Few would question that this past year of the pandemic has been a difficult one for schools, and for the school boards that oversee them.
Through uncounted stormy meetings, difficult decisions, and always someone unhappy about them, each school board has tried to navigate its best course for both safety and optimizing education.
Perhaps that explains why incumbents comprise only a little more than 15 percent of the 64 candidates running in the May 18 primary for the 38 open seats on the nine school boards in The Mercury coverage area.
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May 3 is the last day to register to vote in this year s primary.
WEST CHESTERÂ â It may be several weeks before the Royersford man who is accused of stabbing his former girlfriend to death in front of her two young children is returned to Chester County to face homicide charges, according to prosecution officials.
Danelo Cavalcante is being detained in Virginia after being apprehended and arrested on a warrant from the Chester County Detectives and Schuylkill Township police for the Sunday murder of 33-year-old Deborah Brandao. He is charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and related offenses.
According to a spokeswoman for the county District Attorneyâs Office, Michelle Bjork, the process for extraditing a criminal defendant from Virginia is complex and does not give a defendant the opportunity to either waive or refuse extradition.
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