Festive 5K draws big crowds, helps community
Annual event benefits Coatesville Youth Initiative
By Lauren Parker-Gill, Staff writer, The Times
Cross country coach Jonah Gellner, Scott Middle School principal Chamise Taylor and race participants Justin and Lauren Reed gathered at the finish line after the Festive 5K at Scott Middle School. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Okumura.
COATESVILLE – Hundreds of runners and walkers gathered at Scott Middle...
Brandywine Health Foundation names three to board
COATESVILLE — The Brandywine Health Foundation announced the addition of three new members to its volunteer Board of Directors, Thursday. Since its inception in May 2001, the Coatesville-based public foundation has distributed more than $14 million in grants to non-profits improving health in the greater Coatesville area.
2015-2016 New Officers include: Dawn M. James, Chair (Downingtown); Jason...
Fairconeture to lead new Brandywine Health Foundation program
Renée C. Fairconeture is joining the leadership team for the Brandywine Health Foundation.
COATESVILLE — The Brandywine Health Foundation announced this week the addition of Renée C. Fairconeture to its staff.
Fairconeture will be primarily responsible for coordinating the launch of the foundation’s Youth Philanthropy Program generously underwritten by Citadel. This new program will provide...
Brandywine Health awards nursing scholarships
The Brandywine Health Foundation recently awarded nine nursing scholarships to local nursing students. From left, Kristine Krueger, CCIU Practical Nursing Program; Dr. Linda Adams, Dean, WCU Nursing School; Ashlyn Danae Horrex (CCIU), Martha and Duane Bohlayer Scholarship; Anne Ford, Henrietta Potter Hankin Nursing Scholarship; Stephanie Lyons, Gemma Ryder, Erika Samuelson, Aimee Fernback, all of WCU...
Groundbreaking held for expanded ‘Little Yellow House’ shop
Volunteers and leaders from the Brandywine Health Foundation gathered Wednesday for a groundbreaking on an expansion of the “Little Yellow House” Brandywine Consignment Shop, which will double its size. Photo pictured left to right: Barbara Kelly, East Caln Twp. Mgr., Charles Delone and Don Ash, East Caln Twp. Supervisors, Consignment Shop Volunteers. Standing in front of tractor (left...
Medicine-disposal boxes coming to permanent area sites
Joint initiative will enable residents to avert risk unused prescriptions pose
In the past, residents’ best option for disposing of unwanted medication was to take advantage of the semi-annual collections, such as the one that Coatesville Police Sgt. Rodger Ollis helped organize in the city.
For years, government officials have seen mounting evidence that drug abuse often originates in home medicine...
Police: Public showing app-titude for technology
Coatesville residents using new anonymous messaging system
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A new billboard lets Coatesville residents know about an innovative way to contact police anonymously.
Right next to the sign welcoming people to the City of Coatesville is another inviting them to communicate anonymously with its Police Department.
Introduced on Dec. 4, the CitizenObserver...
Brandywine Health Foundation presents scholarships
Three area nursing students receive awards at holiday reception
Ashlie Krejci (front, from left) of Immaculata University, and Rachel Heisler and Bridget Phillips, both from the West Chester University School of Nursing, were each presented with a $1,000 Cardiac Rehab Nursing Scholarship from the Brandywine Health Foundation. Behind them (from left) are Jay Rooney, a co-f0under of the Maria Rooney...
Roundtable on poverty a start, but more is needed
Until there is a collective will to really address poverty, things won’t get better
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
COATESVILLE — With wealth bordering on abundance at times in Chester County, it can be difficult to confront the truth that for many here — arguably far too many — poverty remains a stark reality and a reality that in recent years has gotten worse.
This past week, six state...
New way to improve city safety? App-solutely
Anonymous text, email system debuts in Coatesville Police Department
Updated at 6:15 to provide quotes from CEO of CitizenObserver
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Coatesville Police Chief Jack Laufer (left) and Sgt. Rodger Ollis demonstrate the ease with which citizens can contact police anonymously through a new phone app.
Interested in making Coatesville safer? There’s an app...
