What To Do: First-ever Porchfest this weekend in West Chester
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
This area has many – really many — annual events that have passed their 50th, 60th, 70th and even 100th anniversaries.
This weekend, you have the opportunity to partake in the inaugural staging of what should join the ranks of popular annual Chester County events — the First Annual West Chester Porchfest.
All are welcome at the First Annual...
New sewer and water mains for Parkesburg
COATESVILLE — Pennsylvania American Water announced this week the start of construction to install new water and sewer mains in Parkesburg Borough to improve service reliability and increase water flows for firefighting. The approximately $850,000 project will replace nearly 1,400 feet of aging water and sewer pipe, including outdated water main that dates back to the 1920s.
Starting this week, crews...
Chester County residents to be first charged under new dog fighting law
A Chester County SPCA Humane Police Officer holds three of the puppies rescued in Parkesburg, Thursday night.
WEST CHESTER – Two Parkesburg Borough residents will be the first to be charged under a new state law that specifically makes it illegal to possess animal fighting paraphernalia.
Thursday night at 10:45 pm, Chester County SPCA Humane Police Officers, assisted by local police and State...
Getting teens fired up about public service
County course offers opportunity for hands-on experience
As her colleagues watch, Hayleigh Hunter, 17, of Avon Grove High, drains the fire hydrant so that the hose can be attached.
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
While many of their peers lounged at home or hung out at the mall this past weekend, a group of county teens took turns wrestling with hoses, matching wits with ladders,...
City man accused of firing shots Saturday morning
Police say he denied having gun but search revealed revolver with rounds missing
After being dispatched to the 500 block of Walnut Street on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 12:26 a.m. for a report of shots fired, Coatesville Officer Joe Thompson canvassed the area with no success, police said. However, he conducted a pedestrian stop on a man fitting the description of the shooter, who said he did not have a...
Parkesburg man arrested twice in 3 days
He is accused of aggravated assault, drug offenses, possession of pirated DVDs
A Parkesburg man arrested on Tuesday for assault and drug offenses had charges related to counterfeit DVDs added on Friday, Cpl. Jeffrey Ingemie reported.
Ingemie was dispatched to the intersection of North Fourth Avenue and East Chestnut Street at 7:50 a.m. on Tuesday for a reported assault, police said. An investigation...
Police: Mother sideswipes construction vehicle
Rt. 30 Bypass crash causes non-life-threatening injuries, massive traffic backups
A two-vehicle accident, which closed a stretch of the eastbound Rt. 30 Bypass for nearly four hours Monday and caused massive traffic backups, occurred about 12:45 p.m., West Whiteland Township Police said.
Police said an eastbound Chevy Tahoe struck a construction vehicle on the shoulder of the bypass. The construction...
Using Brandywine as tool to instruct, connect
Coatesville Youth Initiative seeking applicants for popular, annual Trek
Participants in the 2012 ‘Brandywine Trek’ enjoy a stint of canoeing during last year’s odyssey.
A life-changing odyssey that typically forges lifelong friendships awaits participants in this year’s Brandywine Trek.
Sponsored by the Coatesville Youth Initiative, under the auspices of the Brandywine Health Foundation,...
Consolidated fire department to debut Tuesday
Town-hall meeting will introduce Keystone Valley operation
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A collaborative fire district that has already won kudos from the state will be the focus of a town-hall meeting Monday night.
The board of directors, operational officers, and members of the newly formed Keystone Valley Fire Department (KVFD) are hosting the public gathering at 7 p.m. at...
Sheriff’s Office mourning passing of chief deputy
Sheriff’s Chief Deputy James Moyer, who died Friday, had 31years of service with the office.
James Moyer, a Parkesburg native, had 31 years of service
The Chester County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of its chief deputy, Sheriff Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh said Monday.
She said Chief Deputy James Moyer died peacefully in his sleep Friday morning, 31 years to the day that he was hired...
