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Main Line Morning Briefing - Wednesday, Oct. 7
Good morning and welcome to the Main Line Morning Briefing. We have a lot of news coming in this morning and while we update you on what's happening I'll be sharing local tweets and more. Let's go over today's top headlines.
State Sen. Andrew Dinniman has introduced a bill to make it illegal for a county elections board to be comprised of members who are all from the same political party — as is currently the case in Chester County.
“I was surprised to learn the current 2014 appointees to Chester County’s Board of Elections were all from one party,” Dinniman, D-19th of West Whiteland , said in a press release issued Monday afternoon. Read more. Story via @PottstownNews
Last week an anonymous email sent to the Devon Horse Show community and the Main Line Suburban News stated that the Devon Horse Show owes Richard Hayne, the CEO of Urban Outfitters, $1 million which is due in April 2015 -- just a month before the annual Devon Horse Show and Country Fair.
Hayne gave the Devon Horse Show a 10-year, interest-free loan as part of a capital campaign that the DHS had to purchase the horse show grounds from the Bryn Mawr Hospital. In a telephone interview, Hayne said the loan was from his own pocket, not the corporation, and was given out friendship for former DHS leaders Leonard King and Wade McDevitt. Read more. Story by @LSteinReporter
Thanks to a neighbor, burglars are caught in the act.
TOP HEADLINES
Dinniman introduces bill to battle makeup of Chester County Elections Board
State Sen. Andrew Dinniman has introduced a bill to make it illegal for a county elections board to be comprised of members who are all from the same political party — as is currently the case in Chester County.
“I was surprised to learn the current 2014 appointees to Chester County’s Board of Elections were all from one party,” Dinniman, D-19th of West Whiteland , said in a press release issued Monday afternoon. Read more. Story via @PottstownNews
Chester County man admits guilt in fraud, Malvern weapons case
Philadelphia >> A 44-year-old man pleaded guilty Monday to an array of federal charges in connection to a multimillion-dollar fraud and the hundreds of improvised explosive devices that were found in a Malvern storage locker in February of 2013.
Istvan Merchenthaler, who has previously known addresses in Downingtown, West Chester and Coatesville, pleaded guilty to all counts in four separate indictments. The charges stemmed from the investigation of a phone card “ponzi scheme” that officials say defrauded investors of over $2 million and led to the stockpiling of homemade pipe bombs and firearms in three states. Read more. Story by @MikePriceWrites
Istvan Merchenthaler, who has previously known addresses in Downingtown, West Chester and Coatesville, pleaded guilty to all counts in four separate indictments. The charges stemmed from the investigation of a phone card “ponzi scheme” that officials say defrauded investors of over $2 million and led to the stockpiling of homemade pipe bombs and firearms in three states. Read more. Story by @MikePriceWrites
ICYMI
Anonymous letter spurs questions over Devon Horse Show, proposed Devon Yard, Urban Outfitters
Last week an anonymous email sent to the Devon Horse Show community and the Main Line Suburban News stated that the Devon Horse Show owes Richard Hayne, the CEO of Urban Outfitters, $1 million which is due in April 2015 -- just a month before the annual Devon Horse Show and Country Fair.
Hayne gave the Devon Horse Show a 10-year, interest-free loan as part of a capital campaign that the DHS had to purchase the horse show grounds from the Bryn Mawr Hospital. In a telephone interview, Hayne said the loan was from his own pocket, not the corporation, and was given out friendship for former DHS leaders Leonard King and Wade McDevitt. Read more. Story by @LSteinReporter
Police report...
Man with a handgun seen near Bala Theater
A man is reportedly seen carrying a handgun outside Bala Theater.
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