City playground equipment no longer missing

Pieces were taken by mistake and will be returned By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The slides and ramp from this playground set were removed by mistake and will be returned, city officials said Thursday. The answer to the question about who would steal playground equipment from Coatesville children has a positive ending, city officials said Thursday. Marie Hess, who heads the city’s...

Who would steal city playground equipment?

That question is being investigated by Coatesville officials Updated at 6:50 p.m. with police comment By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times City officials are seeking information about whoever stole the slides and ramp from this playground assembly behind the Gordon Elementary Center. A Scrooge has thwarted the efforts of a group of Good Samaritans to rescue some unused playground equipment...

Good Samaritans staging city playground rescue

Unused equipment at Gordon Education Center will be moved to Ash Park  By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times This unused playground equipment behind the Gordon Education Center is about to be rescued and relocated to Ash Park so it can be used by city children. Whether it’s an arson scourge or school-district turmoil, crises always seem to generate the indomitable Coatesville spirit...