Sheriff’s Office partners with Domestic Violence Center of Chester County for ‘Lights On for the Holidays’
Members of the Chester County Sheriff’s Office, WSFS and women’s service sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha-Iota Tau Omega (not shown) present donations to keep “Lights On for the Holidays” at the safe spaces of the Domestic Violence Center of Chester County.
Continuing a call for assistance and protection of women, the Chester County Sheriff’s Office led a winter holiday project for the Domestic...
Area dentists help ‘Give Kids A Smile’ just in time for the holidays
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
Morgan Lutz, a dental hygiene student at Harcum College, goes over dental health instructions with Amy Castaneda, one of the students from the Kennett Consolidated School District who received free dental care, Friday.
WEST CHESTER — Dentists and dental office staff from around the Chester and Delaware counties area came together last week to donate...
Downingtown Christmas Parade is this Saturday
The Downingtown Blue and Gold Marching Band leads the Downingtown Christmas parade in a previous parade.
Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas, Inc., in partnership with the Downingtown Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to present the Downingtown Christmas Parade this Saturday, December 10th at 3:00 pm.
Participants in this year’s parade include: Downingtown Blue and Gold Marching Band, Bishop Shanahan...
Valley Forge MOAA awards ROTC and JROTC Liberty Bell scholarships plus awards
Gilbert Lappano – Commander USN (Retired), Cadet Dilia Reyes-Hill, Charles Merwin – 1st Lt USA (Former)
The Valley Forge Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America serving Chester and surrounding counties awarded Liberty Bell Scholarships and special awards on Saturday at the Desmond Hotel in Chesterbrook. The national MOAA organization is comprised of over 350,000 officers...
15th annual Bike-build wrenches out 106 bicycles
Sean Dolan of Havertown, production manager for Pine Street Carpenters, and his daughter Tess work on a bike at the remodeling firm’s bike-build.
The sounds of holiday cheer and good will toward men rang through the West Chester workshop of remodeling firm Pine Street Carpenters on Sunday, as over 100 elves gathered for Pine Street’s 15th Annual 100 Wheels Project bike-build.
Each year Pine Street...
What To Do: Christmas parades spark holiday events
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Coatesville Christmas Parade
The Christmas holiday season has many annual traditions – holiday lights and decorations, mistletoe, manger scenes, caroling, elaborate Christmas tree, visits by Santa Claus, gift exchanges, holiday train excursions…and Christmas parades.
Two of the best parades in the area are scheduled for this weekend – the Coatesville...
Downingtown Area School District celebrates Indian Heritage
Parent volunteers help students and staff to experience traditional clothing of India
Throughout the month of November, Downingtown Area School District (DASD) students and staff were treated to a smorgasbord of activities and events celebrating the unique culture and traditions of India.
While the United States does not officially recognize Indian Heritage Month, the US Census reports that Upper Uwchlan...
Kennett Collaborative hires new executive director
Daniel Embree
Kennett Collaborative announced today the appointment of Daniel Embree as its new Executive Director. He will begin his post on January 3, 2023.
Embree joins Kennett Collaborative as an experienced executive with more than a decade of proven successes in non-profit management, strategic planning, programmatic expansion, community engagement, and capacity building through fundraising and...
W. Chester Christmas Parade returns this Friday
The Betsy Daily Dance Troupe in an earlier West Chester Christmas Parade. Photo Credit: Revelations Video.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the region’s most famous hometown Christmas parade returns this Friday at 7 p.m. to downtown West Chester. Ranked by USA Today as one of the best places “to experience the arrival of Santa,” this year’s West Chester Christmas Parade will feature...
Duffus named new director of Chester County Futures
Katie Breslin Duffus
Chester County Futures (CCF) has named Katie Breslin Duffus as the organization’s new Executive Director. Duffus’ background as an Executive Director and 25 years of working with nonprofits in areas of youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility combined with her passion for promoting access to all will help to further advance the mission of the organization....
