What To Do: Even in Yellow status, options limited for activities
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Great Adventure’s Safari Park
In a few days, Chester County and the other counties in the Philadelphia area will move from Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 “red phase” to the “yellow phase” and that may or may not be a good thing. Only time – and pandemic infection numbers – will tell.
With the arrival of the yellow phase, some stores and...
Officials: Coatesville train station project on track
Selection of developer advances the multi-million-dollar initiative
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
An Amtrak aerial photo shows the area that will be affected as the Coatesville train station project advances.
Full steam ahead: That’s the status of the new Coatesville train station, according to David N. Sciocchetti of the Chester County Economic Development Council, the project’s...
Police identify the man struck, killed by a train
Amtrak investigators ruled the death of a 57-year-old Coatesville resident accidental
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Coatesville police today identified the man struck and killed on Friday at 4:22 p.m. by an Amtrak train.
Officers from Coatesville assisted Amtrak police with the investigation into the death of Thurman Perkins III, 57, of Coatesville, who was fatally struck by a...
Train strikes, kills man in Coatesville
Police did not respond to inquiries about the victim, who was not identified
An Amtrak spokeswoman said a train struck and killed a man on the tracks near Second and Fleetwood Streets in Coatesville yesterday afternoon.
She said the fatal accident occurred at 4:19 p.m. She said about 150 passengers on train 652 – Keystone service that runs from Harrisburg to New York – were transferred...
