Coatesville Farmers Market growing by the week
Vendors offering a diverse assortment of local produce, specialty goods
By Jamie Richard, Staff Writer, The Times
Residents shop for produce from local vendors during a recent Coatesville Farmers Market, which has run every Saturday since June 9.
Blueberries to kohlrabi, German black bread studded with oats and pumpkin seeds to Morning Mojo coffee – it’s all available at the Coatesville Farmers...
Column: Lincoln University is nice but retail stores in Coatesville are essential
Making Harmony a one-way street will hurt merchants, police response
By James Pitcherella, Guest Columnist, The Times
Harmony & 3rd Avenue looking west from the Chester County Intermediate Unit parking lot. A proposal before City Council would make the road a one-way street.
Why make another street one way and make it more difficult for retail stores that tough it out in Coatesville?
I believe...
Wheels signal good fortune at Coatesville event
City’s annual Bike Festival provides safety tips, family-friendly recreation
COATESVILLE – A picture-perfect day for bike-riding became even more special Saturday for a group of Coatesville children and their families.
Coatesville Police Officer Rodger Ollis adjusts the helmet of 6-year-old Maia Lawson at the 2nd Annual Coatesville Bike Festival.
The city held its 2nd Annual Coatesville...
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...
