Chesco touts 10 years with AAA bond rating
WEST CHESTER — With the announcement this week of the reaffirmation of all three Triple-A bond ratings, Chester County marks 10 years as a government entity that has earned – and maintained – the highest possible rating status. It is the only county in Pennsylvania that holds the three Triple-A rating distinctions, and is one of just 43 counties nationwide.
Favorable market conditions combined...
Agriculture education lab returns to Elk Ridge School
Mobile lab takes food, farms and environmental lessons on the road
OXFORD – For the seventh straight year, the Pennsylvania Friends of Agriculture Foundation, a division of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, recently brought its Mobile Agriculture Education Science Lab to Elk Ridge Elementary School.
The lab is designed to teach students about agriculture, Pennsylvania’s number one...
Malvern Prep cancer survivors join forces to fight disease
MALVERN – Before Andrew Clark came to Malvern Prep, he had only known one other kid who had cancer, but during his time at the school he learned that three students fought cancer and won, just like he did. Now, these four students are banding together to support Clark’s bid to be the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Student of the Year and raise critical funding to eradicate blood...
Huntzinger named to lead Coatesville development
Sonia Huntzinger
WEST CHESTER — The Chester County Board of Commissioners, members of Coatesville Area Partners for Progress (CAPP), and Coatesville representatives of CAPP’s 2nd Century Alliance initiative announced the appointment of Sonia Huntzinger, CEcD, as economic development administrator for the City of Coatesville, Friday.
Huntzinger’s appointment is the result of the agreement last...
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CVIM opens dental care unit for Surrey
Community Volunteers in Medicine (CVIM) hosted a ribbon cutting during the Open House of their mobile dental expansion program at Surrey Services for Seniors, Thursday. From left, Bob Madonna, President & CEO of Surrey Services for Seniors, Alberta Landis, Vice President of Dental Services of Community Volunteers in Medicine, Mary LePera, Director, Member Services, of Surrey Services for Seniors,...
Officials caution care with weekend’s frosty forecast
Extreme cold can be a health hazard
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
The National Weather Service is calling for frigid weather this weekend, with overnight temperatures expected to fall to around zero degrees late Saturday night.
The only good news: after the weekend blast of arctic weather, Chester County should see moderating temperatures (although a light snow may be possible Monday night), with...
UCF board continues debate over Chromebooks
Board member questions whether parents should have to pay
By Karen Cresta, Staff Writer, The Times
Although the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District is moving toward standardizing on Chromebooks — like the unit pictured above — for students in sixth through 12th grades, who pays for them, and how they will be used remains a question.
EAST MARLBOROUGH – On Monday night, the Unionville Chadds...
Registration for Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Tech opens Feb. 14
EXTON – Online registration opens Sunday, February 14 for the 16th annual Girls Exploring Tomorrow’s Technology (GETT), for girls from more than 100 schools across the region. The girls in fifth through tenth grades will work with women role models to do everything from build rockets, design roller coasters, create mobile apps, extract DNA and construct suspension bridges.
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Kennett Library elects new officers, adds board members
KENNETT SQUARE — The Board of the Kennett Public Library announced Wednesday the election of new executive officers. Thomas C. Swett was elected president, Jeff Yetter, vice-president, and William (Bill) McLachlan, secretary-treasurer.
This is Swett’s second tour with the library board as he served on the board from 1982 to 1994 and was president from 1989 through 1992. He brings a great deal of...
