What To Do: Celebrate Cinco De Mayo in Kennett
Also: Trout Rodeo, May Day and much, much more!
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Kennett Square hosts the region’s largest — and best — Cinco De Mayo celebration on May 3.
Cinco De Mayo is day for partying. It is one of the biggest party days of the year for the people of Mexican descent. But, just as you don’t have to be Irish to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with gusto, you don’t...
Dinniman: West Chester a model in beetle battle
State Senator Andy Dinniman with members of the New Century Club during a tree planting ceremony in Hoopes Park. Pictured (from left to right) are Nancy Berg, Pat Horrocks, John Snook, Dinniman and West Chester Borough Urban Forester Denise Dunn-Kesterson.
WEST CHESTER — With an invasive beetle species threatening ash trees across the state and the nation, West Chester is taking the lead to ensure...
TCHS hosts 2015 Auto Collision Experience May 9
Students in the Automotive Collision Technology program restored two cars to give away to a family in need as part of the Recycled Rides program. TCHS Brandywine is the first high school in the country to participate in this program.
DOWNINGTOWN — Nineteen automotive collision industry experts, businesses and advocates are hosting the 2015 Auto Collision Experience (ACE Spotlight) at Technical College...
Coatesville student wins Neumann’s criminal justice award
Garrett Treer will graduate with high academic honors
By Kim Chiomento, News Editor, The Times
Dr. Alfred Mueller II, Dean of the Division of Arts and Sciences, presented Treer with an academic achievement medal at the university’s academic awards convocation.
ASTON – Coatesville’s Garrett Treer was recently presented with Neumann University’s Sister Helen Prejean Criminal Justice Award. This...
On Stage: Put on your ‘Kinky Boots’
Also: Metal in Chinatown, young local artists at The Flash
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Nothing says Spring like shiny, stiletto boots, okay maybe not, but the national touring company of the tony-Award winning Kinky Boots hits Philadelphia this week.
With the arrival of warmer temperatures, many people are thinking that it’s time for sandals. Fans of musical theater, on the other...
Hogan, area DAs push for PreK to cut crime
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan speaks at a legislative breakfast Wednesday in support of expansion of funding for pre-kindergarten programs.
KING OF PRUSSIA — Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan and other southeast Pennsylvania prosecutors came out strong this week to support an initiative by Gov. Tom Wolf to fund pre-kindergarten programs as a long-term way to boost high school...
PAWS For People celebrates 10 years
Volunteers bring dogs for therapeutic visits with seniors and kids
Nancy Shurkoff and her golden retriever Sawyer are regular visitors to The Hickman Friends Senior Community in West Chester as part of the PAWS For People program, celebrating 10 years of bringing volunteer dogs and owners to seniors and kids.
WEST CHESTER — The Hickman Friends Senior Community of West Chester is pleased to partner...
A new day dawns in Coatesville
As city celebrates 100 years, a real rebirth takes shape
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
COATESVILLE — The future of the city roared past, an Amtrak train blasting down the track toward Harrisburg, as hundreds of folks gathered to celebrate the city’s 100th birthday Monday morning, just outside the abandoned old Coatesville train station.
The skies were a near perfect blue and while some of the...
WCASD to host free internet safety forums
Area elementary parents are invited; babysitting available on site during sessions
The West Chester Area School District (WCASD) will host two“Safety in the Digital Age for Elementary Parents” information sessions that are free and open to the public. The first session is this Thursday.
Does your child know how to work responsibly on a computer with other students on projects? What are some of...
Guard, 7 others charged with smuggling drugs into Chester Co. Prison
Douglas Keck
POCOPSON — A corrections officer at Chester County Prison is being charged with allegedly being part of a scheme to smuggle drugs to inmates, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said Monday.
Douglas Keck, 45, of Pottstown was charged along with seven other individuals — including four inmates at the prison — in organizing an operation to smuggle heroin, Subutex (a narcotic...
