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Chester
Chester city (1990 pop. 41,856), Delaware co., SE Pa., on the Delaware River south of Philadelphia; settled c.1644 by Swedes, inc. as a city 1866. A port, it was also long a shipbuilding center. There are ship transfer facilities and factories making metal, food, and paper products; marine anchors; machinery; communications equipment; and consumer goods. A gambling casino and racetrack also contribute to the city's economy, The Commodore Barry Bridge, with one of the world's longest cantilever main spans, crosses the Delaware to Bridgeport, N.J.
The oldest city in the state, Chester (established as Upland) was the site of William Penn 's first landing (1682) in America. Penn renamed the settlement and convened (1682) the first assembly of the colony there. Foundations of the original settlement remain, in Governor Printz Park. Chester is home to Widener Univ. (1821).
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Chester's International, LLC Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Serving Delicious Chicken Across America.
PR Newswire; 10/12/2005; 700+ words
; - Beloved Chester the Chicken Turns 40 and Invites Everyone...BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Chester's restaurants across the nation will be celebrating the 40th birthday of Chester the Chicken, and honoring Chester's 40...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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When Chester was the coin capital of Canute's kingdom; 1,000-year-old penny minted in North West goes under hammer.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 3/9/2002; 700+ words
; ...Stephen Rylance WHEN a 1,000-year-old Chester penny goes under the hammer later this...The silver penny comes from an age when Chester was the money-minting capital of England. While Chester's Roman legacy has made the city famous...
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Chester Greenwood's ears.
Magazine article from: Highlights for Children; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Chester Greenwood had a problem. His ears got very cold in...Maine, near the town of Farmington where he lived, Chester's cold ears were a constant problem. In 1873, when Chester was fifteen years old, he got a pair of ice skates...
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Chester's International, LLC, Announces Plans to Open New Caribbean Locations this Fall; New Franchise Locations Planned for Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Grand Cayman.
PR Newswire; 7/19/2004; 690 words
; ...BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Chester's International, LLC, formerly Chester Fried, an emerging leader of quick service...openings are scheduled for this fall. In April, Chester Fried changed its name to Chester's International...
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Chester Bank to merge with Hartford National Corp.
PR Newswire; 2/25/1987; 700+ words
; CHESTER, Conn., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Shareholders of Chester Bank yesterday approved the previously announced merger...more than 104,000 shares of the 114,700 shares of Chester Bank common stock outstanding were represented during...
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Chester's International, LLC, Announces Agreements with Pilot Travel Centers; Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, signs on to open five new Chester's brand locations; becomes second worldwide operator of new brand.
PR Newswire; 7/9/2004; 700+ words
; ...BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Chester's International, LLC, formerly Chester Fried, an emerging leader of quick service...individual franchise agreements, under the new Chester's brand, with Pilot Travel Centers, LLC...
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CHESTER CENTER TO EXPAND OPERATIONS BY MOVING TO FORMER DUKE ENERGY OFFICE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/19/2007; 700+ words
; ...before its new state-of-the-art Chester Center is built, York Technical College...opportunity to expand its current operations in Chester by moving its Center to the former Duke...Office at 127 Saluda Street in downtown Chester. Renovations are now underway at the...
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 "Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)")
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Chester school problems persist: overcrowded classes and book and teacher shortages are making learning difficult at the high school.
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA); 10/16/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...standing alongside the football field for Chester High School, said. As his daughter Risheena...The roughly 4,800 students in the Chester Upland School District have been caught...in 1994, and a Board of Control runs Chester Upland. A year ago, Gov. Rendell...
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Chester loved law and llamas
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/10/2003; ; 700+ words
; Chester loved law and llamas By AMY RABIDEAU SILVERS...Monday, March 10, 2003 George Miller Chester was that rare combination of practicing...llamas was just in the interest of fun. Chester died March 1 in Scottsdale, Ariz., where...
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Chester residents feel dumped on with another waste site
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Tribune, The; 7/4/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Philadelphia Tribune, The 07-04-1995 Chester residents feel dumped on with another...s hat are Philadelphia trademarks, Chester's trademark seems to have become hazardous...Systems company, license to operate in Chester. "This is a total insult to the community...
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Chester
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Chester city (1991 pop. 80,154) and district...window panes. Tourism is also important. Chester has a long military history, and it was...thelflæd of Mercia fortified Chester again in the 10th cent. William I took...
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Chester, diocese of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Chester, diocese of. Chester was one of the seats of the Mercian bishops, though the bishopric was variously styled as Chester, Coventry, or (later) Coventry and Lichfield. In 1075 it was...
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Chester Bomar Himes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Chester Bomar Himes His reputation rests largely...right rank with the best noir fiction, but Chester Himes (1909-1984) was hardly a man...Named for his maternal grandfather, Chester Bomar Himes was born on July 29, 1909...
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Weinberg, Chester
Book article from: Contemporary Fashion
WEINBERG, Chester American designer Born: New York City...York, 1996. Articles Skurka, Norma, "Chester Weinberg," in the New York Times, 6...to have come of age in the 1960s, and Chester Weinberg is counted among those designers...
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Daniel Chester French
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Daniel Chester French Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) was one of America's leading sculptors...maintained his popularity and fame well into the 20th century. Daniel Chester French was born in Exeter, N.H. He grew up in Concord, Mass...
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