Coatesville Area NAACP hears day in life of D.A.

Group also seeking participants for 50th Anniversary of March on Washington Attendees at Monday night’s Coatesville Area NAACP meeting, who ranged in age from 11 to 95, heard insight from Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan on his job. NAACP officials said Hogan shared information about “A Day in the Life of a D.A.” and also fielded questions from an audience of more than 45. “It...

State board revokes Graystone Academy’s charter

School vows to appeal, stay open; district readies for influx of displaced students By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The back-to-school routine for students at the Graystone Academy Charter School has been upended – at least temporarily — by a decision of the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeals Board to revoke the school’s charter this week. Capping a year-and-a-half-long process,...

Scholarship benefit exudes Coatesville power

All-star cast delivers can-do message to appreciative crowd By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Diana Robinson Lewis checks in with her mother, Doris Spann (right), and her aunt, Elsie Spann (left), before the start of the program. She rubbed elbows in a meat locker with Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky,” received mentoring from Regis Philbin in Hollywood, hobnobbed with Oprah on prime-time,...