CASD building purchase is a disaster waiting to happen

New admin office, clinic is wrong on so many levels for struggling district By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Last night was quite the dog and pony show at the Coatesville Area School District Board of Education Finance and Personnel meeting. Of course, we got the denial that the board had approved buying the Cumberland Insurance Building in Sadsbury for $3.45 million, but merely approved negotiations...

Op/Ed: Smart justice begins with smart sentencing

Better guidelines needed to reduce number of prisoners, cut costs By Terence Farrell, Chester County Commissioner Chester County Commissioner Terence Farrell Local lockups, county jails, state prisons and federal correctional institutions are filled and overflowing across the United Sates. The cost of housing all of the offenders is staggering, especially in this time when many needed social programs...