Chesco honored for digital tech advances

Chester County Commissioner Terence Farrell (second right) and Chester County Chief Information Officer Glenn Angstadt (right) accept the 2018 Digital Counties Award at last week’s National Association of Counties Conference in Nashville. Also pictured are (from left): Alan Cox, Executive Vice President, Center for Digital Government; Danielle Balmelle, Business Development Executive for award sponsors...

Letter from the editor: A comment on comments

A few changes to our commenting system debut By Mike McGann, You may have noticed a few changes here at The Times over the past few months, from a new mobile and tablet-friendly design to this weekend’s evolution to a new commenting system — faced on the Facebook platform. Like many other publishers, large and small, we’ve wrestled with the balance between both having a true back and forth...

Chester County ranked 10th in nation for tech

Chester County Commissioners’ Chair Terence Farrell (center) receives the Digital Counties Survey award from (left) Tim Woodbury, Director of Government Relations for Accela and (right) Katie Burke, Government Program Specialist for Laserfiche. WEST CHESTER — Chester County took its place among the digital elite this week, when it was presented with a Digital Counties Survey award that recognizes...

Sunday Soapbox: Tech is ruining our kids

Today’s youth seems more focused on ‘likes’ than talking By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times I write the “Sunday Super Six” on a monthly basis.  Today, I am instituting a semi-regular “Sunday Soapbox”.  My kids are really psyched by this announcement. Buckle up. Today’s topic:  HOW TECHNOLOGY IS RUINING OUR YOUTH. I have had multiple, lengthy conversations with...

Unionville reworks technology plans

Bring Your Own and infrastructure upgrades planned over next three years By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times EAST MARLBOROUGH — After some revisions, adjustments and reworking, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School is ready to roll out a new technology plan over the next few years, it was announced Monday night. Board member Kathleen Do recounted the plan — which be formally ratified as part of the yearly...

What were all those dentists doing in New Orleans?

Annual American Dental Association Meeting highlight tech, learning By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, The Times Just last week more than 24 thousand dental professionals gathered in New Orleans for the Annual meeting of the American Dental Association.  That’s a lot of dental people in one place.  What makes these meetings so important? As a private practice dentist, I believe it is...

Letter: Status quo is not enough for UCFSD

Calls for district to improve STEM curriculum To The Editor: I was a candidate earlier this year to fill the Region C School Board Director position vacated by Frank Murphy. During the appointment process, which lasted multiple votes over a month, I was honored to receive the votes of Jeff Hellrung, Keith Knauss, Jeff Leiser, and Vic DuPuis during the first three ballots on June 18. Although I failed...