Changes in store for 2019 Willowdale Steeplechase
A few changes are in store for this year’s running of the Willowdale Steeplechase.
The 27th Running of The Willowdale Steeplechase presented by the 24th Fund will take place on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, 2019. This Chester County tradition is a spectacular rite of spring and a traditional Mother’s Day event for people throughout the Brandywine Valley and beyond.
Willowdale Steeplechase tweaks lineup for 2018
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The 26th Running of The Willowdale Steeplechase on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 13 has some new excitement to offer this year! The Chester County tradition is a spectacular rite of spring and a traditional Mother’s Day event for people throughout the Brandywine Valley and beyond.
Ebanour heads Pennsylvania Hunt Cup field
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Champion owner Irv Naylor’s Ebanour has been supplemented to the $35,000 Pennsylvania Hunt Cup, and the Virginia Gold Cup winner will be the horse to beat in the four-mile journey over timber fences at Unionville on Sunday.
The 82nd annual Pennsylvania Hunt Cup kicks off with a 1:30 p.m. post time for the first of its five races, four over timber and one on the flat.
Ebanour...
Yup, it’s ‘Lawyers, Guns and Money’ time
Could the unthinkable happen in Unionville on Election Day?
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
It’s not even Labor Day yet and Election 2016 is already deeply into weeds of crazy, with apparent Russian Intelligence hackers seeking to impact two local congressional races, the local Corporate Republican Liberation Front is up to its old tricks and once unthinkable scenarios are now entirely plausible...
PA Hunt Club races return, Nov. 6
The 82nd running of the 501c3 Pennsylvania Hunt Cup races will be held rain or shine on November 6, 2016.
Chesco’s Grassie charts her own path with new EP
Vocalist, harpist comes home for release events in area
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Unionville’s Gillian Grassie debuts her new EP this week.
Gillian Grassie likes to forge her own trails — as a person and as a musician.
Grassie graduated from Unionville High a decade ago. Then, a few years later, she graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College with a degree in Comparative Literature.
She...
Ellison is out and so is the Tea Party
One — the former Democratic power-broker — knows he’s done, the other is oblivious
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
As we head into the holiday season — and hopefully, a couple of weeks of relative quiet — a few notes and thoughts on local political stuff and other news items.
Maybe the topline item this morning is that James Ellison is out at Rhoads & Sinon — meaning he will no...
Rave reviews for Chester County SPCA gala
Annual fund-raiser draws more than 350 to Unionville horse farm
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A colorful carriage parade is a popular tradition of the Chester County SPCA’s annual Forget-Me-Not fund-raiser.
The assessment of attendees at the Chester County SPCA’s elegant 26th Annual Forget-Me-Not Gala in Unionville on Sunday proved overwhelmingly positive.
Factoring in...
Calm prevails in Chesco schools after Conn. shootings
Although many shaken by last week’s events, everything is largely normal at local schools
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Schools across Chester County experienced a largely quiet, event-free day — even as parents, students and staff remain shaken by the horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Friday.
School officials at local districts took extra care to communicate...
Coatesville overpowers Unionville, 38-21
Worley’s 228 yards too much for Indians in playoff battle
Coatesville’s Daquan Worley breaks away from Unionville defenders, Friday night. Worley’s 229 yards rushing led the Red Raiders to a PIAA District One playoff win over the Indians, 38-21. Jim Gill photo.
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Talent tells. It shows up on the stat sheet and most importantly, it shows...
