Reward offered for clues on four fatal shootings
COATESVILLE — The Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers and the Chester County District Attorney’s office is offering a combined total reward of $4,000 for information on the arrest and conviction of any one involved in a total of four fatal shootings in the city over the last few weeks.
Two men — David Fitzsimmons and William “Basil” Chance — died from gunshot wounds Sept. 28 in...
Gun homicide takes fourth city victim in a week
COATESVILLE — A South Carolina man was gunned down on Belmont Street Monday night, just after 6:30 p.m. and later died of his wounds — the fourth person to die from gunshot wounds in the city in the last week.
Kevin Paul Jalbert, 36, was found by police in the middle of the 600 block of Belmont Street, suffering from gunshot wounds. He was immediately transported to Paoli Hospital where he later...
On Stage (Extra): The Legendary Pink Dots return
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The Legendary Pink Dots
The Legendary Pink Dots – an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in 1980 – has found a genre all its own. Although far outside the mainstream, LPD have released more than 40 albums, have a devoted worldwide following, and tour frequently. Distinctive vocals and lyrical imagery are a big part of the band’s universal...
Downingtown East overpowers Unionville, 42-5
Cougars dominate upfront in battle of defending Ches Mont champs
Downingtown East’s dominant defensive line often was able to power through and stop run plays in the backfield against Unionville, Friday. Here, Stephen Dilulio (44) and Jack Hayward (28) close in on Jack Adams (25). Jim Gill photo.
By Al Tustin, Staff Writer, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The two defending Ches Mont football league...
Obituaries: Joseph John Spino
Joseph John Spino, age 75, of Kennett Square, PA, passed away on Sunday, September 11, 2016, while at home surrounded by his family. Joe was the husband of Marta Boeris Spino, who passed away in 1999, and with whom he shared 29 wonderful years of marriage.
He is survived by one son, Anthony L. Spino, and his wife Gretchen of West Chester, PA; two daughters, Carla S. Basciani, and her husband...
Obituaries: Freddie Lee Hampton Jr
Freddie Lee Hampton Jr`., age 39, of Avondale, PA, died suddenly Sunday September 4, 2016.
Born in Newark, DE, he was the son of the late Fred L. Hampton who died in 2003 and Deborah (McLimans) Hampton of Avondale.
Freddie was a 1995 graduate of AvonGrove High School. He attended Hagerstown College where he played baseball.
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UCF board opts to pull funds from reserve, cut tax hike to 2.66%
Lindner said colleagues are ‘kicking the can down the road’
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Apparently, appearances matter.
At the end of the day, it seemed that the optics of having a tax increase higher than 3% in Delaware County outstripped concerns over long-term finances and the state of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District’s balance reserve, as the...
UCF moves forward with 2.88% budget plan
No residents attend two-hour hearing; pensions biggest growth area
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — It appears that Dancing With The Stars is a lot more popular than Budgets with The Board.
No residents attended Monday night’s Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education budget hearing (technically, this reporter is a resident and did attend as the lone media representative on...
A Single Shard opens at People’s Light, April 27
A Single Shard opens April 27 at People’s Light.
MALVERN — People’s Light will present the regional premiere of A Single Shard, a highly theatrical adaptation of Linda Sue Park’s Newbery Award-winning novel by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Schenkkan. Celebrated theatre artist Seema Sueko directs an all-star cast that includes Broadway veterans Thom Sesma and Greg Watanabe.
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Barrar bill would boost paramedicine
Rep. Steve Barrar (R-160), majority chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, this week hosted a public hearing on legislation that would allow people of the Commonwealth to receive health care services in their homes.
“In the spirit of providing more beneficial services to Pennsylvania residents while also pursuing a cost savings, Rep. Ryan Bizzarro of Erie County...
