Downingtown East football game on Fri. to inspire inclusivity

Members of the Downingtown High School East Best Buddies wear hats provided by the Eagles Autism Foundation during the first Best Buddies mixer of the 2022-23 school year. The Downingtown High School East chapter of Best Buddies International is partnering with the Eagles Autism Foundation to celebrate the school’s 10th annual “Spread the Word to End the Word” campaign on Friday,...

ChristianaCare: West Grove campus emergency dept. site won’t open for at least a year

The former Jennersville Hospital will reopen as a medical campus, operated by ChristianaCare. But the initial phase, which calls for emergency medicine, is still a year from opening, company officials say. Leaders from ChristianaCare and local elected officials provided an update last week on the status of the former Jennersville Hospital which the health care company purchased in June and expects...

Three Owen J. Roberts seniors National Merit semi-finalists

Three Owen J. Roberts (OJR) High School seniors were named by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. All semifinalists are eligible to compete for more than 7,200 National Merit Scholarship awards worth nearly $28 million, to be awarded in spring 2023. The program honors students who meet exceptional academic ability standards...

What To Do: Rev those engines! Coatesville Grand Prix is back

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Coatesville Grand Prix This is a weekend in which summer events are gone from the schedule and harvest and Halloween activities have yet to arrive. There is still a full slate of attractive events representing a wide range of genres such as cars, food, pirates, ethnic, hot air balloons, arts and crafts, trains, scarecrows and lots more. The Coatesville...

On Stage: Harper brings sounds from down under to blues

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Harper Many, many blues bands have performed at Jamey’s House of Music (32 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, 215-477-9985,www.jameyshouseofmusic.com) in recent years, but none have had the musical line-up of this week’s headliner. On September 16, Jamey’s will host the area debut of Harper and Midwest Kind. The band’s founder/leader is an award-winning...

Boys HS Golf: Unionville holds off Avon Grove

The Unionville boys varsity golf team played Avon Grove today.  The match result was: Unionville 196     Avon Grove 223 Nate Lyons led the way for the Longhorns with a score of 37. Unionville’s record remains at 5-2 in the CM-American league. Unionville’s next match is Monday, Sept. 19th at 3pm.   It is against Oxford, and it will be held at Wyncote.

County to hold Job Fair for Human Services and Behavioral Health Career Openings, Sept. 22

The PA CareerLink-Chester County, in partnership with the Chester County Workforce Development Board, is hosting a job and career fair on Thursday, September 22, with a focus on employment with companies in human services and behavioral health. The job fair is open from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and is located in Room 351 of the Chester County Government Services Center, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester. ...

So. Chester Chamber welcomes fearless Martial Arts as new member

Photo Caption: Melissa Dietrich, SCCCC Board (Longwood Gardens); Eric Kuhn, SCCCC Board (Pillar Real Estate Advisors, LLC); Kevin Schaible, Michael Lynskey and Sean McCormick, Fearless Martial Arts, LLC; Vanessa Ross, Vanessa Ross Cakes, Sweet Cakes Supplies, LLC; Christine Gordon, SCCCC Board (Christine Gordon Merrill Lynch Wealth Management); Jason R. Feller, SCCCC Board (Kennett Square Golf and...

HS Boys Golf: Kennett edges Unionville

The Unionville boys varsity golf team played Kennett Tuesday.  The match result was: Unionville 206    Kennett 201 Rex Opdahl and Jack Coleman led the way for the Longhorns with scores of 40. Unionville’s record goes to 5-2 in the CM-American league. Unionville’s next match is Wednesday at 3pm.   It is against Avon Grove and it will be held at Kennett Square Golf & Country...

DCCC mourns the death of head basketball coach Larry Yarbray, Sr.

Larry Yarbray Jr. seen coaching his players during the 2021-22 season. Larry Yarbray, Sr., head coach of Delaware County Community College’s men’s basketball team, passed away on Saturday, September 10 after being struck by a vehicle during an organized, morning, bike ride in Dover, Delaware. Delaware State Police are investigating the incident. The 51-year-old Yarbray, the former boys basketball...