Stefan Roots
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Shift Changes Put More Chester Patrols on the Streets This Summer
Chester is solving a shortage of street patrol officers this summer by making significant changes to its daily staffing to get more police officers on…
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Chester Summer Initiatives Working to Keep Youth Out of Trouble
Creative policing and a Safe Summer Initiative with a curfew and youth programs and activities appears to be having a positive effect on lowering crime…
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Chester Providing Grants for Business District Aesthetic Upgrades
The City of Chester has taken the next step to revitalize its Central Business District with a Façade Enhancement Initiative. The program will elevate the…
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Chester’s Community Hospital Cleared for Senior Affordable Housing
Community Hospital in Chester, vacant since 2021, will now be the site of Silvercare Senior Housing, an affordable housing complex, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY.…
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Chester Must Embrace Itself as a College Town, Mayor Says
Chester can emerge from bankruptcy and experience an economic resurrection if it leverages its position as a college town to Widener University. That was a…
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HUD Places Chester Housing Authority on ‘Troubled’ List
The Chester Housing Authority is “troubled,” according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY. HUD gave the CHA…
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Pause on LNG Terminal ‘Saved Chester,’ Mayor Stefan Roots Says
If Chester LNG terminal were built on the waterfront, “no one would want to come here,” said Chester’s new mayor Stefan Roots, since the city…
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Chester LNG Terminal Not Happening, According to Mayor
A Chester LNG terminal proposed for the city is ‘dead in the water’, said new mayor Stefan Roots, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily…
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Chester Mayor Stefan Roots: Compromise Is the Road Out of Bankruptcy
Chester’s new mayor, Stefan Roots, is talking compromise with state receiver Michael Doweary so the city can emerge from bankruptcy, writes Kathleen E. Carey for…
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LNG Plant Could Bring Millions to Chester, but Is the Price Too High?
Even with the potential millions of dollars a Chester LNG plant and export terminal could bring to the bankrupt City of Chester, many city leaders…
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Chester’s Likely New Mayor Ready to Tackle Bankruptcy Problem
Chester’s probable new mayor, Stefan Roots, will make getting Chester out of bankruptcy and straightening out the city’s finances his top priority, writes Justin Udo…
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Chester Incumbent Mayor Defeated Admidst City Financial Woes
Chester finances were on the minds of Democratic voters as its incumbent mayor Thaddeus Kirkland was defeated in Tuesday’s primary election, writes Anthony Wood for…
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Chester Never Quite Recovered After Massive Flood in 1971
A flood worse than anything Hurricane Ida delivered devastated Eyre Park and parts of Chester 50 years ago, writes Anthony R. Wood for The Philadelphia…
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‘Everyday Hero’ Kenny Covert Works on Behalf of Chester’s Community
Kenny Covert is working tirelessly to bring transparency and accountability to the local government and school district, and to make the Chester community a better…
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Scrappy One-Man Startups Picking Up Local News Coverage Once the Sole Domain of Traditional Media
Small daily or weekly newspapers have traditionally supplied hyperlocal news. But these outlets now produce less journalism as hedge fund-backed media companies slash-and-burn staff to…
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