Patton students stage Walk For Water, Saturday
Inspired by a book, students work to fund water projects in Uganda and Dominican Republic
Charles F. Patton eighth grade students display the book “A Long Walk to Water” which inspired them to help children in developing nations get clean water. A Walk For Water event this Saturday is being run by the students, who hope to raise $5,000 to help pay for projects in Uganda and the Dominican...
Caln police save OD victim
CALN — Township police saved the life of township woman who suffered an apparent heroin overdose by administering the lifesaving heroin antidote Naloxone, Sunday.
Following a 911 call, township police were dispatched to a home after a report of an unconscious, unresponsive 31 year old female. Officer Jason Culbertson was the first responder to arrive at the scene, and determined that the victim,...
Super Six: It’s spring!
A time for new colors and to say goodbye to cold and snow
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
Although the upcoming forecast is calling for temperatures back down into the 40’s, I am officially declaring SPRING! Pack away the corduroy pants, wool sweaters and UGGS (which guarantees at least one more round of snow, right?). Perhaps, if we collectively take a stand against Mother Nature,...
UCF, teachers appear far apart in contract talks
Sides sparring over benefits, salary as negotiations continue
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — New talks for a contract between the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District and its teachers may be more protracted and complicated than similar talks two years ago, as both sides appear to be far apart on terms for a new three-year deal to replace the pact that expires June 30.
The...
West Chester students celebrate ‘Pi’ day
Students from Pierce Middle School get into the spirit of “Pi Day” — 3.1415, Friday.
WEST CHESTER — Students in the West Chester Area School District (WCASD) spent Friday celebrating Pi – not the kind you consume, rather, the kind you compute.
Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, and is always the same number (commonly approximated as 3.14159) regardless...
What To Do: Put on your Irish for St. Patrick’s Day
Pub crawls, parades and celebrations of all things Irish
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Even though March 17 is officially St. Patrick’s Day, this weekend is St. Patty’s Day Weekend — a weekend when everyone is Irish and green is the preferred color for everything (clothes, food, hair, decorations and even beer and wine)..
Not surprisingly, there is a wide array of special...
Downingtown board OKs $2.37M to upgrade HS stadium
Turf, scoreboard at football field and district wireless system to be replaced
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
DOWNINGTOWN – The Downingtown Area School District Board of Education approved $2.37 million of upgrades to the Downingtown High School turf fields and $1.12 million of wireless upgrades for all schools at Wednesday night’s meeting.
The football field project includes $2,299,000...
Local YMCA’s celebrate birth of basketball
WEST CHESTER — In 1891, a YMCA program director named Luther Gulick asked James Naismith, a gym teacher at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass., to invent a new indoor sport. Gulick wanted an activity to keep Y directors fit and limber during the winter months. After much trial and error, Naismith decided to hang two peach baskets from the bottom of an elevated running track, posted a list...
Unionville program focuses on stressed middle school students
Tearful parents express their own stress factors during PTO presentation
By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH – While many adults are feeling stressed in this era of information and schedule overload, kids, especially middle school students, may be feeling it even more.
Charles F. Patton Middle School’s (CFPMS) Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) hosted a special presentation...
On Stage: ‘Annie’ leads diverse local options
A little something for everyone at area venues this weekend
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Annie opens a six-dat run at the Academy of Music, March 17.
The area’s calendar of live music for the next week has something to satisfy almost every taste.
From the timeless music and story of “Annie” to the hardcore hip hop sounds of Twiztid, from the soothing music of the Delaware Symphony...
