Vision Cafe opens eyes to Coatesville’s potential

Ideas for improving community’s health shared at Brandywine Health Foundation forum By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times About 170 participants offered feedback to the Brandywine Health Foundation at its Vision Cafe. They came, they conversed — and they conquered some hurdles to improving the health of the greater Coatesville community. The din at last night’s well-attended...

Pride pervades Coatesville commencement

Hugs were plentiful at the Coatesville Area Senior High School commencement.
Nearly 550 celebrate moving to next chapter By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, CoatesvilleTimes.com COATESVILLE — When students from Kennett or Unionville asked him where he went to school, Branden Bauer said he heard a trace of disdain when they said, “You go to Coatesville?” “I’m proud to say, ‘Yes, I do,’” he proclaimed last night to thunderous applause. Bauer, a speaker at...

Scholarship recipient honored for community commitment

Graduating senior hopes to return to Coatesville as kindergarten teacher Scarlett Patton COATESVILLE – The recipient of a new scholarship designed to exert a positive impact on Coatesville-area youth was announced this week by the Brandywine Health Foundation. Scarlett Patton, a Coatesville Youth Initiative high school senior, was rewarded for her activism with the first annual Harry Lewis Jr....