Unionville Indoor Color Guard places first at championship competition

Color Guard Champions, Scholastic Novice Division Row 1: Taryn Bramel, Sarah Gomez, Danielle Heher, Raechel Ashley Row 2: Tina Tirado, Olivia Urban, Katelyn Hall, Aimee Curtis-Travaglini, Morgan DeAugustine, Mikayla McLaughlin, Amy Gottsegen Row 3: Natalie Hoffman, Lauren Rittler, Kat Hughes, Rachel Bramel, Devon Kilgariff Row 4: Woody Kleintz, Mary Litzenberg, Kristen Neel EAST MARLBOROUGH — The...

You are (wearing) what you eat

Guys, with careful planning, a food stain or six can still give you that couture look EDITORS NOTE: Our normal Sunday fashion columnist is unavailable this week. Something about a tire iron and her mechanic at the Mercedes dealership. She will return to this space next week, assuming she makes bail, with exclusive coverage of the Chester County Jail fashion show. By Mike McGann, UnfortunateGuestFashionColumnist,...

Unionville Ruggers vanquish Friars to remain unbeaten

The Indians played bigger, stronger and faster than Malvern Prep on Saturday in a 21-15 win By Dave Conard Sports Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com The Indians were solid defensively all game in a huge win over the Friars MALVERN—The Philadelphia Eagles have the Cowboys, Manchester United has Liverpool, The bad blood between the Yankees and Red Sox is legendary, it would seem that regardless of sport,...

‘Field trip down memory lane’ – Longwood Gardens

Getting to know a Chester County landmark again By Dave Conard Sports Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Longwood Gardens photo by Dave Conard KENNETT SQUARE—A funny thing happened the other day when my daughter came home from school almost bursting with excitement  because she had been told by her teacher that her class was going to get to go on a field trip. “Field trip” a word that you don’t hear...

Howard blasts Pileggi after Orie conviction

State Sen. Jane Orie EAST MARLBOROUGH — The GOP primary challenger to state Sen. Dominic Pileggi blasted the Senate Majority Leader and his fellow leaders for not calling for the resignation of state Sen. Jane Orie, who was convicted this of 14 counts related to using state employees to work on her election campaigns. The once powerful Republican state Sen. Orie — her sister Joan Orie Melvin is...

Repair of Red Bridge’s bridge proving complicated

Multiple issues, including PennDOT rules, extending process for a fix By Kelli Siehl, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com The bridge at the entrance of Red Bridge Farms in Pocopson is in need of repairs, but a combination of factors is slowing the process. POCOPSON — Costs and governmental regulations are just some of the factors holding up repairs for Red Bridge Farms’ namesake bridge. At Monday’s...

Indians youth, Blue Demons get the best of them, as Kennett prevails

Opportunistic Blue Demons cash in on Unionville growing pains By Dave Conard Sports Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Kennett catcher Brit Skodzinski applies the tag to Unionville sophomore Mackenzie Gros to end the second inning EAST MARLBOROUGH—At first glance Cali Beeson and Katie DeStefano appear to be your typical teenagers, negotiating their way through the hall ways of Kennett High School as they...

On The Trail: Pocopson Park

By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com EDITOR’S NOTE: Today marks the start of a new column featuring the greater Unionville area’s hiking trails, as detailed by local resident Vidya Rajan. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Today’s featured trail: Pocopson Park, Pocopson Township Round trip distance: approximately 1.8 miles, can be extended to 2.2 miles Difficulty:...

Unionville tracksters sweep Braves in dual meet opener

The Indians got out of the gate with a boys and girls sweep of Octorara By Dave Conard Sports Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com The swept the 4 x 400 relay at Wednesday's win over Octorara EAST MARLBOROUGH—Unionville got off to a great start and never looked back as the Indians boy’s track squad handed Octorara a 126-27 loss to open the Ches-Mont League dual meet season.   On the girl’s side...

Pocopson boosts farm district

144 acres added to Twp. Agricultural Security Area, total of 1,629 acres now protected By Kelli Siehl, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com A map of Pocopson Township showing areas in green that represent argicultural easements and areas in light green show areas covered by the Argicultural Security Area, which townhip supervisors expanded by 144 acres this week. POCOPSON — Farming is alive and well...