Caln to repair Fisherville, Osborne Rd. Bridge in 2015

Fisherville to close in coming weeks, Osborne Bridge later in this year By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times Mary Coine (left) and commissioner Lorraine Tindaro (right) present a check to Police Chief Joseph Elias (middle) for the police department’s participation in DARE. CALN – The township announced projects to repair Fisherville Road and Osborne road Bridge at Thursday night’s board...

What To Do: Celebrating Jamie Wyeth

Also: More art in Malvern, hot cars in Philly and wine and chocolate By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times The works of famed local artist Jamie Wyeth are now being featured at The Brandywine River Museum of art. Above: Wyeth’s “A Murder of Crows.” Chadds Ford is home to the Wyeth family and the Wyeth family is home to a number of highly talented painters. The Wyeth family’s...

Coatesville to continue operating under 2014 budget

Council delays budget workshop to next month, looks to solve financial woes By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times COATESVILLE – The city will continue to operate off of the 2014 budget in February after city council postponed passing a 2015 budget on Wednesday. Council had originally planned to hold a regular meeting Monday of this week night and a budget meeting Wednesday night, but due to...

Good Stuff: From Oxford to Downingtown, people-powered news

The fun & popular Good Stuff Column is here delivering you a week-ending smile! Got ‘good stuff’ you’d like to share?  Email kim@chescotimes.com (submissions are subject to editorial review.) Power of the Pen…Patton Middle School’s Julie Griswold takes home FIRST place (6th grade division) in the Daughters of the American Revolution – Chester County Chapter,...

On Stage: Pocopson’s Trombetta breaks out in Young Frankenstein

Also: Jack Hanna gets wild in Del., and for duo it is all about the bass By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Chris Trombetta, far left, of Pocopson enjoys a star turn as Igor in the production of Young Frankenstein at The Candlelight Theater “The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” is a very funny show. It is a Broadway musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan and music...

CASD accepts resignation of Romaniello

Assistant Superintendent parts ways with district after being placed on leave last fall By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times Dr. Angelo Romaniello CALN – The Coatesville Area School Board accepted Assistant Superintendent Dr. Angelo Romaniello’s resignation at Tuesday night’s meeting. Romaniello had been on leave since November and was placed on leave a separate time last spring. The district...

CASD moves to fire employee over social media comments

COATESVILLE — The Coatesville Area School District announced its intention to fire a food services worker who allegedly posted racially charged comments on a social media site earlier this month, Tuesday. Superintendent Dr. Cathy Taschner issued a statement Tuesday night condemning the alleged comments. “There is absolutely no room for this kind of behavior anywhere in our society, but it’s particularly...

Art Watch: The Delaware Valley Art League

Be a part of a creative community…Get out your paints! By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Last week I wrote a bit about the life-changing power of one teacher to inspire hundreds of adults to get out and create and exhibit their work. We all have oil paints or pastels in a drawer somewhere, maybe it is the time to take them out and rekindle that  creative flame? Sometimes it takes the community...

Blizzard? Not ‘snow’ much

Although New England appears to have been hit hard, a more easterly than predicted path of Monday’s snowstorm appears to have spared Chester County, as snowfall counts amounted to less than an inch in some parts of the county. Although light snow was falling Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service (NWS) is not predicting much in the way of additional accumulations and roads are generally...

Shanahan girls hold off Coatesville, 51-49

ChesMont powerhouses leave it until late at CASH on Thursday night By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times Nafisa Saunders drives to the hoop in the second quarter. CALN – In a clash of two of the ChesMont’s strongest teams, the Bishop Shanahan girls basketball team eked out a 51-49 victory at Coatesville on Thursday night. In what would become the night’s theme, Shanahan jumped out to an...