‘Patience’ coming to WCU’s music theater
Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Chester County to perform comic opera
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Chester County wants area residents to get a taste of “Patience,” its latest main-stage presentation.
An entertaining look at popular culture, “Patience” focuses on a group of young ladies obsessed with the latest trends and rapturously pining after two unattainable, free-spirited...
Coatesville-area smokers invited to kick butts
Free program to encourage quitting includes nicotine replacement therapy
A free smoking-cessation program will be held at the Coatesville Library on Monday evenings from Jan. 27 through March 3.
Breathe easier. Live longer. Save money. Improve the environment. These are among multiple reasons to quit smoking, and now ChesPenn Health Services wants to make the task easier with a free program to assist...
School board continues its affront to electorate
But aggrieved taxpayers can – and should – continue pressure for change
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Entrenched members of the Coatesville Area School Board thumbed their noses at the community once again on Saturday by defiantly ignoring not only the sentiments that citizens voiced at meetings but the ones that they expressed at the ballot box.
Regrettably, the...
Fund’s teen advisors select grant recipients
Awards going to groups deemed to be addressing needs of women, girls
The 2013 Girls Advisory Board Class of the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls announced its selection of eight grant recipients.
Eight Chester County agencies have received grants totaling $25,000 from the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, the foundation announced in a news release.
The Chester County Fund for Women...
Medicine-disposal boxes coming to permanent area sites
Joint initiative will enable residents to avert risk unused prescriptions pose
In the past, residents’ best option for disposing of unwanted medication was to take advantage of the semi-annual collections, such as the one that Coatesville Police Sgt. Rodger Ollis helped organize in the city.
For years, government officials have seen mounting evidence that drug abuse often originates in home medicine...
City police: Possible Craig’s List buy becomes robbery
Victim reportedly tells officers that teen grabbed iPhone and fled
On Friday, Jan. 17, at 10:08 p.m., Coatesville Officer Carmen Mollichella was dispatched to the 200 block of East Lincoln Highway for a robbery report, police said. The alleged victim told officers that he had posted an ad on Craig’s List to sell an iPhone4 and agreed to meet the prospective buyer at a store in the block, where...
Free workshops aim to improve financial health
One focuses on job-thwarting criminal pasts, the other on money management
The Coatesville Center for Community Health has announced its winter schedule of free two-hour workshops: one on expungement and pardons, and the other on money management.
The first is designed for individuals with criminal histories who may have been denied employment because of their past brushes with the law. An attorney...
Retired state police corporal to fill CASD board vacancy
Public voices dismay as James Hills beats out Robert Beckershoff, 5-3
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
James Hills takes his oath to fill the vacant school board seat. “The children are my biggest passion,” said the mentor and retired state police corporal.
CALN – The Coatesville Area School District Board of Education voted in James Hills to take the vacant school board seat...
Fisticuffs with city police reportedly elevate charges
Man wanted on warrants arrested for assault, other offenses
A 50-year-old homeless man who resisted police efforts to take him into custody now faces new charges, Coatesville Police Officer Chris McCarthy reported. Police said on Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 7:52 a.m., James R. Baron, who has several active warrants, fled from officers and then engaged in a fight with them. He was apprehended and charged with...
Law enforcement highlights take center stage
D.A. recognizes those who went above, beyond in 2013
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Chester County Det./Lt. Kevin Dykes congratulates retired Coatesville Det. Marty Quinn on his selection as 2013 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year.
Amid tough talk on crime and profuse praise for crime-fighters, recipients of the Chester County District Attorney’s Office annual awards displayed...
