Scaring up some Halloween safety tips
County Health Department offers frighteningly good advice
To keep a scary holiday safe, the Chester County Health Department is offering the following tips:
Walk Safely
Cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks.
Look left, right and left again when crossing and keep looking as you cross.
Put away cell phones, iPods and other distracting devices and stay focused on your...
Police: Drunken woman acts out, increases charges
Behavior in custody allegedly included assaulting uniformed officer
On Wednesday, police responded to a fight in the 700 block of East Diamond Avenue at 10:41 p.m., Officer Sylvester Earle reported. Officers made contact with Cheree D. Fuller, 22, of Coatesville, who initially gave police a false name and was intoxicated to the degree that she was a danger to herself and others, police said. Fuller...
Police seize 40 pounds of drug-laced candy
Disturbing discovery made at West Chester U. apartment, authorities said
Updated at 3:30 p.m. with information on pending arrest
A photo shows some of the drug-laced candy police found at a West Chester University apartment.
Authorities Police seized more than 40 pounds of drug-laced candy from an apartment at West Chester University’s South Campus, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office...
Letter: CASD board member addresses CCIU issue
To The Editor,
I want to correct a number of misconceptions surrounding the School Board’s decision to not engage the CCIU in our search for a Superintendent. The following represents my opinion and has not been endorsed by either the Board or the District.
The Board had, in fact, anticipated utilizing the services of the CCIU in our search. However, during our interview with them, CCIU personnel...
Bridge Academy to host ‘Night of Hope’ on Nov. 9
Grammy-nominated rap musician to be featured speaker at fund-raising dinner
The Bridge Academy and Community Center in Coatesville is hosting a fund-raising dinner on Nov. 9.
A hub of activity at all hours of the day and night, the Bridge Academy and Community Center (BACC) in downtown Coatesville is hosting its First Annual Bridge Academy “Night of Hope,” a fund-raising dinner designed...
China delegation to get Chester County tour
Sino-American Regional Business and Culture Exchange is 3-day event
From mushrooms to orchids, QVC to New Bolton, 25 business people from Beijing and the Chongqing region of China will receive a whirlwind tour of Chester County for three days beginning Monday, Oct. 28.
The delegation is part of a Sino-American Regional Business and Culture Exchange hosted by the Chester County Commissioners, the Chester...
Art Watch: Karen Delaney
Sparks fly with Delaney’s welded steel sculptures
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
This week’s local art watch celebrates the unique steel works of noted local sculptor Karen Delaney. For the past twenty years, Karen has been creating magnificent steel sculptures from here to Prague, and has also continued to teach and volunteer in the arts as well. She is “inspired by architecture and forms...
Offense, defense, special teams score in 42-20 Coatesville win
Coatesville remains undefeated to earn chance for Ches-Mont title next week
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Tyler Burke makes a first quarter sack. Burke, who has been Coatesville’s best defensive player all year, went on to return an interception for a touchdown.
CALN – To be a team means not just relying on one player to do all the work. It means having multiple threats that can...
Chester County SPCA touting special ‘Pumpkin’
Agency offering promotion to educate public about misunderstood pit bulls
Just in time for Halloween, “Pumpkin,” a favorite of the Chester County SPCA staff, is available for adoption.
Among the spookiest, scariest creatures of the season, here’s one that the Chester County SPCA says unfairly sparks fear and shouldn’t: pit bulls.
To celebrate National Pit Bull Awareness Day on Saturday, Oct....
Cleaning out medicine cabinets can save lives
Police offering safe disposal of prescriptions that often get in wrong hands
Multiple reasons exist to take advantage of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., area law-enforcement officials say.
Keeping expired or unused drugs in medicine cabinets can make homes a burglary target and also increase the risk that an older patient may become confused and...
