What To Do: Spring bursts into Chester County
A weekend full of fun, local events and happenings
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Spring is bursting out all over, but especially at Longwood Gardens, which kicks off its ‘Spring Blooms’ show, Saturday.
Spring is bursting out all over — especially at Longwood Gardens (Route 1, Kennett Square, 610-388-1000, www.longwoodgardens.org).
Visitors to Longwood this weekend will...
Coatesville native keeps the Navy’s newest helicopters flying
Chris Kennedy, a 2005 Coatesville Area high School graduate, serves as an aviation electrician’s mate with the “Grandmasters” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46.
MAYPORT, Fla. – A 2005 Coatesville Area High School graduate and local native is serving with a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron that flies the Navy’s newest and most technologically-advanced helicopter.
Petty Officer...
Play mini golf in West Chester Library
The West Chester Public Library will be converted into a mini golf course on April 15 & 16.
West Chester Public Library’s offers fun for all ages at its second Literacy Links Invitational — which features Miniature golf between the Stacks — is to be held on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16.
On those two days, two floors of the library will be converted into a minigolf fairway, with...
Road closure in Willistown next week
Aqua Pennsylvania is planning weekday closures starting next week on Warren Avenue in Willistown Township for water main replacements, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced Thursday.
From Monday, April 4 through Friday, April 29, Warren Avenue will be closed between Paoli Pike and Andrews Road in Willistown Township. Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. During...
PennDOT slashes Rt. 926 bridge build to six months
$9 million project slated to start in Feb., 2017
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
PennDOT now says it will only need six months of road closures to replace the Rt. 926 bridge over the Brandywine Creek.
POCOPSON — Although it meant a year of delay while operational plans were revised, the new timeline to rebuild the bridge over the Brandywine Creek on Rt. 926 will need only six months of road closure,...
On Stage: Getting out of that country rut
Aubrie Sellers and Carrie Rodriguez breaking the mold
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Aubrie Sellers
Country music these days has a glut of bland artists singing clichéd songs written in cookie-cutter style by Nashville songwriters and delivered onstage with predictable results.
Thankfully, there are artists such as Aubrie Sellers and Carrie Rodriguez who are not afraid to break the mold...
UCF ends decile reporting for Unionville HS
Chromebook pilot to be expanded to cover all middle school students
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
A sample GPA distribution — not one from an actual class — provided by the Unionville-Chadds Ford School district. This format of information is slated to replace reporting which decile — which slice of 10% — a Unionville High School student fall into in reporting to colleges and universities.
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CATA hosts multicultural cafe event
School district employees, local police volunteer for event
By Lauren Parker- Gill, Staff Writer, The Times
Sistah Mafalda, Cultural Ambassador of Dance and internationally known drummer, storyteller and teaching artist shared stories of Africa through song and dance with students and families.
COATESVILLE – The Coatesville Area Teachers’ Association recently hosted a multicultural café event...
Dinniman: US-1, Rt. 10 to get repave in So. Chester County
Construction is underway on a PennDOT project to repair deteriorated pavement on two state highways in southern Chester County, state Senator Andy Dinniman said.
Crews began work Tuesday to resurface nearly six miles of U.S. 1 between Hopewell Road and Route 896 (Newark Road) in East Nottingham, Lower Oxford, Upper Oxford and Oxford. The project is expected to be completed in late April.
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Chesco students compete in SkillsUSA competition
Dominic Greco and Rob Mastnjak of TCHS Brandywine are hard at work designing the Engine Tech Program’s piece of the Pennsylvania-shaped puzzle.
DOWNINGTOWN – Students from all three Chester County Technical College High School (TCHS) Campuses recently participated in the regional SkillsUSA competition, but their work is not finished; they are gearing up for other challenges, including the statewide...
