Silence equals assent

By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times And so it begins. President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order halting border crossings from seven Muslim-majority nations as new “extreme vetting” procedures are being put in place. The fact that not one terrorist attack in the U.S. has come from folks from those nations, seems less germane than a rush to do something, anything — despite no credible threat,...

Letter: Takes issue with Hellrung letter

To The Editor, Shame on You, Jeff Hellrung! It is a very sad day for the UCFD school district when a sitting school board member (Jeff Hellrung) uses his position to engage in politics in an election outside his region. Jeff’s scurrilous editorial attack on Kathy Do, Bev Brookes and Gregg Lindner has no place in schoolboard dynamics. It will only poison the well of our deliberations.     ...

Letter: Politics at center of UCF campaign

To The Editor, How ironic that Region C UCF School Board candidates Brooks, Do, and Lindner are running on a platform that proclaims “Education Not Politics”. Brooks, Do, and Lindner have all been highly active in partisan politics for many decades and each has served as an elected official. I applaud their involvement in political action but that campaign slogan is very inappropriate...

UCF board is on the clock with various fiscal issues

2015-16 budget, bond refinance and renovation plan face time crunch By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times EAST MARLBOROUGH – The Unionville-Chadds Ford (UCF) Board of Education work session on Monday night took over three hours of time to cover many time-sensitive issues. One of the issues was to approve the preliminary budget for 2015-2016 school- year in the amount of $80,901,704.  Robert...