Refreshing way to warm up to the environment
Brandywine Trek takes Coatesville youth on ecological journey
Connie Shapiro of the Brandywine Valley Association briefs the group before entering the water.
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The CoatesvilleTimes.com
The nine Coatesville-area teens participating in the Coatesville Youth Initiative’s second annual Brandywine Trek this week used the creek for refreshment as well as education...
Coatesville terminates its city manager
Gary Rawlings shown the door after 13 months on the job
Gary Rawlings, 66, was terminated by Coatesville City Council, which said it didn't believe he was acting in the city's best interests.
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, CoatesvilleTimes.com
COATESVILLE — The swift, unanimous vote by City Council at last night’s meeting occurred without comment: After 13 months on the job, City...
Coatesville cancer-survivor mourns dog’s death
Authorities said ‘Woogie Woo’ was set on fire after he died, likely from asphyxiation
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, CoatesvilleTimes.com
Cora Brown shares remembrances of "Woogie Woo," her beloved Yorkie-poo, which was killed and set on fire. To her right is Craig Baxter, an animal control officer for the Chester County SPCA.
A Coatesville woman said when she was diagnosed...
911 call leads to horrific, canine discovery
Officials plea for public’s help to find whoever set dog on fire
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, CoatesvilleTimes.com
Chester County SPCA spokesman Rich Britton (left), flanked by Craig Baxter, an animal protective services officer for the agency, shows a photo of they type of dog that was burned to death.
COATESVILLE – Although animal cruelty always guarantees a reaction of...
City man convicted of first-degree murder
Jury identifies Dante Lawrence as triggerman in 2010 fatal shooting
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, CoatesvilleTimes.com
Dante L. Lawrence was found guilty of first-degree murder.
WEST CHESTER — After more than four hours of deliberations, a Chester County Court jury Friday evening found a Coatesville resident guilty of first-degree murder.
The panel of four men and eight women convicted...
A neighborhood newly in need of hope
Burned row homes put neighborhood at risk but officials fight with each other, rather than for the city and its people
By Mike McGann, Editor, CoatesvilleTimes.com
At least eight row homes were damaged in a fire Wednesday and now neighbors wonder whether their close-knit community will ever be the same.
COATESVILLE — It might not be the wealthiest neighborhood in the city, but it’s a tightly-knit...
Pride pervades Coatesville 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....
Coatesville rowhouse blaze displaces 18
‘Unattended cooking’ believed to be the cause, fire chief said; no injuries reported
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, CoatesvilleTimes.com
COATESVILLE — When city firefighters arrived at a reported rowhouse fire about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 600 block of Coates Street, they found one house ablaze with flames reaching into the homes on either side, said Coatesville Acting Fire...
Coatesville murder trial begins
Defendant accused of fatal, retaliatory shooting in 2010
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, CoatesvilleTimes.com
Dante L. Lawrence faces charges that include first-degree murder.
The fact that a Coatesville homicide defendant fled to Georgia should not be held against him, his defense attorney said yesterday in his opening statement to the jury.
Michael J. Skinner told the panel that his client,...
