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Chester, PA	The City of Chester On-Line! http://www.chestercity.com/ The official website of the City of Chester, PA Chester Business Association The Chester Business Association is committed to the economic growth and development within the City of Chester. Members meet regularly to network and share information that will help member companies increase sales, market share, growth, and profitability. NewChesterPa.com The purpose of this website is simple, to communicate the thoughts, ideas and activities of the people of Chester. We want to create a vehicle that the citizens of this city can connect with their neighbors, former Chester residents as well as anyone interested in learning more about our great city. GhettoPrint.com "Chester's Online Journal!" Photo Gallery of Chester City Sights & People updated every Wednesday! "The Chester Spotlight" Chester's Favorite Community Paper, launched in April 2006 ChesterYes.com Chesteryes.com was created to provide a central location, an online hub, for people and businesses to access current information on the exciting happenings in the city. Take a few minutes and explore the site. From waterfront development to Harrah's Chester Downs, big things are happening in the city. It's no wonder, every day more and more people are saying YES to Chester! FAIR Deal Coalition The FAIR Deal Coalition of Chester is determined to give voice to those with the biggest stake in the advent of legalized gambling in Chester. Chester Community Improvement Project "CCIP's mission is to assist with the revitalization of the city of Chester by building the base of home ownership." This mission is accomplished through housing rehabilitation, new construction, and mortgage counseling programs." Chester Housing Authority The official website of the Chester Housing Authority Widener University Chester, PA (formerly PMA - Pennsylvania Military Academy, PMC - Pennsylvania Military College, and Widener College)
Foods	Following are links to some of the favorite foods of Delaware County and Philadelphia, PA. For those now living outside the area, some just offer the ability to wet your taste buds and learn more about the company. Many, however, offer the opportunity to actually order some of your favorites online or to locate a source near you! - I've never tried ordering any of these online but I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has. Amoroso Baking Company http://www.amorosos.com Well, it's not our own Buono Brothers Bakery of W 2nd Street in Chester, but it's about as close as I've been able to find yet online. Sorry, no online ordering for individuals but at least you can drool over their baked goods and perhaps encourage your local grocer to stock their products. DiCostanza's Hoagies Chester, PA http://www.dicostanzas.com/ The Chester original! - You can order online for FedEx Priority mail, delivered the next business morning! D'Ignazio's Towne House Restaurant Media, PA http://www.townehouse.com/ Pictures and history of this legendary Delaware County establishment founded in 1951 by Silvio "Babe" D'Ignazio plus complete menus to browse through! Herr's Potato Chips & Pretzels http://www.herrs.com You can actually order some of their chips & pretzels online! Philly Food in Media, PA http://www.PhillyPretzels.com Lots more than just pretzels! - Hoagies, Cheese Steaks, TastyKakes, Soft Pretzels, Maglio's Italian Sausage, Habbersette Scrapple, Goldenberg's Peanut Chews bars, Frank's Black Cherry Wishniak, Philadelphia Butter Cake, Taylor Pork Roll, Amoroso Rolls, - Hungry yet? - Follow the link above, you can order online and they'll ship overnight most anywhere! Taste of Philadelphia http://www.tasteofphiladelphia.com Several options for overnight delivery of some of Philly's favorite foods including Soft Pretzels, Bookbinders Soup & OTC Crackers, Frank's Black Cherry Wishniak Soda, Goldenberg's Peanut Chews, Herr's Chips & Pretzels, Hoagies, Cheesesteaks & TastyKake Cakes & Pies! TastyKakes http://www.tastykake.com Tasty Baking Co. offers gift boxes that you can order online as well as a source locator for finding their products closest to you. Wawa Food Markets http://www.wawa.com No online ordering, but they do have an interesting history of the company, a hoagie history and a store locator for those in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
Genealogy	Chester County Genealogy (Part of the PA Gen Web) Chester County Genealogy (Mary McIndoe) Delaware County Archives 340 North Middletown Road, Building 19 Lima, PA 610-891-5620 Delaware County Genealogy
Historical Societies & Organizations	Chester Historical Preservation Committee http://www.orgsites.com/pa/chpc/ Meets the second Wednesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. at the Chester Friends Meetinghouse, 24th & Chestnut Streets. The Committee's book, "Chester", (128 pages with over 200 pictures) scheduled for release in November 2004 will be available at this year's Holiday Open House Tour. For more about it, please visit their web site. The Chester Historical Preservation Committee Presents The Chester High School Commemorative Ornament These limited edition 24kt gold finish ornaments are available for $19.95 To reserve yours, please call 610-872-4497 Annual Open House Tour of Historic Chester homes Each year during the holiday season, the Chester Historical Preservation Committee sponsor a Sunday afternoon tour of historic Chester homes. The tour begins at 1:00 p.m. at the Friends Meetinghouse at 24th & Chestnut Streets. Tickets are $8 per person. Delaware County Historical Society (DCHS) http://www.dchs-pa.org/ DCHS Research Library: 408 Avenue of the States Chester, PA 19013 610-872-0502 Library Hours: Wednesdays 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Thursdays 1- 8 p.m. Fridays 9 - 4 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Click here for a list of Research Resources available at DCHS. As of Saturday October 28, 2006 DCHS has relocated the research library to the former bank building at 4th & Market Street (Avenue of the States) in Chester. The building is next to Chester's 1724 Courthouse. Delaware County History http://www.delcohistory.org/ Links to: Delaware County Historical Society Bethel Township Preservation Society Friends of the Caleb Pusey House, Inc. Chester Heights Camp Meeting Association Chester Historic Preservation Committee Concord Township Historical Society Friends of Old St. Thomas Haverford Township Historical Society Nether Providence Historical Society Rick Nicholson, rick@dca.net, is also in the process of posting the entire "1884 History of Delaware County" by H. G. Ashmead on this site. Here's the direct link to the beginning of the pages that pertain specifically to the city of Chester: http://www.delcohistory.org/ashmead/ashmead_pg327.htm#chapter32 Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (DSDI) http://www.dsdi1776.com/ An association of direct lineal descendants of the the men who inscribed their names upon the first page of the history of the United States of America. The association is devoted to the promotion of the ideas expressed in the Declaration. Norwood Historical Society http://norwood.freehomepage.com
Libraries	Delaware County Archives 340 North Middletown Road, Building 19 Lima, PA 610-891-5620 Delaware County Library System Online http://www.delco.lib.pa.us/ J. Lewis Crozer Library http://www.crozerlibrary.org/ 620 Engle Street Chester, PA 19013 Phone: 610-494-3454 FAX: 610-494-8954 Email: crozerlibrary@delco.lib.pa.us Hours: Mon-Thurs. 9:00am-8:00pm Fri. & Sat. 9:00am-4:00pm Summer hours: Same as above except Saturdays 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
	Hagley Museum & Library 298 Buck Road East Wilmington, DE
Maps	Chester County Maps (Compliments of Nadine Holder) "Since I didn't offhand see old maps of Chester County on your site thought you might be interested in linking to our Chester County Map page. (If the page doesn't come up Yahoo/Geocities is often really busy at peak times and gives a message page cannot be found instead of saying they are way over capacity!)"
Neighboring Communities	Old Aston Township [This site is temporarily unavailable as of March 26, 2002. As soon as I hear from "Joker" Jack, I'll get the link re-connected.] Congratulations to our regular visitor and frequent contributor, "Joker" Jack Chambers, on the opening of his oldastontownship.com! The purpose of the website, which is a non profit venture, is to establish a location for the collection of facts and folklore about old times in Aston Township history, and news and views of the people who made up the township in those olden days. The site also includes current news and information about Aston Township. Although the web site has no connection to and is not endorsed by the Aston Township Historical Society, Jack will share with the Aston Township Historical Society any information obtained. Bethel Township http://www.twp.bethel.pa.us/index.html Brookhaven Borough Concord Township, Delaware County, PA http://twp.concord.pa.us/ Delaware County, PA http://www.delawarecountypa.com Delaware County, PA - Commerce Center http://www.delcopa.org/ Delaware County Courthouse & Government Center http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/ Media, PA - Everybody's Hometown http://www.mediaborough.com/default.htm Middletown Township http://www.middletowntownship.org/ Nether Providence Township http://www.netherprovidence.org/ Swarthmore, PA - The Village Online http://www.swarthmore-boro.com/ Pictures of most every business in the Borough of Swarthmore (including a beautiful picture of The Ingleneuk before the fire in the spring of 2000!) Presented by M. Christensen Associates, Inc., Multimedia
Newspapers & News	Accessible Archives http://www.accessible.com/ Primary Source Material from 18th & 19th Century Periodicals. Over 100 Million Searchable WORDS: Godey's Ladys Book 1830-1880 The Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800 The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective, November 1860 - April 1865 African American Newspapers: The 19th Century The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County 1819-1870 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue: Chester County 1809-1870 The Delaware County Daily Times http://www.delcotimes.com/ (formerly The Chester Times) The Polish American Journal http://www.polamjournal.com/

If you have any information that you would like to contribute about other links of interest to the City of Chester or Delaware County, PA, please forward it to john@oldchesterpa.com

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