Unionville students win robotics competition award
The Chef Bot-Ardees hoist their trophy, Saturday. The teams is made up of seventh graders Austin Hwa, CJ McClure, Jonathan Nguyen, KC Simmons and Dev Singh from Charles F. Patton Middle School and fifth grader Thomas McClure from Chadds Ford Elementary School.
NEWARK, Del. — The Chef Bot-Ardees, a team made up of five seventh graders from Charles F. Patton Middle School and one fifth grader from...
Shop ’til you drop for a cause
Charity shopping event offers great value, great cause
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
ATTENTION FASHIONISTAS!
It is no surprise that I loooooove to shop….but, I love shopping for a CAUSE even more!
So, imagine how delighted I am to give you the scoop about the upcoming Guilty Girls Warehouse Sale! This group of savvy women have formulated a plan to turn retail therapy into a charitable...
Hogan announces law enforcement awards
County’s top cop, prosecutor honored; Pileggi, Simpson, Coatesville PD earn honors
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan presents commendations to (left) New Garden Township Police Chief Gerald Simpson and state Senator Dominic Pileggi for their efforts to create anti-gang legislation.
WEST CHESTER — It was a gathering that would have been a nightmare...
Upland takes 3rd in hockey tournament
Hosts Avon Grove HS tonight
Upland’s Elmo Simpanen works the puck out against Greenwich during recent tournament play.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Upland Country Day hosted and competed in the 39th Annual Boys’ Invitational Ice Hockey Tournament at the John M. Cleveland Rink on campus on Jan. 19 & 20th. Upland’s tournament is the oldest junior school ice hockey tournament in North America, and...
Unionville seeks assistant girls lacrosse coach
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Unionville High School has an opening for Assistant/JV Girls Lacrosse coach for the spring season. The successful candidate for the position must be able to obtain the necessary clearances required by the school district.
Anyone interested should send a cover letter and resume to Unionville High School 750 Unionville Rd. Kennett Square, PA. 19348 in care of the Athletic Director...
School board ends band mandate
Some members leave door open to making marching band a for-credit activity in the future
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education unanimously voted Monday night to change the marching band at Unionville High School from a co-curricular activity to an extra-curricular activity, but some members held out the possibility that marching band could...
Kennett edges Unionville in food drive
Breakfast is on Unionville’s Sanville for Kennett’s Tomasetti
Volunteers sort through thousands of food donations for the Kennett Community Food Cupboard, Monday, as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
The donors of the Kennett Consolidated School District edged out those of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School district in a friendly competition to see who could collect the...
Elementary school students give back for MLK Day of Service
Pocopson Elementary participates in Unionville-Chadds Ford School District’s annual ‘Day on, not a day off’ program
By Suzanne Misciagna, Staff Writer, The Times
Pocopson Elementary Second grader, Kaitlyn Wahl, carefully works on drawing a butterfly to be added to one of the quilts sent to A.I. duPont Hospital for Children and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
POCOPSON –...
‘Peanuts’ coming to Patton stage, Jan. 31, Feb. 1 & 2
Middle School students to perform ‘You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown’
The lead cast of Patton Middle School’s “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.” The show features Charlie Brown, played by Zach Horrowitz an 8th grader, Linus, played by Eli Sheppard, a 7th grader, Lucy, played by Dina Spyropoulos, an 8th grader, Sally, played by Eva Sheppard a 7th grader, Schroeder,...
Local students march in celebration of Inauguration
Chinese-American youth dance troupe with numerous Chester County members to join Monday’s parade
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Katelyn Tsai (on right), of Pocopson, is among nearly a dozen Chester County residents who will participate in Monday’s Presidential Inaugural Parade as part of the Chinese American Community Center Dance Troupe.
HOCKESSIN, Del. – When President Barack Obama...





