Defensive end lines up for student backpack drive

Derrick Morgan, a defensive end for the Tennessee Titans, is helping to provide Coatesville children with backpacks. Residents invited to donate supplies, recycle materials, and clean up city Coatesville residents will have an opportunity to get donations and make some on Saturday through two back-to-school drives, each from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Coatesville Memorial Community Center. In addition, multiple...

Annual Back-to-School Clean-up scheduled

Organizers are looking for help to recruit volunteers for Aug. 17 Mark your calendars: Traipsing to the store to get supplies is not the only back-to-school need. On Saturday, Aug. 17,  Coatesville’s Fourth Annual Back-to-School Clean-Up will be held.  Sponsored by he Coatesville Parks and Recreation Commission and the Community Policing Committee, the effort aims to create a clean, safe environment...

City hosted festive prelude to Frankenstorm

Halloween Parade showcased ravages of nature while escaping real one Parade participants assembled at East Lincoln Highway and Third Avenue. Coatesville’s Halloween Parade may have benefited from telepathic powers: Monsters stalked city streets before the threat of a monstrous storm materialized.  On Saturday, the Third Annual Coatesville Halloween entertained spectators with a procession of...

Witching hour fast approaching in Coatesville

Spook-tacular Third Annual Halloween Parade set for Saturday Don’t be alarmed if scary-looking creatures are roaming city streets on Saturday: It’s time for the Third Annual Coatesville Halloween Parade. It’s time to dust the cobwebs off your Halloween costume – or work them into the design. On Saturday, the Third Annual Coatesville Halloween Parade will provide frightful fun for participants...

Contest to draw out youthful, recycling creativity

Prizes will be awarded for posters that inspire citizens to reduce waste A couple of weeks after members of the Coatesville Youth Initiative hosted a recycling event, the city’s youth have another opportunity to make a positive contribution to the environment. The Coatesville Community Policing Committee and the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission is sponsoring its first Recycling Poster Contest...