Unionville girl swimmers win league title
Members of the Unionville High School swim team celebrate a successful 2012-13 swim season as members of the team head to the district swim championships.
KENNETT SQUARE — The Unionville High School swim team closed out the season with a meet Friday versus Sallies (girls) and Padua (boys).
Although there was a celebratory vibe throughout the evening — both teams celebrated the seniors and the girls...
Letter: school district killing hoop dreams
Limited access to UCFSD gyms leaves our kids dreaming of a lost basketball season
To The Editor:
This season, we decided to register our kids (age 8 and 10) for URA Basketball. We had experienced several great seasons at the Kennett Area YMCA but we made the decision as a family to move over to URA for several reasons. Our experience with URA Baseball and Lacrosse has been great and most of the...
Fashion Week: classic looks make a comeback
Spring fashions warm the heart and the soul
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
Alas, I did not make it into the tents at New York’s Fashion Week (it’s irrelevant that I didn’t have a ticket). However, I stayed well connected through my favorite bloggers, Instagram and the web. There were so many simple spring trends featured that can easily go from runway to reality. The following...
Pocopson Elementary students learn about heart health
‘Healthy Heart Day’ offers students hands on learning while having hun
By Suzanne Misciagna, Staff Writer, The Times
Pocopson’s Physical Education and Health teacher, Allison Tester, teaches students how blood flows through the heart at Pocopson’s Healthy Heart Day.
POCOPSON – Students at Pocopson Elementary School in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School district literally learned about...
12 UHS students named National Merit Finalists
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Twelve Unionville High School students were named finalists for the National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSP) this week — something just 15,000 high school students in the United States can say. The award is granted on the basis of their PSAT and SAT scores, along with their academic achievement and extra-curricular activities.
The students are: Jack Bubes, Katherine Jin, Brian...
Birmingham to honor Bush, Phreaner
Township plans plaques for township officials who died in 2012
By Liz Brown, Staff Writer, The Times
Sandy Hollow in Birmingham, where township officials plan to honor to long-time volunteers for the township.
BIRMINGHAM — Two prominent township officials will be memorialized in the Birmingham Hill and Sandy Hollow. Recreation, Parks and Open Space committee member, Jim Phreaner, who passed suddenly...
Equal time: a male response to Kelly
Editor’s Note: In the interests of equal time, fairness and well, just because it’s so darn fun, we celebrate this Valentine’s Day by offering space for a rebuttal of our popular Sunday columnist, Kelly Hockenberry by her husband, Joe.
By Joe Hockenberry, Special to The Times
I walked into my Monday morning hoops game this past week and was greeted with the following: “Man, your...
Mouth ulcers – what a pain!
These mysterious and painful lesions impact 1 out of 5 people
By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD, FAGD, Columnist, The Times
Yesterday, when I told my husband what this month’s column would be on, he looked puzzled. I know there are new and exciting high tech and wonderful things to write about and yet, every week we see people who are suffering and just don’t know why.
If you are one of the many folks...
Pocopson OK’s Marlboro Rd. house project
Founders Day set for Sept. 15; split vote on Rt. 52 roundabout project
By Kelli Siehl, Staff Writer, The Times
Pocopson township officials discuss a proposed home construction on Marlboro Road, Monday night, as proposed by Kevin and Cathy Koehler. From left supervisor Georgia Brutscher, supervisor Steve Conary, Joe Mingioni, builder for the project, Susan Simone, township secretary, Jim Hatfield, township...
Corbett budget proposals leave school budget in flux
Proposed changes to pensions, other changes could mean new budget math
Gov. Tom Corbett
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Don’t get too attached to the preliminary budget that the Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education adopted last month.
Thanks to budget proposals from Gov. Tom Corbett last week — including one that would reduce the amount of increase in pension costs —...
