Obituary: Adrienne Phillips Wickersham
Adrienne Phillips Wickersham
Adrienne Phillips Wickersham, 95, of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, died of natural causes on Sunday, March 27, 2016 at her home in Kendal at Crosslands. The older of two children, Adrienne was born to Adrienne (McMahon) and Edmund Phillips on April 27, 1920 in New York, New York. She attended Houghton College in Houghton, New York, where she earned a Bachelor of Science...
Obituary: Clarence Bob Bryan
Clarence Bob Bryan
In April of 1941, Clarence and Bertha Bryan brought a baby boy into the world and named him Clarence Robert Bryan. Bobby attended Cochranville Elementary, Elk View School in Penn Township and Avon Grove High School. While in high school Bob, the guy with the ’49 Chevy Convertible, met Jean, the girl with the hot ’50 Olds. Bob graduated from Avon Grove in 1959 and received...
Obituary: Carmen Nieves Diaz
CARMEN NIEVES DIAZ, age 86, of West Chester, PA, passed away on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at the Pocopson Home. Her husband Angel Colon passed away in 1984.
Born in Comerio, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of the late Miguel Nieves and Cristina Diaz.
Carmen was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking and being with her family and friends. She was a great mother and wife.
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UCF ends decile reporting for Unionville HS
Chromebook pilot to be expanded to cover all middle school students
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
A sample GPA distribution — not one from an actual class — provided by the Unionville-Chadds Ford School district. This format of information is slated to replace reporting which decile — which slice of 10% — a Unionville High School student fall into in reporting to colleges and universities.
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Dinniman: US-1, Rt. 10 to get repave in So. Chester County
Construction is underway on a PennDOT project to repair deteriorated pavement on two state highways in southern Chester County, state Senator Andy Dinniman said.
Crews began work Tuesday to resurface nearly six miles of U.S. 1 between Hopewell Road and Route 896 (Newark Road) in East Nottingham, Lower Oxford, Upper Oxford and Oxford. The project is expected to be completed in late April.
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Obituary: John E. Davidson
JOHN E. DAVIDSON, age 90, of London Grove Village, passed away on Monday, March 28, 2016, at his residence. He was the husband of Mildred Ross Davidson, who passed away in 2004, and with whom he shared 61 years of marriage.
Born in Unionville, PA, he was the son of the late James and Beulah Nunemaker Davidson.
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Chesco students compete in SkillsUSA competition
Dominic Greco and Rob Mastnjak of TCHS Brandywine are hard at work designing the Engine Tech Program’s piece of the Pennsylvania-shaped puzzle.
DOWNINGTOWN – Students from all three Chester County Technical College High School (TCHS) Campuses recently participated in the regional SkillsUSA competition, but their work is not finished; they are gearing up for other challenges, including the statewide...
Brandywine Greenway seeks new path through Pocopson
Underground Railroad Center poised to move into Barnard House
By Karen Cresta, Staff Writer, The Times
Sheila Fleming of the Brandywine Conservancy reviews options for the Brandywine Creek Greenway, during Monday night’s Pocopson Township Supervisors meeting.
POCOPSON – The Brandywine Trail Project came seeking a cooperative relationship with the township at Monday night’s board of supervisor’s...
Bentley launches write-in bid for 158th GOP nomination
Perry Bentley
Unionville’s Perry Bentley announced Tuesday that he would mount a write-in campaign for the Republican nomination for State Representative in the 158th District, just a day after Lenny Rivera ended his bid for the seat.
In a letter addressed to Chester County Republican Committee members and the voters of the 158th legislative district, Bentley announced his write-in campaign...
Art Watch: An evening of the arts
A one-night event in Kennett Sq., Friday
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
April brings a host of wonderful new art shows to Chester County, with many openings this Friday. Openings are exciting art events full of that fresh energy that comes with the unveiling of newly orchestrated show. Artists and customers mingle and chat, and there is food, refreshments and often music to heighten the spectacle...
