YMCA to offer free one-year membership to seventh graders
Local students work out at a local YMCA branch.
Chester County seventh and eighth graders, you are going to want to get to the YMCA. The YMCA of Greater Brandywine (YGBW) is proud to continue its 7th Grade Initiative, which offers any seventh grader in Chester County a free one-year youth membership. Additionally, for the 2021 – 2022 school year, rising eighth graders who largely missed the opportunity...
What To Do: Get outside for fun summer events
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Forget that we’re in the middle of a brutal heatwave. This is still the time of year to venture out and take advantage of the plethora of outdoor special events in the area.
On August 13 from 6-8 p.m., the Chester County History Center (225 North High Street, West Chester, chestercohistorical.org) will present “Sick in the City: A Walking Tour of...
Logan named to Tower health board
James Logan
Tower Health has announced that James Logan joined the Hospital’s Board of Trustees effective July 1, 2021.
Mr. Logan is currently the City Manager for the City of Coatesville. James brings with him years of experience in public administration, business development, project management, community building, fund development, and workplace training. He has held leadership positions with...
:CH to celebrate National Health Center Week with spoitlight on partners
LCH Health and Community Services (LCH) plans to celebrate another year of local community impact during National Health Center Week, August 8th through August 14th. LCH provides integrated health care and community services to over 8,000 residents in southern Chester County each year through their health centers in Kennett Square and Oxford, and their specialty services site in West Grove, which...
What To Do: First Fridays offer summer fun
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
If it’s a Friday and the date is 7 or below, you know what that means. It means that it is First Friday
The first Friday of the month is a good time to spend an evening in Kennett Square, West Chester or Lancaster – a time to enjoy special First Friday activities.
Kennett Square will celebrate First Friday a little more low-key than in pre-pandemic...
Chester County records military documents at Coatesville V.F.W. Event
Staff from the Chester County recorder of Deed office work with veterans on ID cards and discharge documents,
CALN – The Chester County Recorder of Deeds recorded dozens of Military Discharge documents and produced Chester County Veteran ID & Discount cards at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (V.F.W.) Post #287 in Coatesville on Thursday.
The well-attended veterans’ event included representatives...
‘Lights Up’ holiday weekends planned for West Chester
WEST CHESTER — The Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce is reimagining what the holidays mean this year by launching the first-ever Chester County Hospital Lights Up Holiday Weekends in West Chester.
The streets of historic West Chester will be bathed in the glow of thousands of holiday lights every evening from November 26 to January 1. Transformed into a winter wonderland, each weekend will...
What To Do: Get outside for festivals and fairs
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Goshen Country Fair
This is the time of the year for outdoors festivals such as country fairs, festivals honoring a particular fruit or vegetable and outdoor concerts.
One of the best — and longest-running — is the annual Goshen Country Fair (Goshen Fairgrounds, Park Avenue, East Goshen, 610- 430-1554, www.goshencountryfair.org). The fair,...
Henderson Foundation commits $1 million for scholarship fund at Penn State Brandywine
Wilbur C. and Betty Lea Henderson
The Wilbur C. and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation has committed $1 million to Penn State Brandywine to endow the Wilbur C. and Betty Lea Henderson Foundation Scholarship — the largest philanthropic gift from a foundation in the campus’ history. The scholarship will support full-time, high-achieving undergraduate students, with a first preference for those who have...
What To Do: Brandywine Battlefield open, highlights US-1 area attractions
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
The Christian C. Sanderson Museum
There is a six-mile stretch along Route 1 from Chadds Ford to the eastern edge of Kennett Square that features an abundance of attractions – museums, historic sites, a winery, a botanical wonderland and an historic battlefield.
Travelling from north to south, the first location is the Brandywine Battlefield Historic...
