Barn at Spring Brook Farm – celebrating nine years of serving area children
Saturday’s Hoe Down fundraiser to help continue to fund programs
By Kim Chiomento, News Editor, The Times
POCOPSON – For many families in our region, the Barn at Spring Brook Farm is a unique place where a type of ‘magic’ happens all year long. Thanks to its nearly 250 volunteers, energized board of directors and caring staff, the Barn now assists an impressive 300 special needs children...
Chester County residents to be first charged under new dog fighting law
A Chester County SPCA Humane Police Officer holds three of the puppies rescued in Parkesburg, Thursday night.
WEST CHESTER – Two Parkesburg Borough residents will be the first to be charged under a new state law that specifically makes it illegal to possess animal fighting paraphernalia.
Thursday night at 10:45 pm, Chester County SPCA Humane Police Officers, assisted by local police and State...
DCCC faculty member named PA Depart. of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Svcs. Educator of the Year
Robert “Bubba” Hamilton teaching in DCCC’s Simulation Laboratory – Marple Campus.
Robert “Bubba” Hamilton, Delaware County Community College’s Paramedic Education coordinator, was recently chosen as the Pennsylvania Department of Health – Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) 2015 Educator of the Year.
Hamilton, 43, of Brookhaven, is the first Delaware County...
AG High club hosts tailgate to help autistic students
Attending a high school football game is a right of passage for most American high school students. But, for students with learning disabilities like Autism, the social challenges of navigating that kind of chaotic, loud environment can be daunting.
This Friday, October 16th, Avon Grove High’s REACT club will host a tailgate party at its home game against West Chester Henderson High...
Updated: Police find missing teen
Walter Morales-Lopez
NEW GARDEN — Township police say they’ve found a teen missing and presumed to have run off with an older man, who is now in custody and faces charges in the incident.
Police said that they found Wanda Michell Henriquez-Molina, 15, Thursday morning. She was reported missing by her mother on Oct. 7. At the time of her disappearance, she was believed to have run off with Walter...
State Police respond to Dunkin’ Donuts robbery
Suspect apprehended in East Marlborough Twp.
By Kim Chiomento, News Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH – According to the PA State Police – Avondale Barracks, a township man faces charges from an alleged robbery, Monday, at the Dunkin’ Donuts, located on US-1, in East Marlborough Township.
The East Marlborough Dunkin’ Donuts remained closed yesterday afternoon in response to the active...
Knauss resigns from UCF school board
Long-time fiscal watchdog steps down
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District Board of Education Director Keith Knauss announced his resignation from the school board, Monday.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Keith Knauss, a vocal voice for fiscal restraint resigned from the Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education, Monday.
In a message to his colleagues on the board, Knauss, a...
Two Chester County students named AP Scholars
MIDDLEBURG, Va. — Two Chester County natives were part of 21 Foxcroft School students — including nine current seniors and one-third of last spring’s graduates — that earned 2015 AP Scholar designation from the College Board for extraordinary achievement on Advanced Placement Exams, Academic Dean Courtney Ulmer announced Monday.
This is the 12th consecutive year in which Foxcroft...
Bentley Systems pledges $250K to Chester Co. Historial Society
WEST CHESTER — The Chester County Historical Society (CCHS) is pleased to receive a technology pledge of $250,000 from Bentley Systems for the upcoming exhibition Chester County: A Place in History. The pledge will aid CCHS in developing interactive components for this exhibit such as touchscreens, mobile tablets, handicapped-accessible devices, computer-based kiosks and listening stations, audio...
Chadds Ford Supervisors OK 3 ordinances
Steep slopes ordinance gets final approval
By Kris Firey-Poling, Staff Writer, The Times
Phyllis Recca, Chadds Ford resident, thanks Chadds Ford staff and board of supervisors for their help in her recently published book, Chadds Ford Then & Now.
CHADDS FORD — After several compliments to the staff and board, the Township Board of supervisors buckled down to a full agenda of legislation and...
