Unionville Chadds-Ford Education Foundation elects new president
Galer appointed president; new board members elected
By Suzanne Misciagna, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com
Lele Galer is the new president of the Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Foundation.
EAST MARLBOROUGH – The Unionville Chadds-Ford Education Foundation (UCFEF) is commemorating the end of the school year with the election of a new president along with several new board members to serve on...
Decade-long investment in county’s urban-centers celebrated
Kennett Square gets additional $3 million for Gateway Project
By Kathleen Brady Shea Managing Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Flanked by the county commissioners - Kathi Cozzone (from left), Ryan A. Costello and Terence Farrell - Kennett Square Manager Brant Kucera displays the borough's $676,000 grant award.
The fact that a large portion of more than $48 million in county funds went underground did...
Hoffman named new Patton principal
Joins UCF from Tredyffrin-Easttown district; top pick out of 120 applicants
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Timothy Hoffman
POCOPSON — Patton Middle School will have a new leader this fall: the Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education unanimously voted Monday night to appoint Timothy Hoffman as the school’s new principal, effective July 1.
Hoffman, who will replace the retiring Bruce...
Fighting to preserve Brandywine battle’s legacy
Exhibit offers glimpse of soldiers’ movements throughout area
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
A sheet used by the late historian Chris Sanderson to illustrate troop movement during the Battle of the Brandywine is part of the exhibit at the Chadds Ford Historical Society.
CHADDS FORD — From a “traveling bedsheet” to an interactive computer program: That circuitous...
Passport program encourages area cultural travel
Discount promotion offers admission to 11 Brandywine Valley attractions
The Nemours Mansion is the newest addition to the Treasure Trail Passport program that allows a one-price admission for a wide range of local museums and destinations.
For the fourth year in a row, the Brandywine Museums and Gardens Alliance is offering a Treasure Trail Passport, a cost-saving approach to taking advantage of the...
Mason-Dixon Park dedicated in Newlin
Twp. Supervisors, County Commissioners, state legislators, residents join in celebration
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Local elected officials gathered Thursday to celebrate the dedication of Newlin's Mason-Dixon Park. The five-acre woodland sits next to the Stargazer Stone, a key landmark from Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon's work to establish the line between Pennsylvania...
Shea joins Brandywine New Media
Veteran Chester County journalist joins county’s fast-growing media outlet
Kathleen Brady Shea
WEST CHESTER — Brandywine New Media, LLC is announcing the addition of highly-respected journalist Kathleen Brady Shea as an equity partner and she has been named Managing Editor for the company’s growing group of community news sites.
Shea covered Chester County as a reporter for the The Philadelphia...
Six-year spat over church expansion ends
Architect’s plans for historic building wins over most critics
By Kathleen Brady Shea Managing Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
An architect's rendering of the revised entrance to The First Presbyterian Church of West Chester.
WEST CHESTER — For nearly six years, a controversy over a historic West Chester church’s expansion generated rhetoric that could politely be termed un-Christian.
But...
Swim coach accused of sex with student
D.A.: Bayard Rustin part-time employee violated trust, broke law with Kennett tryst
Kenneth W. Fuller
A Chester County high-school swim coach pretended to be the father of one of his students in a ruse to lure her to a Kennett Square hotel, authorities said yesterday.
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan announced the arrest of Kenneth W. Fuller, 47, of West Goshen Township, the head boys’...
Pitts hit for letter error
Cites dead Arafat, comatose Sharon as part of Middle East solution; staff apologizes for error
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts (R-16)
A local Congressman is taking hits for having a decidedly retro take on Middle East politics in a letter sent to a constituent last month.
According to Ian Rhodewalt, writer for the Middle East Web news site MondoWeiss, U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts...
