12-year-old gets curfew violation for midnight walk
Boy said he was returning home from friend’s house, police said
Police were on patrol in the 100 block of West Lincoln Highway at 12:13 a.m. on Friday when a juvenile was observed walking alone on the sidewalk, Officer Brenden M. Boyle reported. The 12-year-old male stated that he was returning home from a friend’s house, police said. He was transported to his residence, where he was released...
Jockeying to provide positive view of Coatesville
Delaware Valley Point-to-Point to hold awards party at former furniture warehouse
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
“Beetles” by Jeff Schaller will creatively co-exist with horses at the annual Delaware Valley Point-to-Point Association’s 2013 Awards Party, which will be held at the old Lipkin’s warehouse in Coatesville on June 28.
The president of the Unionville-based...
For public, inside look at emergency backup
County’s Amateur Radio Field Day exercises, equipment on view this weekend
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Members of the Chester County Amateur Radio Emergency Service/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (ARES/RACES) will participate in the 80th Annual Radio Field Service Day, a 24-hour exercise that begins Saturday at 2 p.m. and is open to the public.
Waves of amateur radio...
Death penalty to be sought in East Fallowfield murder
D.A.: Decision justified by defendant’s history of violence against victim
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Gregory A. Twyman, 44, of East Fallowfield Township, will face the death penalty for the murder of Jamica M. Woods, 37, says Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan.
Calling the homicide of an East Fallowfield mother “a cold-blooded execution,” Chester County...
Stars align to spotlight preserve’s latest addition
Lenfest Center opens with praise, gratitude for its benefactors
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Marquerite (from left) and Gerry Lenfest take a few moments to sit on Saturday evening with Penny Watkins, a Natural Lands Trust board member.
NEWLIN — Stars of all sizes and persuasions – celestial to earthbound – shone Saturday night at the dedication gala for the Lenfest Center,...
Local YMCA’s to host world’s largest swimming lesson, Tuesday
World-wide event intended to bring attention to water safety
WEST CHESTER — On Tuesday, June 18, The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ (WLSL), will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the fourth year in a row. Team WLSL holds the current Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous swimming lesson, which stands at 24,873 participants, representing 15 different countries across...
Celebrated county mural continues to fascinate
Intrigue deepens at meeting with artist’s son, judge who championed its preservation
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Chester County Court Judge Thomas G. Gavin discusses what little information is known about the 1956 mural by Edward Shenton. Behind him is the model painting that differs in numerous small ways from the finished product, now on the wall in Courtroom Two of the...
Police: Driver backs into another vehicle – twice
Man is accused of operating with license suspended in North Carolina
On Friday at 4:09 p.m., police responded to the 300 block of East Lincoln Highway for an accident in a parking lot, Officer Sylvester Earle reported. Carlos J. Diaz said he was backing out of a parking spot in a red Honda when he struck a gray Acura, damaging the front bumper and front driver’s side quarter panel, police said. No...
Rally supports gun background checks
Six months after the Newtown Square, Conn. massacre, local residents ask for action
By Nicole Brown, Staff Writer, The Times
A supporter of universal background checks for gun purchases holds her sign at a rally, Friday, to commemorate the six-month anniversary of the school shootings in Newtown Square, Connecticut. The event, one of many across the state was organized by Mayors Against Illegal Guns...
Why we work with children
By Matthew Lapp, MS, D, Columnist, The Times
Sometimes when people visit our office and see our wall of children’s pictures they ask why a child would go to a chiropractor. The answer is simple. In most cases we see children not because there is something wrong with them, but because we believe that there is something right with them! Each of us embodies an incredibly wise and wonderfully innate...
