Sheehan to be honored with Lukens Award
Frances Sheehan
COATESVILLE –The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum (NISHM) in Coatesville along with Coatesville Savings Bank, announced Tuesday its eleventh annual Rebecca Lukens Award to be presented to noted community-builder, Frances Sheehan, President of Crozier-Keystone Community Foundation.
For the past 15 years, Ms. Sheehan served as President and CEO of the Brandywine Health...
Brandywine Health Foundation presents scholarships
Three area nursing students receive awards at holiday reception
Ashlie Krejci (front, from left) of Immaculata University, and Rachel Heisler and Bridget Phillips, both from the West Chester University School of Nursing, were each presented with a $1,000 Cardiac Rehab Nursing Scholarship from the Brandywine Health Foundation. Behind them (from left) are Jay Rooney, a co-f0under of the Maria Rooney...
New way to improve city safety? App-solutely
Anonymous text, email system debuts in Coatesville Police Department
Updated at 6:15 to provide quotes from CEO of CitizenObserver
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Coatesville Police Chief Jack Laufer (left) and Sgt. Rodger Ollis demonstrate the ease with which citizens can contact police anonymously through a new phone app.
Interested in making Coatesville safer? There’s an app...
Course prepares citizens to combat disasters
From extinguishing fires to applying splints, residents learn readiness
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Participants in the county’s new Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training course receive reminders from instructor Jim Reagan on what to do once a victim has been successfully pulled from the wreckage.
As he lay motionless beneath the rubble of a collapsed building...
Hundreds celebrate city’s community, good health
Coatesville sergeant receives recognition as 2013 ‘Unsung Hero’
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Coatesville Police Chief Jack Laufer (from left), Chester County Community Dental Executive Director Regina Horton Lewis, Coatesville Sgt. Rodger Ollis Jr., Brandywine Health Foundation CEO Frances Sheehan and Coatesville Youth Initiative Director Chaya Scott celebrate Ollis’...
Brandywine Health Foundation awards scholarships
Dr. Cheryl Monturo, interim department chair of West Chester University’s School of Nursing, (from left) celebrates the scholarships with the recipients: Philip Kasitz, Kristen Branin, and Christine Cunningham.
Three WCU nursing students receive $1,000 to further their education
Three West Chester University School of Nursing students received $1,000 Cardiac Rehab Nursing Scholarships from the Brandywine...
For first responders, a center worthy of their efforts
Long-awaited Chester County Public Safety Training Campus opens first phase
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
County Commissioners Ryan Costello (from left in from row), Terence Farrell, and Kathi Cozzone cut the ribbon for the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus’s education facility.
Whether trying to extricate accident victims from burning wreckage or evaluating...
Vision Cafe opens eyes to Coatesville’s potential
Ideas for improving community’s health shared at Brandywine Health Foundation forum
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
About 170 participants offered feedback to the Brandywine Health Foundation at its Vision Cafe.
They came, they conversed — and they conquered some hurdles to improving the health of the greater Coatesville community.
The din at last night’s well-attended...
Scholarship recipient honored for community commitment
Graduating senior hopes to return to Coatesville as kindergarten teacher
Scarlett Patton
COATESVILLE – The recipient of a new scholarship designed to exert a positive impact on Coatesville-area youth was announced this week by the Brandywine Health Foundation.
Scarlett Patton, a Coatesville Youth Initiative high school senior, was rewarded for her activism with the first annual Harry Lewis Jr....
Farmers Market gets a growth boost
The Coatesville Farmers Market will be open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through October.
Brandywine Health Foundation helps to get it off the ground
COATESVILLE – The soon-to-debut Coatesville Farmers Market is already reaping the bounty of the community, having received a $900 startup grant from the Brandywine Health Foundation.
Opening-day festivities are scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on...
