In Coatesville, pride means diversity, community, resilience

Longtime Coatesville resident updates 1911 poem to express her love for city By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times Longtime Coatesville resident Doris S. Williams wrote an ode to Coatesville, telling about the pride she has in the city and her hopes for its future. Community means identity. In Coatesville, we share spaces, both physical—sidewalks, schools, lines at the grocery store—and less...

Column: an ode to 2011

The year that was in verse, for better or worse By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, CoatesvilleTimes.com One year and several pounds ago you were sitting somewhere with your friends eagerly anticipating the arrival of midnight. You remembered that ushering in the New Year is a time of renewal: reshaping of the mind, body, and spirit in a monumental effort to improve yourself or your world in some...