County agencies offering spring support groups
Wednesday evening sessions available for adoptive or kinship families
Operating on the premise that there’s strength in numbers, a consortium of county departments and agencies has announced the spring schedule for post-adoption and grand-family support groups.
The sessions, which will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the county’s Government Services Center building (601 Westtown Rd., West Chester)...
Weather interferes with transit – and meeting about it
County officials seeking public input at rescheduled session on March 5
The recent weather has wreaked havoc with transportation in numerous ways. A meeting organized by the Chester County Planning Commission (CCPC) in partnership with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) to get input on a county-wide Public Transportation Plan had to be rescheduled a couple of weeks ago.
Originally...
La Comunidad Hispana announces new board chairman
Paul F. Huberty will assume post previously held by Alice Moorhead
Paul F. Huberty
The senior vice president for strategic planning and marketing at Chester County Hospital will take over as board chairman of La Comunidad Hispana (LCH), the Kennett Square nonprofit announced in a news release on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
Paul F. Huberty, who is taking the reins from Alice Moorhead, said LCH offers quality...
Natural Lands Trust awarded $5.7 million in grants
Money will fund improvements to projects such as Sadsbury Woods Preserve
Natural Lands Trust (NLT), which has helped area communities raise $2.7 million for their own conservation efforts, has been awarded $5.7 million in grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and the Marcellus Legacy Fund administered by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, a NLT news...
Weather pushes annual anti-violence flash mob inside
Public urged to participate from home or work – and film the action
Organizers of the ‘One Billion Rising for Justice’ dance hope that being forced inside by the weather won’t diminish participation.
The inclement weather has prompted organizers of an annual flash mob dance to protest gender violence scheduled for today, Feb. 14, to regroup.
Because Chester County has declared...
Monday is ‘Family Day’ at Chesco Historical Society
Variety of activities will include reenactors for Revolutionary, Civil Wars
Noah Lewis will portray Revolutionary War hero Ned Hector during the Chester County Historical Society’s Family Day on Monday, Feb. 17.
The Chester County Historical Society is promising an educational, entertaining program of family fun and enrichment on Monday, Feb. 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The 2014 Family Day,...
County: Save energy for bit of extra shoveling
During temporary lull, officials recommend clearing storm drains, hydrants
For the moment, the snow has stopped falling in most of Chester County, and many residents are immersed in the backbreaking chore of removing it. While this temporary lull is happening, county officials have a request: Please consider saving some energy to shovel any storm drains and fire hydrants that are near your property.
When...
Chester County Community Dental gets $25,000
Commissioners present check, proclaim Children’s Dental Health Month
Chester County Commissioner Terence Farrell (from left) joins Chester County Community Dental’s Tamara Fox and Regina Horton Lewis as well as Commissioners Kathi Cozzone and Ryan Costello for a check presentation during Children’s Dental Health Month.
Proclaiming February as Children’s Dental Health Month, the Chester County...
Chester Countians invited to join dance flash mob
Agencies join forces for annual event on Friday to protest gender violence
Organizers hope to surpass the numbers and spectacle that the 2013 awareness event generated.
An annual organized flash mob dance on Feb. 14 aims to protest gender violence and promote empowerment, organizers said.
The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, the Domestic Violence Center, the Crime Victims Center of Chester...
Unionville youth honored for charity work
Toocheck honored among top two in state; other Chesco students honorable mention
Nikolas Toocheck, a fifth grade student at Hillendale Elementary School (seen following a running event in 2012) was honored with the Prudential Spirit of Community Award for his work to raise money to coats for needy children. Times File Photo.
A fifth-grade student at Hillendale Elementary School in Pennsbury (Unionville-Chadds...
