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A Chester County woman wants to donate a Native American burial ground. It's a complicated process.

A Chester County woman wants to donate a Native American burial ground. It’s a complicated process. Frank Kummer, The Philadelphia Inquirer © DAVID MAIALETTI/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Carol McCloskey (right) and her husband, J.R. Delich (left), look over a plot of land she owns in the Brandywine Valley. An aging metal sign erected by the Chester County Historical Society in 1908 stands partially obscured by a tree along a curvy rural road in tiny Newlin Township to commemorate the Lenape people buried on the knoll just above. Carol McCloskey, 78, has owned that knoll, now dense with woods, since 1987. Now planning her estate, she wants to donate the property, preferably to Native Americans, to ensure its preservation. But finding a good steward for the land has been more complicated than she thought. So far she’s found no takers for her half-acre lot, the only officially recognized Native American burial site in Chester County.

County OKs $4.2M grant to preserve open space and improve parks

Chester County Government: $4.2 Million Approved In Open Space Preservation And Park Improvement Grant Awards

Reply May 24, 2021 Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline approved the awarding of $4.2 million in open space preservation and park improvement grants at the most recent public Commissioners meeting. The grants are made available through Chester County s Preservation Partnership Program, which offers funding to municipalities and non-profit land preservation organizations.  Subscribe This commitment of County funds will help leverage an additional $10 million of non-County funds. We are pleased to join with our municipalities and land trusts in these investments that not only provide additional recreational opportunities for the public, but also protect the environment and preserve our land, said Commissioners Moskowitz, Maxwell and Kichline.  

Residents push back against sewer system sales, fearing cost

Residents push back against sewer system sales, fearing cost

Residents push back against sewer system sales, fearing cost By ANDREW MAYKUTH, The Philadelphia InquirerMay 15, 2021 GMT CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. (AP) Lisa Lilick and Carol Smith struggled to get fellow Conshohocken residents to pay attention to their campaign opposing the sale of the borough’s sewer system. Who wants to think about boring wastewater when there’s a pandemic going on? “Then Carol, she did the little thing with a toilet,” said Lilick. The “little thing” was a simple image that Smith dug up on a Google search, a cartoon commode with a worried expression and the palm of its hand held up. “No to sewer sale,” the cartoon toilet intoned. “Bad for residents, seniors, fixed income.”