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100 Years Ago – 1920:

This is Candlemas Day. It is the one day a year when you can determine accurately how the weather isn’t going to turn out. However, the Times is almost tempted to tell its readers that the groundhog did not see his shadow this morning and that the country is safe. But we refrain from any such display of enthusiasm, for, after all, we might be accused of sensationalism, and the

Times is not a sensational newspaper.

75 Years Ago – 1945:

Mayor Ralph Swarts declared a state of emergency in Chester and banned delivery of coal to places of amusement until further notice. His action followed by receipt late Thursday afternoon of a wire from Gov. Edward Martin asking that the step be taken. Simultaneously, all burgesses in communities in Delaware County were asked to take the same action.

50 Years Ago – 1970:

A 49-year-old man armed with a rifle held 15 policemen from eight departments at bay early today while a Chester Township commissioner pleaded with him. Police said Commissioner John Board talked with the man for 90 minutes before he attempted to wrest a high-powered rifle from him. Township Policeman Kenneth Hunt entered the Toby Farms house, ran to the second floor and grabbed the rifle while the commissioner scuffled with the man.

25 Years Ago – 1995:

Electricity was shut off at Pulsations Night Club for a short time yesterday. Club owner James Gorman would not comment on the reason but said that he had “worked out an arrangement” with PECO Energy for power to be restored. No events at the Baltimore Pike were cancelled as a result of the outage, Gorman said. Owner Concord Ranch Inc. filed for protection from its creditors under Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws last year, but recently submitted a motion to have its case dismissed.

10 Years Ago – 2010:

The 116-room Hampton Inn project is on tonight’s agenda of Media’s planning commission. After a long hiatus during which the project was in litigation, the plan will be viewed with the clock starting in the land development phase. Several neighbors on adjacent streets continued to object to the plan, which sent it to the courts. With those cases settled, and Nether Providence resolving issues for a sliver of the property in its municipality, the plan starts anew. It is unclear what, if any, changes have been made to the original plan.