Art Watch: All about Brett Walker
Abstract artist has two shows opening in area this week
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
The buzz this week is all about local abstract figurative painter Brett Anderson Walker who has two explosive gallery shows opening this week in West Chester. Opening at The Chester County Art Association in their main Allinson Gallery, Brett has a large selection of his figurative paintings as well as sculptural...
Coatesville police seek man wanted in shooting
COATESVILLE — City police are looking for a man they say shot and gravely wounded another man Saturday evening on West Harmony Street.
Police responded to the 300 block of West Harmony Street, at the report of a shooting. There they found the victim, a man in his 30s, suffering from a “life threatening” gun shot wound. The victim was transported to Paoli Hospital.
Coatesville High’s AFJROTC rehabs globe at Veteran’s Plaza
Cadets complete more than 500 service hours in the community
By Lauren Parker- Gill, News Editor, The Times
After stripping away layers of paint, cadets of PA-771 AFJROTC primed and painted the ocean of the globe at Veteran’s Plaza in Coatesville’s Gateway Park.
COATESVILLE – If you’ve noticed the new paint job on the globe in Veteran’s Plaza at Gateway Park in the center of town,...
Op/Ed: Government to blame for EpiPen price hikes?
By Joe Pitts, Member, U.S House of Representatives, (R-16)
U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts (R-16)
As the summer sun rises high in the sky, many of us are finishing out the season by enjoying the last remnants of our vegetables and flower blooms. Bees are ever present, seeking out nectar from their favorite flowers, and along with that comes inevitable bee stings. For some, a single sting can cause their throat...
Wild start for 2016 high school football season
Powers struggle, while Avon Grove, Great Valley and Shanahan start out hot
The 2016 high school football season is off to a wild and wooly start — consider this: perennial Chester County powers Downingtown West, West Chester Rustin and Unionville all sit at 0-2, after tough out of league starts, while programs on the rise such as Bishop Shanahan, Great Valley and Avon Grove are out of the gate at...
On Stage (Extra): Don’t be Alarmed, but he’s back
Alarm frontman hits area with Spirit of ’86
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Mike Peters of The Alarm.
For the second year in a row, The Alarm’s front man Mike Peters is coming to America to do a solo show of material made popular by the veteran Welsh band.
On September 7, Peters will present “The Alarm – Spirit Of ’86” at the World Café Live at the Queen (500 North Market...
Coatesville PD, school and government leaders hold public talk
Sgt. Rodger Ollis recognized for excellent service
By Lauren Parker- Gill, News Editor, The Times
Community roundtable was held last week with CASD administrators, Coatesville Police Department and local politicians.
COATESVILLE – A community roundtable was held at Abdala Park in Coatesville with members of church communities, the Coatesville Police Department, the Coatesville Area School District,...
Woman charged with embezzling from Caln business
Lisa R. Saxe
CALN — A Delaware woman has been charged with taking some $220,000 from a township small business, apparently, police said, to fund her gambling habit.
Lisa R. Saxe, of Claymont, Del., was charged with Theft, Access Device Fraud, Unlawful Use of a Computer and related charges, Wednesday by township police.
What To Do: No ‘Laboring’ to find First Friday fun
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The Budweiser Clydesdales will be making a First Friday visit to West Chester.
If you take a glance at the calendar, you might be surprised to see that we’re already into September. You might also notice that September 2 is the first Friday of the month.
When the first Friday of the month comes around, it’s a good time to spend an evening in the heart of...
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