City to extend Riverwalk to South Coatesville, Modena
Neighboring communities to collaborate to make connecting trail
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Chester County Commissioners Kathi Cozzone and Terence Farrell join the celebration for the grand opening of the Riverwalk Brandywine Creek Trail in 2012. Pending grant approvals, the trail could be extended into South Coatesville and Modena.
COATESVILLE – The City Council, in cooperation with...
Spotlight to shine on students’ artistic creativity
Public invited to school district’s annual art show this weekend
“Stripes,” a wood block print by Natalie Miller, a student in Barbara Glass’s 11th-grade art class, is one of the works that will be showcased.
The public is invited to celebrate an annual spotlight for the artistic accomplishments of students in the Coatesville Area School District (CASD) this weekend.
The CASD...
12-year-old uses grief to produce uplifting song
Proceeds from ‘Together Now, Together We Are’ benefit Sandy Hook nonprofit
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Novian LeVan, a 12-year-old student at Collegium Charter School in Exton, produced a song to benefit the victims of the Sandy Hook school massacre.
The eureka moment came inauspiciously while a Thorndale father was watching a cable news show.
For a couple weeks,...
New ServiceCorps coordinator is welcomed
Kutztown grad will supervise Coatesville Youth Initiative’s summer program
Mena Badros will supervise ServiceCorps, a Coatesville Youth Initiative program that combines summer employment and leadership training.
The Brandywine Health Foundation’s Coatesville Youth Initiative is pleased to welcome Mena Badros as the new ServiceCorps program coordinator.
In his new role, Badros, who graduated...
Going to bat for dogs who need home
Chester County SPCA offering special on ‘Big League Ballplayers’
Cosmo sports a Phillies’ scarf to showcase his eagerness to become an all-star pet.
Just in time for baseball season, the Chester County SPCA wants to remind area residents that the Phils and their fans aren’t the only ones eager to play ball.
The nonprofit agency is offering a weekend special entitled “Big League Ballplayers”...
Wednesday night disruptions lead to four citations
Police respond to three separate incidents
Coatesville officers issued multiple citations for Wednesday night disturbances, police said.
A fight involving teens led police at 5:32 p.m. to the 200 block of Charles Street, where Officer Paul Antonucci issued citations to a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old, said police. The names were not released because of their ages, police said.
A 4:52 p.m. on Wednesday,...
Vision Cafe II looks to turn community plans into reality
Brandywine Health Foundation lays out plans to improve the community
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Brandywine Health Foundation Planning Committee Chair Dawn James presents her committee’s findings. The group developed plans to focus on health equity, healthy youth, and a healthy community.
CALN – Grown adults wrote on tables with markers and constructed spaghetti towers in Coatesville...
Police: Knife-wielding man required stun gun
Officers said he appeared drug-addled and refused orders to drop weapon
A Coatesville man wielding a knife with an eight-inch blade had to be Tasered on Monday after he brandished the weapon at two officers, police said.
Officers Brenden Boyle and Miguel Ortiz were dispatched to a disturbance at the Community Market in the 200 block of East Lincoln Highway at 3:59 p.m., police said. The officers...
Fatal one-car crash occurs in Valley Twp.
Driver, 27, lost control on Rt. 30 Bypass, police said
State police from the Embreeville barracks responded Sunday night to a fatal, one-car crash in Valley Township.
A 27-year-old West Chester man died Sunday night in a one-vehicle crash in Valley Township, said state police from the Embreeville barracks.
Police said John Michael Stoffa was traveling eastbound on the Rt. 30 Bypass, east of Airport...
Gateway Park site of enthusiastic mad scramble
More than 200 participate in annual Easter Egg Hunt
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The place to be on Saturday was Gateway Park, where the Coatesville Parks and Recreation Commission hosted a crowd-pleasing Easter Egg Hunt.
The Easter Bunny helped put some spring in the steps of the more than 200 eager participants in Coatesville’s Easter Egg Hunt at Gateway Park on Saturday afternoon.
“The...
