Healthy Families block party, July 26

Saturday’s Healthy Families Block Party is a free community event that offers free, healthy and fun activities for families including dozens of children’s games, face painting, health screenings and demonstrations, health and social service information, refreshments, music and more. The event runs from noon to 3 p.m., at the Brandywine Health Center on East Lincoln Highway. COATESVILLE —...

County gives $10K to Schuylkill River Heritage Area

Commissioner Terence Farrell; Kurt Zwikl, Executive Director of the Schuylkill River Heritage Area; Commissioner Kathi Cozzone and Commissioners’ Chair Ryan Costello. WEST CHESTER — Chester County Commissioners presented the Schuylkill River Heritage Area with a check for $10,000 at this week’s Commissioners’ meeting, as well as a citation to the organization for its efforts in achieving the...

Op/Ed: Commissioners praise county workers for storm efforts

By Ryan Costello, Kathi Cozzone, & Terence Farrell, Chester County Commissioners Chester County Commissioners (from left) Kathi Cozzone, Terence Farrell and Ryan Costello. Chester County’s winter weather certainly qualified as an extreme emergency this year. Residents endured multiple huge snow storms and devastating ice storms that made county roads dangerous. Schools and businesses were closed...

County Human Service employees back union vote

Election returns 163 county Human Services employees to union representation By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times WEST CHESTER — Employees of Chester County’s Human Services departments voted by nearly a two-to-one margin to approve Teamsters Local 384 as their new union representatives, Thursday. According to unofficial tallies released by the county, the union won 96-56, with all but seven employees...