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County Council will be in historic Bethel Township for evening meeting on June 19
Delaware County Council will travel to historic Bethel Township for a public meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, at the John Myers Building, 1092 Bethel Road.
Delaware County Council will travel to historic Bethel Township for a public meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, at the John Myers Building, 1092 Bethel Road.
County Council Chairman Tom McGarrigle announced that Council will meet in Bethel Township as part of ongoing efforts to enhance communication with residents by taking their meetings out into the community.
“It is our hope that these evening meetings will encourage our residents and the residents of Bethel Township to become more involved with local government and in turn, help us to communicate more directly with our residents,” said Chairman McGarrigle. “There is a lot of history here in Bethel Township, dating back to the 1600s and we are excited to be able to hold our council meeting here.”
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Bethel Township is the smallest of the original townships of Chester County that later became Delaware County. Triangular in shape, it is bordered by Aston, Upper Chichester and Concord townships and New Castle County, Del.
The township is mentioned in history accounts as early as 1683.
In January, the Bethel Township supervisors and the Bethel Preservation Society unveiled new display cases in the township building that house artifacts from Bethel’s history, including arrowheads, cannon balls, Indian tools and an original lock from the old Booth’s Corner Store.
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County Council will conduct its regular business meeting in Bethel, plus invite input from local residents during the public comment portion of the meeting. There will be no daytime meeting of County Council on June 19 at the Government Center in Media.
The Bethel meeting marks the twelfth evening Council meeting held in various communities since Council launched this outreach effort with a meeting in Collingdale in February 2009. Since then, Council has held evening meetings in the City of Chester, Haverford, Concord, Brookhaven, Clifton Heights, Chadds Ford, Ridley Township, Upper Darby, Glenolden, Marple and now Bethel.
