Patton Middle School honored with Environmental Service Award
WaWa, NBC-10 among others to award school for growing needed crops for local food bank
By Eddy K. Foster, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com
Terry Ruggles (left) from NBC-10 presents Patton teacher Besty Ballard with a check for a $5,000 grant awarded for the school's efforts to grow crops for a local food bank. The school will be featured on NBC 10 on April 22.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Students and...
Unionville administrators take pay freeze, again
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District announced Thursday that its administrators have agreed to take a pay freeze for the 2011-2012 school year.
This would be the second straight year that the district’s administrators agreed to hold the line on salaries as the district grapples with a $1.1 million dollar budget deficit, after proposed cuts in state funding. This subject,...
Barrar gas station safety bill passes House
State Rep. Steve Barrar (R-160)
HARRISBURG – The House of Representatives approved legislation this week authored by Rep. Stephen E. Barrar (R-160), majority chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, that would improve safety at self-service gasoline stations.
“I think we have learned that when it comes to safety measures, it always makes sense to require a backup,”...
Dinniman to hold rally for education, April 27
State Sen. Andrew Dinniman
WEST CHESTER – State Senator Andy Dinniman announced today that he will hold a rally for residents opposed to Governor Corbett’s proposed budget cuts to education on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. on the steps of the Chester County Courthouse (corner of High and Market Streets) in West Chester.
Please take note: the date for the Rally for Education has been changed to...
Deal reached in Unionville teachers’ continuing education rules
Takes one major issue off the table in the ongoing talks between the district and its teachers
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The first concrete sign of progress in the ongoing talks between the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District and its teachers union came when the two sides agreed on new rules about what courses teachers can take and from which educational institutions...
Unionville board leans against increasing tax hike
Boosting tax rate from 1.0% to 1.4% would mean about $20 increase; social workers, guidance and librarians could be in crosshairs instead
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
An average propety taxpayer in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District would see about $20 of additional taxes if the board were to boost the tax rate to the state's Act maximum. Right now, a narrow majority appears...
Chadds Ford refines sign ordinance
Public hearing scheduled for May
By Mike McGann, UnionvilleTimes.com
CHADDS FORD — After a few more tweaks, it looks like the township’s revised sign and billboard ordinance will be ready for prime time — and a May public hearing.
The township’s board of supervisors has been looking to update the ordinance as more and more signs and billboards have been popping up in the area, attempting to...
Unionville Park plan gets go-ahead to continue
Supervisors agree to apply for grant to allow construction of phase one; local neighbors argue against any use beyond passive recreation
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Phase 1 of the Unionville Park project would build parking, a limited trail and an open lawn near the Po-Mar-Lin fire house.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Despite objections from neighbors, the board of township supervisors unanimously...
Unionville-Chadds Ford Community Conversation, April 14
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District will hold a community conversation related to proposed budget cuts on April 14 at Unionville High School.
All community members are welcome at the event, which will take place at 7 – 9pm in the Unionville High School Cafeteria
Interested residents can reserve a seat here.
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Letter: ‘Right To Know’ Pileggi’s Stance on Budget
To The Editor,
For a legislator who passed the ‘Right to Know’ law, Senator Pileggi certainly always seems to keep his constituents in the dark.
Last week I attended an Avon Grove School Board meeting along with a few hundred anxious parents. The school board was courageous in calling the meeting to break the news to the community that they not only were considering raising property taxes...
