Letter: Statement from Tonya Thames Taylor

Editor’s Note: The following is a statement by Dr. Tonya Thames Taylor, a member of the Coatesville Area School District, issued Sunday. To The Editor, In light of the article written by The Daily Local News today (9/22/13), I feel compel to reiterate the position taken by fellow School Directors and me for the past month. The Daily Local reports that racially-charged text messages were discovered...

3rd Annual MLK Day of Service planned

Public is invited to participate in myriad activities By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The Coatesville Area School District, the Coatesville Youth Initiative, and the Coatesville Area NAACP have organized a plethora of family-friendly activities to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. An impassioned contingent of Coatesville volunteers has been working to ensure that Martin Luther...

Coatesville Area NAACP excited about new leaders

Longtime members buoyed by energetic atmosphere at 1st 2013 meeting By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Tonya Thames Taylor (left), the new president of the Coatesville Area NAACP, greets well-wishers after the group’s first monthly meeting of the year. Members of the Coatesville Area NAACP described a welcome burst of contagious energy Monday at their first monthly meeting of...