Auditor General: CASD violated the law with deficits
Audit report hits school board for poor oversight, questions retirement benefits for Lupold
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
An audit report by the state Auditor General’s Office shows that the Coatesville Area School District violated state law by spending beyond its revenue — and that it had an operational deficit of $4.9 million in 2012, the most recent fiscal year audited — and improperly...
Coatesville area gets new drug collection boxes
Joint initiative aims to keep medicine from being abused, polluting waterways
Coatesville Police Sgt. Rodger Ollis demonstrates the ease with which residents can dispose of unused medication.
Health and law-enforcement experts warn that the path to heroin addiction often starts in family medicine cabinets.
The reason? Once people develop a dependence on prescription medication, they are motivated...
Popular art fund-raiser draws on Wyeth legacy
Annual sale at Chadds Ford Elementary poised to celebrate 65th year in style
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Artist Shawn Faust (left) displays “Mother’s Day,” the painting he donated to the 65th Annual Chadds Ford Art Sale and Show, as co-chairs Frances Galvin and Lynda Nadin (right) hold “Along the Brandywine” with featured artist J. Wayne Bystrom.
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Art Watch: Painting on collage combines old and new
Plus: what’s going on this week in art
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
Painter Jasmine Alleger will be exhibiting this Thursday March 20th at Galer Estate Winery for a Pop up show from 5-9pm. Alleger combines found materials and photographs with painted objects of everyday subject matter. She writes that “the juxtaposition of collaged material with painted objects is a way to navigate...
Forget the snow: Spring is coming
Ignore that forecast, Spring starts this week, shop accordingly
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
I refuse to believe that it may snow. RE-FUSE. We are finally seeing grass and my daffodils are poking through the soil! I could cry.
Thankfully, Spring is in the Square whether Mother Nature likes it, or not! There is nothing better than the transition to bright colors and lighter fabrics...
Do petition numbers really matter?
As campaigns trumpet numbers, do they tell us anything?
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Well, they’re everywhere. Media announcements about the number of signatures a given candidate has gotten to get on the ballot as if it means something.
For those who don’t know, political candidates must collect signatures from registered voters in their district — they must be of the same political...
Downingtown East wins Academic Competition finals
Conestoga grabs JV crown, edges Unionville
By Steven Silverman, Staff Writer, The Times
Members of the Downingtown East High School Academic Competition team celebrate a hard-fought and razor-thin win over West Chester Henderson for the county title, Wednesday.
DOWNINGTOWN—In a hard-fought match that came down to the wire, Downingtown East varsity defeated West Chester Henderson and Coatesville,...
19th-century female trailblazer to come alive
‘History on Tap’ puts women’s rights champion Ann Preston in spotlight
Laurie Rofini, director of Chester County Archives and Records Services, will lead a “History on Tap” program on Ann Preston, a 19th-century pioneer, on March 18.
A 19th-century pioneer of women’s rights and female medical education will come to life at a West Chester restaurant on Tuesday, March...
D.A. releases chilling statistics on heroin deaths
Monitoring just one facet of proactive approach to preventing tragedies, he says
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan discusses the launch of a Narcotics Overdose Prevention and Education (NOPE) chapter in Chester County.
Two outcomes are likely for those who become addicted to heroin: They will overdose and die immediately or become addicted...
Kittappa files petitions to run in the 16th
Will challenge Houghton for Democratic nomination, winner faces Pitts in Nov.
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
A second Chester County congressional district will see a primary fight, as a Lancaster scientist has filed petitions to battle former State Rep. Tom Houghton for the Democratic nomination in the 16th Congressional District. The winner will face nine-term incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Joe...
