Cleaning out medicine cabinets can save lives
Area police offering safe disposal of unused prescriptions
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Multiple reasons exist to take advantage of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., area law-enforcement officials say.
Keeping expired or unused drugs in medicine cabinets can make homes a burglary target and also increase the risk that an...
West Chester to debut its Walk of Fame
Seven honorees will be celebrated Sunday with memorial plaques
Thomas U. Walter, the renowned architect who designed the historic courthouse in West Chester, is one of the inaugural honorees for the West Chester Walk of Fame.
From artist N.C. Wyeth to architect Thomas U. Walter, West Chester will inaugurate its Walk of Fame on Sunday, Oct. 27, with the unveiling of seven plaques at a 2 p.m. ceremony...
CASD board rejects CCIU for superintendent search
Board members said to be ‘uncomfortable’ with soliciting pubic input
Updated: 6:45 p.m., adds comments from Tonya Thames Taylor
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
COATESVILLE — Not so fast, it seems.
Less than two weeks after announcing that it would use the Chester County Intermediate Unit to perform a search for a new superintendent of schools, the Coatesville Area School District Board...
Downingtown playground poised for replacement
Advocates hope to create structure more friendly to disabled children
By Natalie Dupuis, Correspondent, The Times
Kris Buchheit and Patty Dungan, co-presidents of the East Ward Elementary Home and School Association, presented their new playground plans to the Borough Council at Wednesday night’s meeting.
The goal of the new playground is to increase the usage by students who have learning disabilities...
At Kennett Y, forego candy in favor of fun
Public invited to free healthy Halloween festivities on Saturday
A healthy Halloween bash? Although it may sound impossible, the Kennett Area YMCA is promising just such a fre event on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Come dressed in costume for an evening of haunted fun, games, crafts and healthy snacks. The free is open to the public at the Kennett Area YMCA in Kennett Square.
In addition...
Exec allegedly embezzled $1.4 million from business
D.A.: Chief financial officer used stolen funds for lavish purchases
Guido R. La Vella, 27, of Gilbertsville, is accused of embezzling more than $1.4 million from his Chester County employer, Taylor Gifts.
To finance a lavish lifestyle that included interacting with the Dave Matthews Band, the former chief financial officer of a Chester County company embezzled over $1.4 million from his employer,...
Kennett area continues its trail-blazing ways
Public invited to ribbon-cutting Monday at Herb Pennock Park
A new walking trail at Herb Pennock Park will be celebrated with a ribbon-cutting on Monday, Oct. 28.
Community members and local businesses are invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, Oct. 28, at Herb Pennock Park at 5 p.m.
The Kennett Area Park and Recreation Board (KAPRB) is pleased to announce the opening of a new walking...
Op/Ed: Lessons from CASD: School policies can promote a culture of discrimination
By Solomon Hunter and Rhonda Brownstein, The Education Law Center
When one or two individuals in an organization blatantly act out in discriminatory ways, it’s easy to imagine that dealing with those individuals, primarily by removing them from the organization, solves the problem. The message, often, is that these individuals were outliers and in no way reflect the views of other members of the...
Volunteers sought for earth-shaking endeavor
1,400 trees to be planted in East Fallowfield Township
The Brandywine Conservancy is taking the lead on a collaborative project to plant 1,400 trees in East Fallowfield; volunteers are being sought.
Conservationists hope area residents will dig this important environmental activity: planting 1,400 trees in East Fallowfield Township on Saturday, Oct. 26.
The Brandywine Conservancy, Guardians of the...
Hogan: CASD board, Ellison may be ‘obstructing’ investigation
Calls for hiring of independent counsel, legal billing records to be turned over
Updated at 11 p.m. with CASD statement
Updated, 5:20 p.m., 10/22 with Rhoads & Sinon statement
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
WEST CHESTER — Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said Monday that the Coatesville Area School District Board of Education and its solicitor may be actively obstructing an ongoing...
