City to use trust-fund money to attract businesses
Council hopes to draw people from area to downtown Coatesville
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
COATESVILLE – City Council approved the use of trust-fund money to improve the downtown area at Monday night’s meeting.
With $7.5 million available, the first plan of action is to set up a fund to help business owners repaint buildings in order to adhere with the city’s new color palette...
Good Samaritans staging city playground rescue
Unused equipment at Gordon Education Center will be moved to Ash Park
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
This unused playground equipment behind the Gordon Education Center is about to be rescued and relocated to Ash Park so it can be used by city children.
Whether it’s an arson scourge or school-district turmoil, crises always seem to generate the indomitable Coatesville spirit...
Coatesville to hold memorial 9/11 program
Keynote speaker will be former three-star Admiral Joseph Sestak
A Steel Workers’ Memorial is under construction near the National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum in Coatesville. Photo by Robert O. Williams.
Former three-star Admiral Joseph Sestak will keynote this year’s “Coatesville Remembers 9/11” memorial, a free program designed to honor those who lost or risked their lives...
Early Coatesville lead proves to be too much for CB South
Red Raiders’ ground game stifles Titans’ second half comeback attempt
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Jalen Hudson carries in a three-yard touchdown run to cap off scoring Friday night. Hudson has combined with Daquan Worley and Isaiah Flamer to yield an unstoppable running game for the offense.
CALN – Football is often referred to as a game of two halves—that is, halftime...
Police: 3 shots fired at woman exiting car
Victim, who was not hit, said four young males fled scene on foot
Officer Carmen Mollichella, on patrol in the 300 block of Oak Street on Thursday at 9:02 p.m., heard what sounded like three gunshots in the area and began a search for victims, suspects or evidence, said police. A subsequent 9-1-1 caller said the shots occurred in the 100 block of North Fourth Avenue, where officers made contact with...
School board has duty to break its silence
Members comfortable with hiding should resign
Folks who are new to the Coatesville Area School District (CASD) may be wondering why the abrupt exit of the superintendent and the athletic director during the first week of school has spawned so much negative speculation: Regrettably, long-term residents have become accustomed to sudden departures shrouded in secrecy.
In 1999, former superintendent...
Indulge your inner artist by taking classes
Studio lists numerous offerings for fall, including free youth sessions
A young artist concentrates on her creation at Art Partners Studio in downtown Coatesville.
Aspiring young artists can draw on a great offer from Art Partners Studio: free after-school youth art classes at the downtown studio across from the library, at the 9/10 Center, and at the Bridge Academy.
Other art-education programs will...
Second administrator exits Coatesville schools
Athletic director joins superintendent on list of sudden departures
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The turmoil continues: Less than a week after the abrupt retirement of the Coatesville Area School District (CASD) superintendent, the district’s high school athletic director has resigned, a school administrator said Tuesday.
James Donato, a former football coach at Kennett...
CCAA Invitational exhibit a draw for art lovers
Show will debut Friday in West Chester with fund-raising gala
“Thumbelina,” a sculpture by Jean Cheeseman. will be on display starting Sept. 6 when the Chester County Art Association’s debuts it 2013 Invitational Art Exhibition at a fund-raising gala.
The Chester County Art Association (CCAA) will open its most anticipated show of the year this weekend: the 2013 Invitational Art Exhibition.
The...
Red Raiders run all over William Penn, winning 42-7
Familiar faces combine with new looks to continue last year’s domination
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Senior linebacker Terrence Wright follows some blocks after grabbing a pick in the second quarter of Friday night’s game.
YORK – The environment of high school sports requires change to be successful. Athletes graduate each year as a new crop steps up to take their place.
Though...
