CASD completes plans laid out by PHRC, NAACP
Rights organizations call school board’s actions ‘earnest and true’
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
SPIRIT Program members talk about the impact students can have on the community’s culture.
CALN – Commemorating the school district’s progress in healing community and district relations, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Pennsylvania NAACP chapter, and...
City attempts to clean up solid waste billing practices
City to take over trash bill collection; Berkheimer will still handle taxes
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Newly elected Council President Linda Lavender-Norris (right) and Vice President Marie Lawson (left) discuss budget items.
COATESVILLE – City Council discussed steps for ensuring the collection of solid waste bills and passed a proposal to change billing practices at Monday night’s...
Tips for keeping your lips happy and healthy
Winter is when lips become chapped; a few ways to keep them happy and smiling
By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, The Times
Yes, your lips do matter and in the bitter cold of January appropriate lip care is always a concern. In dentistry we sometimes say that the lips are just the picture frame around a beautiful smile. Our lips are really so much more. Without healthy lips we would...
Coatesville woman charged with sex with a minor
Sarah O’Neill
WEST WHITELAND — A Coatesville woman has been charged with having a sexual affair with a minor at the private school where she taught, township police said Tuesday.
Township Police charged Sarah O’Neill, 35, with four counts of Corruption on Minors.
Police said that the charges stem from an investigation into allegations of O’Neill having an inappropriate relationship with...
Man charged with sexually assaulting minor
Magdaleno Perez-Miranda
NEW GARDEN — Township police charged an Avondale man with repeatedly sexually assaulting a township minor over the past five years.
Magdaleno Perez-Miranda was taken into custody last week, following an investigation, and charged with five counts of Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse, five counts of Aggravated Indecent Assault, 10 counts of Indecent Assault, one count...
Op/Ed: 2015 offer many opportunities for Chester County
By Terence Farrell, Chair, Chester County Board of Commissioners
Terence Farrell
The citizens of Chester County have a myriad of opportunities as we begin 2015 and close out a successful 2014.
As the newly elected chair of the Chester County Commissioners, I’m looking forward to making sure we meet the goals we’ve set in our strategic plan that will enhance our already excellent quality of life...
KCSD formally renews Tomasetti’s contract
New pact, capital improvements lead busy board of ed. agenda
By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times
KCSD School Board Meeting, Monday night at Bancroft Elementary School
NEW GARDEN – The Kennett Consolidated School District Board of Directors formalized an agreement to renew the contract of Superintendent Dr. Barry W. Tomasetti at its first meeting of 2015 Monday evening at Bancroft Elementary...
KHS’ After Prom strives to keep teens safe
Committee to hold Buckley’s fundraiser this week, Times announces donation incentive
By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times
Area students enjoying KHS After Prom festivities
KENNETT – The Kennett High School (KHS) After Prom Committee is working to raise $25,000 for its annual After Prom Party. The ‘Party of the Year’ will be held 11 PM Friday, April 24, thru 5 AM Saturday, April...
Maybe it’s time to resolve to resolve nothing
Could ‘letting go’ be the best way to make changes?
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
The YMCA is a madhouse. For the next two weeks (or so) the parking lot is jammed with all of the 2015 New Year’s Resolutions it can accommodate. Annoying? Yes. But, I am sympathetic to the cause.
I have written in the past about my attempts to “reinvent” myself every January: drink more water,...
Don’t expect much political change in 2015
Although new approaches seem badly needed, expect the ‘same old, same old’ this year
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
New year, same old politics.
As 2015 dawns, even with new majorities in state and federal legislatures, as well as a brand new governor and a new county commissioner, things are arguably more the same than different.
In terms of the federal government, it’s not just the...
