Seeking assistance from experts, kindred spirits
Variety of support groups offering help with myriad issues
Operating on the assumption that the angst of facing challenges can be lessened with assistance from those with similar experiences, a variety of support groups are available for area residents.
On the last Tuesday of the month, interested residents can join the Family Outreach Department of Child and Family Focus, Inc., for a support group...
Middle schools to require uniforms for 2013-14
Board votes in favor of uniforms for middle school students starting next year
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
The school board approved $2.3 million of renovation to South Brandywine Tuesday. The maintenance will update the school as North is being replaced.
CALN – Uniforms will be incorporated into the Coatesville Area School District’s middle schools next year, as voted on by the...
Young soccer players get royal treatment
At White House, Coatesville youth cross paths with President, sports stars
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Members of the “Soccer for Success” program get ready to board the bus for a trip to visit the White House. Photo by Marie Hess
For several hours on Tuesday, the cellphones revved into overdrive, texting and photographing the excitement surrounding a visit to the...
E. Harmony Street not so harmonious Monday night
Police seeking public’s help to determine who fired shots
Coatesville police are asking anyone with information about the shots fired to contact them.
At 7:48 p.m. Monday, Coatesville police responded to East Harmony Street for a report of shots being fired.
Officers were unable to locate anyone who may have observed the person who fired five to six shots, according to a report filed by Cpl....
Donations warm hearts as well as facility
Outpouring of support enables nonprofit to purchase new boiler
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A student mural program is one of many activities that will resume when the Bridge Academy doors reopen with a new heating system.
Some of the donations toward the $20,000 heating system were as small as $10, but they were all appreciated, said the staff and board of the Bridge Academy...
Loprinzi reclaims City Council seat
With no replacement volunteers, Council opts to bring back colleague
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Jeff Loprinzi, shown at an earlier City Council meeting, was voted back on to council after no one volunteered to replace him after he resigned in February.
COATESVILLE – In a unanimous decision, the City Council voted former member Jeff Loprinzi back into his vacant seat as council member...
Using Brandywine as tool to instruct, connect
Coatesville Youth Initiative seeking applicants for popular, annual Trek
Participants in the 2012 ‘Brandywine Trek’ enjoy a stint of canoeing during last year’s odyssey.
A life-changing odyssey that typically forges lifelong friendships awaits participants in this year’s Brandywine Trek.
Sponsored by the Coatesville Youth Initiative, under the auspices of the Brandywine Health Foundation,...
Library offering insider look at Villanova hoops
Sportswriter to discuss new book on game-changing 1985 upset
Relive Villanova’s shocking 1985 upset of Georgetown, a game that changed the landscape of college hoops forever, through the eyes of veteran sportswriter Frank Fitzpatrick.
The Chester County Library and District Center in Exton will host Fitzpatrick on Tuesday, April 2, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Struble Room, where he will lead a discussion...
Studio suggests springing into season with art
Age-appropriate youth classes being offered in variety of media
Art Partners Studio invites residents to celebrate spring by signing up their children for a breath of fresh air: an art class.
Free teen art studios include Anime with Amy Flis on Mondays from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; Murals, Drawing, Painting with Shawn Wanner, Tuesdays, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.; Photography with Teyona Jackson, Wednesdays, 6:15 –...
SUV’s traveling wrong way got officers’ attention
Traffic offense led to drunken-driving arrest, police said
A black Isuzu SUV traveling in the wrong direction in the 300 block of East Chestnut Street led to a drunken-driving arrest on Sunday, police said.
At 2:08 a.m., Officer Jonathan Shave stopped Ruban A. Mendoza, 19, of Coatesville, who exhibited signs of intoxication, police said. Mendoza was cited for driving under the influence and multiple...
