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Volume 156, No. 32
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
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East Marlborough Township grants two conditional approvals By Monica Fragale Contributing Writer The East Marlborough supervisors granted conditional-use approval on Monday to applications for a Jersey Mike’s Subs restaurant and a high-end automobile storage facility. The next step for both is getting building permits from the township. Jersey Mike’s Subs is proposed to occupy space at a shopping center at 817 E. Baltimore Pike, which also houses the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) doctors’ offices, a Dollar Tree, Supercuts, and Pet Supplies Plus.
Jersey Mike’s is a chain of sub sandwich restaurants with about 2,000 locations, according to the Jersey Mike’s website. Kai Peter made the application for the take-out restaurant and told supervisors during a public hearing that he has spent 360 hours in training with the chain and has another week of corporate training remaining. He added that the franchise process was “about an eight-month interview to see if you can do all your due diligence.” The restaurant would be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily and would be closed on Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving, and
Christmas, Peter said, adding that there would be 14 seats in the restaurant. Peter is renting the space from Clark Kennett Realty Partners of Jenkintown. There were a number of conditions that supervisors placed on the application approval, including limiting store hours (from 10 a.m. to no later than 10 p.m., seven days a week), and limiting deliveries to between 7:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. The supervisors also are requiring Peter, Clark Kennett Realty Partners, and representatives from CHOP and the township to
meet, as about 90 percent of the business at Jersey Mike’s is from take-out orders, and the business would be located next to the CHOP offices. That
meeting, according to East Marlborough Solicitor Ryan Jennings, is “to establish expectations to manage both vehicular and pedestrian traffic.”
Also at Monday’s meeting, the supervisors gave conditional use approval to Wistar Motors for a warehouse/storage/maintenance Continued on Page 3A
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By Betsy Brewer Brantner of anti-semitism and racial Contributing Writer bias, using innovation and partnerships to drive impact. Andrew Goretsky, a They work to protect democregional director of the Anti- racy and ensure a just and Defamation League (ADL), inclusive society for all. spoke to Oxford Borough The current Oxford officials at the Aug. 3 coun- Borough Council is extremecil meeting. As a regional ly focused on inclusivity so director, Goresky serves having the ADL come to Eastern Pennsylvania, speak at a council meeting Southern New Jersey and was one more step forward Delaware. on that front. Goretsky talked about Goretsky explained, “The Lawrence outlines next white supremacist groups, ADL fights anti-semitism, steps for House Select saying, “The highest levels combats extremism, deals Committee on Restoring of white supremacist groups with online hate and harassLaw and Order...4B are in Pennsylvania. The ment and secures democracy. second highest is in the state I was invited here to talk, so of Virginia.” it is clear that inclusivity Goretsky emphasized that is important to you. Setting the ADL fights all forms Continued on Page 4A
Kennett Township to join new county emergency response team By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer By a unanimous vote at the Aug. 3 meeting, the Kennett Township Board of Supervisors formally ushered the township into membership in the newly formed Chester County Emergency Response Team,
which will also include Tredyffrin Township, Downingtown Borough, East Vincent Township, and Schuylkill Township. The mission of the commission (CCERT) will be to pool specialized police services -- including the need for emergency response team services and other
specialized police services – in order to better allow member municipalities to respond to emergencies in the county. In its entirety, it is anticipated that 32 different municipalities throughout the county will eventually become members of CCERT.
“We only exist under a memorandum of understanding,” said Kennett Township Chief Matt Gordon. “By going under this umbrella, it allows us to do things that we otherwise couldn’t do separately. If we were to apply for a grant for SWAT operations on our own, our chances of getting
that grant would be slim and none, but by going under this umbrella shared by several municipalities applying for that same grant, that money would become better available to us. “It also allows us to ask for funding outside of the Chester County taxpayer,” Continued on Page 3A
National Night Out events held in Avondale, Kennett Square and West Grove By Richard L. Gaw Staff Writer
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Delaware residents Andrea DeDutron (left), Melissa Hocking and their children recently enjoyed a late morning stroll along State Street in Kennett Square. Kennett Collaborative is again sponsoring its popular Third Thursdays on Aug. 18 from 5:30 – 9:00 p.m. and Sept. 15 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., when browsers and buyers will be able to take advantage of extended shopping hours.
Over the course of its 38-year history, National Night Out has become the once-a-year celebration of a ritual of communication that endeavors to happen quietly every day. Throughout the U.S., the annual event serves as the high-water mark of a com-
munity-building campaign that promotes police-resident partnerships, all in a continuing effort to further break the barriers – real or imagined – that exist between police departments and the people they serve. The Southern Chester County Regional Police Department (SCCRPD) and the Kennett Township Police Department were
just two of several law enforcement units throughout Chester County that furthered that conversation as part of National Night Out festivities on Aug. 2. The SCCRPD held its celebrations at two of its primary coverage zones that drew hundreds of families and representatives from civic organizations. The West Grove Borough event
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Lynn Riden and Bill Wohl of the West Grove Fire Company, showcase a 1919 Hale Pumper fire engine at National Night Out festivities in West Grove on Aug. 2.
featured moon bounce rides, music by the 2uesday Night Band, demonstrations by police officers; members of the Chester County Regional Emergency Response Team; and both
the Avondale and West Grove fire companies. As a fundraiser for the After the Bell program, retiring SCCRPD officer Mario Raimato volunteered in the Continued on Page 2A