Turning tragedy into action: working to keep teens safe

Grieving Unionville couple committed to saving lives with better driving training By Kathleen Brady Shea, Special to UnionvilleTimes.com A Unionville High student demonstrates one of the driving simulators. Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, a statistic so dire that the Centers for Disease Control added this explanation to its most recent data: Eight teens ages...

Unionville to restore free drivers ed.

Board of ed. moves to make in-class instruction available for 2011-12 school year By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com EAST MARLBOROUGH — For the first time since the early 1990s, Unionville High School will offer a free drivers’ education course to students. The Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education voted Monday night to fund the program — which had previously been filled by a class...