvania Wastewater, Inc. (Aqua), members of Memorial service slated the township’s Sewer Sale Saturday in Oxford for Evaluation Committee and Janis Walker...5A about 50 residents sat down on Monday night, the general consensus was that it was all over but the signing. As expected, the supervisors gave final and unanimous approval to the sale of the township’s sewer system to Aqua for the price of $29.5 million, at its Aug. 15 meeting. As part of the sale, Aqua will contribute $20,000 toward the township’s

Lining up the celebrities at the Mushroom Festival ...4A

School districts throughout Chester County are in the process of evaluating some of the research that suggests that there are numerous benefits for Look to the sky this weekstudents if the school day end at the New Garden Air starts later. Show...1B During a presentation at the Aug. 9 meeting of the Oxford School Board, local students who have served on a Delayed Start Time Committee for the last two years said that there would be significant academic, physical, and emotional benefits to

INDEX Calendar of Events.....2B

Photo by Richard L. Gaw

On Aug. 15, the New Garden Township Board of Supervisors officially voted to approve the sale of the township’s sewer system to Pennsylvania Wastewater, Inc., for the price of $29.5 million.

closing costs, assume responsibility for the system’s permits and assets, and be responsible for the provision of wastewater service to customers. Aqua will also complete all modifi-

cations, improvements and requirements, in order to meet all regulatory agency requirements, and make all repairs to the sewer system’s infrastructure, which Continued on Page 3A

a later start time, particularly at the high school level. They also encouraged district officials to consider the research. Mary Curley, the director of communications at the Chester County Intermediate Unit, explained that the communications department oversees the Student Forum, a volunteer organization that brings together students from schools all across the county. The Intermediate Unit and county school districts work collaboratively to align their schedules as

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hearing on Aug. 19. According to published reports and court documents, Lebron was caught purchasing cocaine from an informant on Aug. 12. The informant told Continued on Page 9A

80%

81%

agree/strongly agree

agree/strongly agree

a delayed start time would benefit Chester County high school students

a delayed start would result in academic benefits

of Chester County Students

preferred that school districts consider changing their high school start time

88%

60%

agree/strongly agree

agree/strongly agree

a delayed start time would positively impact their sleep

Target Shooting Solutions opens in Avondale

Pipeline expansion project to begin in Franklin Township on Aug. 29 By John Chambless Staff Writer

Opinion........................7A

On Aug. 29, Franklin Township residents should see construction beginning on a new natural gas pipeline loop in the Kemblesville area. The 2.1 miles of new buried 16-inch pipeline will parallel two existing 12-inch and eightinch buried pipelines. The Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company announced its proposed pipeline upgrade in July of 2014, and final approval to begin construction was grantPhoto by Richard L. Gaw A. Paul Reed, Remo Toto and Alex Toto of Target Shooting Solutions, which ed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on opened this week in Avondale. By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer As the blazing summer heat pounded down on the freshly paved parking lot of the new Target Shooting Solutions in Avondale last Friday, the beads of sweat that showed on co-owner’s Remo Toto’s face glistened like the tell-tale sign of the many layers of approval and hard work it took for Toto and his son and coowner Alex to get to this point, three days before the store’s official opening. Built on the site of the former Boomer’s entertainment complex, Target Shooting Solutions, which opened this week, is a

a delayed start would positively impact student safety

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Obituaries...................5B

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Jose Lebron

CHESTER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SURVEY RESULTS

Classified....................7B

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A former state trooper at the Avondale barracks is under arrest on drug charges, according to a bulletin issued by state police on Aug. 15. Trooper Jose Lebron has been a trooper since 2008, and is now suspended without pay. He had been part of the troop’s vice unit. The Chester County district attorney’s office is prosecuting the case. Lebron will have a preliminary

Chester County school districts look at merits of later high school start times By Steven Hoffman Staff Writer

Get to know Kennett Square’s historic buildings...3B

By John Chambless Staff Writer

26,000-square-foot facility that has little in common with the typical bunker-like, military green encampment style of target shooting businesses. The lobby is bright and airy, with high ceilings, a fireplace and comfortable chairs. Off to the right, a 7,200-squarefeet retail store offers a wide variety of firearms for sale, as well as accessories and protective equipment. To the left of the entrance, there is a 20-lane shooting range – divided into two separate banks of ten lanes each – that are entirely encased in concrete. Of the many safety checks installed at the range, perhaps the most important

Aug. 4, 2016. In the past two years, there have been many meetings and plan revisions, but according to Franklin Township Board of Supervisors chairman John Auerbach, the public has been kept well informed throughout the process. The new pipeline will be constructed in Franklin Township from Hess Mill Road southeast to Walker Road. The pipeline will cross under Routes 896 and 841 and will pass through some densely populated areas. “Considering the scope and impact of the Continued on Page 3A

will be a bullet-proof armor plate at each range, that works with a trap to snuff out a bullet’s acceleration after it is fired. Regulated ventilation systems will properly keep fresh air pumping into the ranges, and all of the lead and brass used in bullets will be recycled. “Starting a brand new business is relatively rare in the firearms business,” said A. Paul Reed, the chief operating officer and general manager of the Avondale facility. “The advantage that we have is that everything is state-of-the-art, from our air handling system, and from our safety

Following up last week’s column on the financial abyss called the Oxford Area Sewer Authority (OASA) is the strange absence of an Oxford resident named Spence Andress. Andress is a highly intelligent, successful engineering executive who served as President of Oxford Borough Council just prior to the founding of the OASA. Andress became enamored with the

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OASA Implosion Part II

Where was Spence Andress? By Uncle Irvin


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