County offering worksite wellness program
Businesses invited to sign up for 6 months of education, screening
Since most Americans spend the majority of their waking hours at work, the Chester County Health Department is encouraging county businesses, large, medium and small, to introduce a six-month start-up Worksite Wellness program.
“Bringing wellness directly to your business has the potential to benefit both employer and employee,”...
CCAA Invitational exhibit a draw for art lovers
Show will debut Friday in West Chester with fund-raising gala
“Thumbelina,” a sculpture by Jean Cheeseman. will be on display starting Sept. 6 when the Chester County Art Association’s debuts it 2013 Invitational Art Exhibition at a fund-raising gala.
The Chester County Art Association (CCAA) will open its most anticipated show of the year this weekend: the 2013 Invitational Art...
Mason and Dixon get overdue local recognition
Newlin site draws widespread audience of surveyors, historians and more
Updated at 8:30 a.m. Sunday to correct supervisor’s comment
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Todd Babcock, the chairman of the Mason and Dixon Line Preservation Partnership, drives the commemorative iron spike into Stargazer Road.
Ken Burns and Steven Spielberg missed out, but hundreds of others did not,...
Volunteer environmental stewards being sought
Natural Lands Trust recruiting trainees for “Force of Nature” program
Natural Lands Trust announced this week that it is recruiting for the third class in its “Force of Nature” volunteer training program, designed to educate and train participants to serve as volunteer project leaders and ambassadors for the regional land conservation organization, a news release said.
“The Force...
Barnard window repair cost higher than expected
Final costs nearly double of $10,450 estimate
By Kelli Siehl, Staff Writer, The Times
The four lower-level windows of Pocopson’s Barnard House have been repaired, but township officials say the bill for the fix has come in at nearly twice the original estimate of $10,450.
POCOPSON — Although the township paid Chester County just $1 for the historic Barnard House and its 80-acre landscape, officials...
County offering citizens free emergency training
Course is designed to make residents better prepared to handle catastrophes
During the last CERT course, the Chester County Public Training Center was a hub of activity as emergency services workers went about their routine business as trainees learned how to rescue someone from a collapsed building.
The county is inviting citizens to receive free training that will help them aid themselves, their...
PECO: Working to keep power lines out of trees
Utility says East and West Marlborough, Newlin, Pocopson will see crews
Peco said crews began working on pruning and selective tree removal in mid-August and will continue through December.
PECO wants residents in East and West Marlborough, Newlin and Pocopson Townships to know that it is working to keep them out of the dark.
Pruning and selective tree removal is being performed in these areas as part...
Keystone Exams come under fire at hearing
Dinniman, school officials say exams are unfair, and an ‘unfunded mandate’ on schools
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
TREDYFFRIN — Although the new Pennsylvania Common Core curriculum appears to be here to stay, one key element of the plan, the requirement of high school seniors to pass Keystone Exams in Algebra, Biology and Literature in order to graduate starting in 2017 are increasingly...
State police: Traffic stop leads to drug, DUI charges
A Delaware woman was charged with driving under the influence and possession of marijuana following a traffic stop on Aug. 16 at 11:06 in Pennsbury Township, said state police from the Avondale barracks. Police said Molly T. Daddono, 21, of Newark, was detained on Cossart Road, just west of Fairville Road.
Sometime between Aug. 14 at 3:30 p.m. and Aug. 18 at 3:30 p.m., someone broke into a residence...
Celebrating local legacy of Mason and Dixon
Star Gazers’ Stone is one of sites to be showcased during 250th anniversary festivities
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The Star Gazers’ Stone in Newlin Township is one of the sites being celebrated during the 250th anniversary of the survey by Mason and Dixon.
Nearly two-hundred and fifty years ago, when satellites weren’t on anyone’s radar, astronomer Charles...
