100 Years Ago, 1926: William T. Ramsey, who since 1920 has been chairman of the Legislative Steering Committee of the League of Cities of the Third Class, this week at the Hazleton convention was again selected for this important post. The duties of the chairman concerns the legislative program at Harrisburg affecting the third-class cities and the committee is considered the most important of any to be named by the Cities League. Mr. Ramsey returned home yesterday from Hazleton after attending the final sessions of the convention, which was pronounced one of the most successful and entertaining in years.

75 Years Ago, 1951: Despite the tragically heavy highway death toll throughout the nation over the Labor Day weekend, Chester and Delaware County had no auto deaths over the long holiday period. Although traffic was heavy from Friday until early this morning, no traffic jams were reported anywhere in the area and public utilities companies reported no definite peak period. Returning traffic over the two bridges spanning the Delaware — the Delaware River Bridge at Philadelphia and the Delaware Memorial Bridge below Wilmington — was lighter than on a number of other weekends this summer, and moved quickly and easily.

50 Years Ago, 1976: Daily Times consumer reporter Patti Mengers will be panelist on WPVI-TV’s (Channel 6) “Issues and Answers” Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Lee Strait, regional director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is the guest who will answer questions concerning the controversial swine flu vaccine, evidence of the pesticide kepone in bluefish, standards for product recall and other topics. Other panelists include Inquirer consumer reporter Dick Pothier, and WCAU-radio consumer reporter Bonnie Strauss. Strait has worked with the FDA for the past 25 years.

25 Years Ago, 2001: Chester Upland School District teachers have reached a conceptual agreement for a two-year contract extension with the private vendors that will manage the schools this year. Representatives for both the teachers and the private for-profit firms described the move as beneficial. It will assure labor peace as the district becomes the first in the nation to be totally managed by private companies.

10 Years Ago, 2016: From the Community Page – HAVERFORD — The sixth annual Haverford Music Festival (HMF) is set for Saturday, Sept. 10 from noon to 9:30 p.m., presenting 32 acts representing various musical genres on four stages near the intersection of Eagle and Darby roads in Havertown. Headlining HMF 2016 on the large Oakmont Field Stage, located behind the Oakmont School Administration Building, is Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb, who started her career with the platinum-selling No. 1 hit song “Stay (I Missed You).”

— COLIN AINSWORTH

Delaware has three new gun laws on the books, including measures addressing guns without serial numbers, gun violence prevention and new requirements for firearm dealers.

Gov. Matt Meyer signed the three bills into law Thursday, Sept. 3. Two took effect immediately, while the law imposing additional requirements on gun stores and dealers takes effect in 2029.

“These three bills are not an accident it’s a strategy,” Meyer said.

One of the new laws seeks to give people who possess guns without serial numbers a lawful path to register them. Another establishes a state Office of Gun Violence Prevention.

The third creates additional rules for gun stores and dealers and seeks to reduce illegal straw purchases.

“This is not about putting law abiding dealers out of business. This is about protecting families and our communities,” Meyer said.

Under the gun dealer law, firearm stores will be required to obtain a new state dealer license and complete mandatory training every two years. Stores will also have to maintain detailed records of all sales and transfers and have surveillance cameras that can clearly see every gun buyer and seller.

Supporters say the measures will make Delaware safer.

State Sen. Dave Sokola, a Democrat from Newark, pointed to the number of federal agents responsible for inspecting federally licensed firearm dealers in the state.

“That’s especially important here in Delaware where just three ATF agents are responsible for overseeing our 137 federally licensed firearm dealers,” Sokola said.

The Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, which opposed the measures, argues the laws will not reduce violent crime and will instead burden responsible gun owners and gun stores.

“These three bills are nothing more than the next chapter in the age old wrong approach to reducing violent crime,” association President Jeff Hague said.

Hague also questioned whether aspects of the laws are constitutional. He argues the state should prosecute more existing gun charges and that the new measures will not stop people intent on committing crimes.

Hague said federally licensed firearm dealers require customers to complete the necessary forms but should not ultimately be held responsible if a customer later illegally gives or sells a gun to someone else.

“The FFL’s under this bill have to be able to read the buyer’s mind and what do they intend to do with this gun. So they have to predict the purchaser’s future behavior,” Hague said.

The gun store law takes effect in 2029. The laws concerning guns without serial numbers and the Office of Gun Violence Prevention took effect when Meyer signed them Thursday.

This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.

A flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Mount Holly at 5:26 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3. This warning applies to New Castle County in Delaware; Burlington, Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties in New Jersey; and Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in Pennsylvania.