Eight debutantes to be recognized Saturday

 Lilies and Pearls Cotillion to hold celebratory ball  The debutantes are (from left) Joslyn Styer Jackson, Diamond Bailey, Ayanna Nicole Holmes, Jocelyn Renae Brown, Janeyah Rivers-Hamilton, Sydney Ellana Coppadge, Lake Sheron Greene and Valerie Erica Jones. After a six-month regimen that included fund-raising, etiquette training, dance instruction and volunteerism, eight female students from the...

Resource network group to change meeting time

CARN will now convene on fourth Thursday of month “Healthy Kids Day,” a free YMCA event on April 27 featuring Brandy, the YMCA of the Brandywine Valley’s mascot, will be one of the topics presented at Thursday’s CARN meeting. The Coatesville Area Resource Network (CARN) is changing its meeting date from the third to the fourth Thursday of the month due to conflicts with other meetings...

Garden Party: Appetizing way to support community

 Annual Brandywine Health Foundation event a kickoff for Strawberry Festival Marvin and Phyllis Stewart were among the guests who enjoyed last year’s Garden Party. Superb ambience, gourmet cuisine, spectacular fireworks, and the knowledge of supporting a worthy cause await guests of the Brandywine Health Foundation’s 11th annual Garden Party on Wednesday, May 22. Held at Springbank Farm, a...

Business mentors sought for youth program

Coatesville Youth Initiative’s Servicecorps looking for employers Mena Badros, program coordinator for the Coatesville Youth Initiative’s ServiceCorps, is seeking employers who would like to benefit from some energetic summer workers. The Coatesville Youth Initiative is preparing for its upcoming ServiceCorps program, where 40 youth ages 14 to 18 from the Coatesville Area School District...

County land steward earns state award

Peter Hausmann credited with helping to preserve tens of thousands of acres Peter Hausmann was recognized by the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association for decades of land preservation. The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association (PALTA) honored Chester County land preservationist Peter Hausmann with its Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award last week. Hausmann has served as chairman of the Board of Trustees...

Recycle books to benefit elementary school

Organizers of  annual Reeceville fund-raiser seeking to jumpstart donations The Reeceville Elementary School PTA is hoping residents will start to set aside donations for its 10th Annual Used Book Sale, which will be held in October. Tempted to go to the Chester County Library’s spring sale this weekend in Exton but worried that you have room on your book shelves? Reeceville Elementary has a solution:...

More than 30,000 bargain books available

Chester County Library’s Annual Spring Book Sale a real page-turner The Annual Spring Book Sale will take place at the Chester County Library in Exton this weekend. Here’s an opportunity to grab some inexpensive enlightenment or entertainment: The Friends of the Chester County Library are holding their annual Spring Book Sale Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the second floor of the Chester County...

PennDOT urging residents to save lives

National Donate Life Month an ideal time to become organ donor Since April marks National Donate Life Month, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) wants to remind motorists how easily they can help another person live a fuller, longer life by registering online as an organ donor. “Potential donors considering adding the organ donor designation to their driver’s license or identification...

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...

County offering identity-theft protection

Residents invited  to free shredding event Saturday If you don’t want a shred of evidence available to identity thieves, the Chester County Solid Waste Authority is sponsoring a free event on Saturday to accommodate you. Starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 11:30 a.m. – unless the truck gets filled before then – residents are invited to a communal shredding initiative at the Chester County Solid...