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May 28, 2020
May 27, 2020 WEST CHESTER, PA _The Chester County Commissioners announced today the launch of RestoreChesterCounty.org, a comprehensive online toolkit that offers guidelines specifically designed for Chester County’s 15,000+ businesses and 525,000 residents as they move from the red phase to the yellow phase on June 5th. “As we surveyed Chester County’s businesses, organizations and residents over the past weeks, the feedback we consistently received was that while there is an overwhelming amount of information on best practices for reopening, ... View Article
May 27, 2020
By Guy Ciarrocchi Over 100,000 deaths. Over 39 million unemployed. Policy-makers, business leaders and private citizens are now tracking these two COVID-19 related numbers. Heartbreaking. Congress will continue to look at ways to help. But, they have an equally important duty to undertake a new, vitally important task; looking at how the disease spread and didn’t spread across our 50 states. And, they must review both the virus’ spread and impacts, as well as the varied economic effects of the ... View Article
May 26, 2020
The 2020 Census “Self-Response Phase” has been extended out to October 31, 2020, which means that outreach efforts will continue through the coming months. The Chester County Complete County Committee (CCC) is adapting to these changes and will keep pursuing outreach through the summer. The Census Bureau has published a revised schedule for 2020. Some key revised benchmarks are: Self-Response Phase (Online, phone and mailed self-responses): March 12 – October 31 Group Quarters (E-Response & Paper Enumeration): April 2 – ... View Article
May 21, 2020
May 20 Due to the Pandemic, polling place locations are being consolidated in both Chester and Montgomery County. Here is the listing of all the polling places in the our district. Those in bold reflect the change in location. As of last Friday, nearly 7,000 Democrats have applied for mail-in ballots in the 157th District. If you have requested a ballot, be sure you mail it back before the June 2, 2020 deadline. If you have sent your request in ... View Article
May 21, 2020
West Reading, PA., May 18, 2020 – Earlier today, Monday, May 18, Tower Health and Drexel University celebrated an official “Topping Off” ceremony for Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, an additional site location of the medical school to be opened in Wyomissing, PA. Consistent with social distancing restrictions, a small ceremony was held during which a handful of leaders from Tower Health and Drexel University watched the placement of the final, 30-foot steel beam. Construction of the new ... View Article
