Messerschmidt named new county Emergency Services Director

Warren W. “Bill” Messerschmidt III Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell, and Michelle Kichline announced Wednesday the appointment of Warren W. “Bill” Messerschmidt III as the County’s new Director of the Department of Emergency Services (DES). Messerschmidt will take the lead at DES from Monday, February 13, following his most recent role as Assistant Director of Emergency...

New Garden golf course to be preserved as public park

Loch Nairn Golf Club Natural Lands announced today the preservation of approximately 106 acres in New Garden Township, Chester County. The land, formerly the site of the Loch Nairn Golf Club, was purchased by the Township for use as a passive-recreation park, which is slated to open to the public in 2024. Conversion of the land from a golf course to a park will help improve water quality, absorb floodwaters,...

SCCCC recognizes outstanding service at 2023 Annual Meeting Breakfast

. Cheryl B. Kuhn, President & CEO, SCCCC ; 2020 Chairman of the Board, James E. Turner, Chester Water Authority ; 2015 Chairman of the Board Anthony J. Poluch, Jr., UNIVEST; 2018 & 2023 Chairman of the Board, Doug Doerfler, SPHR, WSFS Bank ; 2022 Chairman of the Board, Tim Moore, Constellation Energy ; 2019 Chairman of the Board Erik Gudmundson, Pegasus Technologies, LLC The Southern Chester...

Becoming the Best U: Tips on navigating Valentine’s Day

By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times Question: I’ve been dating this girl, and although I really like her, I don’t have the budget to take her out to a fancy restaurant for Valentine’s Day. Do you have any inexpensive ideas to let her know I care? Jim – Exton Answer: Good for you to not be pressured into spending money you don’t have at a fancy restaurant on Valentine’s Day! You’re...

Rafferty elected chair of LCH Board

(l to r) Gawthrop Greenwood litigator John Rafferty is congratulated by LCH Health and Community Services CEO Ronan W. Gannon on Rafferty’s election to Chair of the Board of Directors of LCH Health and Community Services. Gawthrop Greenwood litigator John Rafferty has been elected Chair of LCH Health and Community Services, an organization that offers bilingual healthcare to individuals of all backgrounds...

Cronin named new DCCC president

Dr. Marta Yera Cronin Marta Yera Cronin, EdD, currently president of Columbia Gorge Community College in The Dalles, Oregon, has been selected by Delaware County Community College’s Board of Trustees to become the College’s next president. Dr. Cronin will succeed L. Joy Gates Black, EdD, who will retire on June 30 of this year after six years of service to the College. Dr. Cronin will be the College’s...

Avon Grove E-Sports team wins PA State Rocket League championship

Avon Grove esports team members and their coach (left to right): Liam Breslin, Dan Ciccone, Charles Nattress and Coach Pizzini, accepting first-place honors at the PA Rocket League Championships. The Avon Grove Red Devil’s esports team recently won the 2022 PA State Championship for Rocket League, surpassing more than 140 teams and going undefeated for the entire 2022 season. Avon Grove team members...

CCEDC offers 2023 economic outlook: inflation likely to slow, but a recession may be coming

(l to r): Dianne P. Manges, Senior Investment Advisor for Truist Foundations & Endowments Specialty Practice; Gary W. Smith, President and CEO of CCEDC; Patti Brennan, President and CEO of Key Financial, Inc.; MaryFrances McGarrity, Senior Vice President – Business Development Services at CCEDC 150 business executives and personal investors gathered Friday to hear expert insights on the local,...

Inner Nature: Antibiotic Ambivalence

By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times Pathogens are organisms which cause disease, and we are regularly exposed to these pathogens through the food we eat, people we mingle with, animals we tend, and soil we dig. Until the mid-twentieth century, vaccinations had been the preventive method. The discovery that weakened bacteria and viruses could activate the immune system to fight them at the next sighting...

Commissioners Present $25K check to ChesPenn Center for Family Health in Coatesville

Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz (right), Josh Maxwell, and Michelle Kichline (left) present ChesPenn President and CEO Susan Harris-McGovern with a $25,000 Chester County Appropriations Fund check. Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell, and Michelle Kichline toured the Center for Family Health at Coatesville, part of ChesPenn Health Services, this week, and presented...