Christmas tree sale benefits veterans
Tree sale proceeds will help fund therapy dogs for vets
Christmas trees will go on sale starting Nov. 30 at Northbrook Marketplace, with proceeds benefitting a program to train therapy dogs for wounded military veterans. Four of the dogs in the training program, like those pictured above, will be on hand for shoppers to meet.
POCOPSON — Northbrook Marketplace, on the corner of Northbrook and Unionville...
Smith III to perform at the CYWA’s benefit, Dec. 13
COATESVILLE — Award-winning pop music group Smith III will perform along with a number of local acts at the Community Youth & Womens Aliiance (CYWA)/House of Blues Freaky Friday the 13th Bash, on Dec., 13 to help raise awareness to the CYWA/House of Blues causes and it’s performing arts programs.
Smith III is a young, award winning, motivational, pop, sibling group. They are originally from...
Exton library to host annual craft fair
Organizers accepting vendors’ applications for Dec. 14 event
Just in time for the holidays, the Chester County Library will host its third annual craft fair on Saturday, Dec. 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. But first the library needs to finish lining up its vendors.
The opportunity to set up a table to sell artisan creations is open to anyone, a library news release said. Contact Kristen Cassidy at kcassidy@ccls.org or...
Time to get ready for Festive 5K Run/Walk
Annual fund-raiser will precede Coatesville’s Christmas Parade
Organizers of the Fourth Annual Festive 5K Run/Walk hope are urging participants to form teams and compete against each other.
On your mark, get ready and get set: The Brandywine Health Foundation’s Fourth Annual Festive 5K Run or One-Mile Fun Walk is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, at 9 a.m.
For many area families, the event, which...
Agencies partnering for ‘Get It Done Day’
Residents invited to get connected, get enrolled, get informed
Need help with employment, health, finances, or housing?
A group of service and benefit representatives from a variety of organizations will be on hand Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for “Get It Done Day.”
The event will be held at the Charles A. Melton Arts and Education Center, 501 E. Miner St., West Chester, and transportation...
Brandywine Valley Chorale presents Shining Night, Nov. 22
EAST MARLBOROUGH — In its sixth season, The Brandywine Valley Chorale (BVC) presents Shining Night — a tribute to the works of composer Morton Lauridsen —as its fall concert, Nov. 22 at Unionville High School.
Led by Artistic Director Jason Throne, the 7:30 p.m. concert will feature the music of Lauridsen, an acclaimed choral composer, the multi-media concert will
feature works of art by Brandywine...
Passion for horses will take her to Mongolia
Nottingham woman seeking help to give retired thoroughbreds new life
A lifelong horse enthusiast from southern Chester County has been selected as one of a handful of Americans to ride in the 2014 Mongol Derby, a grueling, 1,000-kilometer (621 mile) trek across Mongolia.
Bonnie Hutton, director of After The Races (ATR), a nonprofit she founded to rehabilitate and then find homes for unwanted retired...
Digging up facts about native Lenape in region
Archaeology expert to present “History on Tap” program
The Marshalton Inn will host a “History on Tap” program Monday night from the Chester County Historical Society.
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by learning about the life and ways of the native Lenape in the Brandywine Valley through archaeological discoveries, courtesy of the Chester County Historical Society (CCHS).
CCHS’s...
Bridge Academy to host ‘Night of Hope’ on Nov. 9
Grammy-nominated rap musician to be featured speaker at fund-raising dinner
The Bridge Academy and Community Center in Coatesville is hosting a fund-raising dinner on Nov. 9.
A hub of activity at all hours of the day and night, the Bridge Academy and Community Center (BACC) in downtown Coatesville is hosting its First Annual Bridge Academy “Night of Hope,” a fund-raising dinner designed...
Marching Red Raiders to host competition
Coatesville is one of 18 bands that will perform Saturday
The Marching Red Raiders of Coatesville will perform in exhibition on Saturday during their 22nd Annual Cavalcade of Bands Showcase” “Steel City -Battle of the Bands.”
Drum roll, please: The Marching Red Raiders of Coatesville and the Coatesville Parents’ Music Club, Inc. will present their 22nd Annual Cavalcade of Bands Showcase...
