Kenny Cooper

Factions of the township government were at odds over an allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funds to keep things running and pay township workers.

The urgent request, granted by the West Goshen Supervisors, comes as the closures of Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals have a domino effect.

An 2017 agreement means the cash-strapped city will get less per ton of trash brought in by a big customer — the county Solid Waste Authority.

Brandywine and Jennersville hospitals are now both closed. A new task force aims to keep services going, while another group wants the courts to intervene.

The county will lose yet another emergency room, the second in a month, and its only inpatient behavioral health facility on Monday.

A public health approach is being proposed with part of the $20 million-plus the township has received in American Rescue Plan Act funding.

A Dec. 28 letter says Tower failed to provide Chester County Emergency Medical Services with “accurate, ongoing communication.”

Canyon Atlantic Partners LLC is asking a Chester County judge to put a pause on Tower Health’s closure of Brandywine and Jennersville hospitals.

The Chester County Health Department has asked schools to stop contact tracing and to focus on checking students for symptoms, testing them, and sending them home.

The action came two days after the Delaware County DA filed charges in the August shooting death of the 8-year-old and the wounding of three others.

The event in the Montgomery County community included speakers and praise for a local mural and documentary, both called ‘Symbol of Solidarity.’

Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced the charges in connection with the August incident after an Academy Park football game.