Year in Review Pt. III: Quakes, Hurricanes, a deal and a super new Super

Quarter’s news includes an earthquake, floods, the hiring of a new schools chief and settling the teacher By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Severe weather continued in the third quarter of 2011 with a hurricane and tropical storm dumping huge amounts of water on the Unionville area less than 10 days apart. In the middle? An earthquake. Summer brought sultry heat and the usual exodus...

Year in Review, Part II: Parker retirement headlines busy spring in Unionville

Election race heats up with write-ins, teachers talks get testy and HS project comes under zoning scrutiny By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com The retirement of Unionville-Chadds Ford Superintendent of Schools Sharon Parker led to a multi-month process to find her replacement — and led to some exchanges on why she opted to retire during the fall election campaign. The second quarter of 2011...

Unionville, Kennett to team up on MLK food drive

KENNETT SQUARE  —   A massive food collection for the benefit of the Kennett Area Community Service’s Food Cupboard is planned by the Martin Luther King, Jr. CommUNITY Breakfast Committee.  Committee organizers are reaching out for food donations and seek volunteers to assist with distribution and collection of the boxes and to organize the donations. Collection boxes will be placed in local...

Year in Review 2011, Part I: stormy times dominate headlines

Weather, financial crisises drive much of the news of the first quarter of 2011 By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Multiple winter storms — such as this one that knocked down trees over roadways in Pocopson — closed schools multiple times and left local residents to dig out multiple times in 2011. Weather it was snow storms — or political storms — 2011 will likely be remembered as...

Dear Ches-Mont League, They’re back!

After a slow start, Unionville is showing it’s Flyer Cup finalist form  By Dave Conard  Sports Editor UnionvilleTimes.com Indians sophomore goalie Josh Sedar is starting to establish himself as one of the league's top net minders. ASTON—For any team that achieves greatness, there is always that one point in a season or franchise history, that down the road can be pointed to as that one...

Tweet this! Unionville does its talking on the ice

The Indians, already motivated by Haverford loss to Downingtown East, get extra fuel from “Tweet”  By Dave Conard, Sports Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Unionville captain Colleen Elvin is looking forward to the Winter Classic in Philadelphia. ASTON — In today’s world of apps for everything, texting and social networking it’s not unusual to hear about professional athletes exchanging...

A few of my favorite Christmas things

The things that make this holiday special to Kelly By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com We all know the tune (sing it with me!) “Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things…”    Send article as PDF   

How TWEET it is! Unionville ice hockey provides holiday thrills

Battle on twitter fuels Indians’ fury, Unionville beats Devils 10-0  By Dave Conard, Sports editor, Unionville Times.com Unionville's Morgan Wilm responded to Devils player' tweet by leading the Indians to a 10-0 thumping. ASTON — The Unionville girls defeated Avon Grove 10-0 on Friday night , while the boys squad extended their three game unbeaten streak, scoring a goal with 20 seconds...

Santa sighted in Unionville!

Jolly man in red seen on Rt. 82, reports suggest he was getting ready for the big day By Ned McPeak, North Pole Bureau Chief, UnionvilleTimes.com This man, dressed in red, was seen this week in and around Unionville. A number of local residents suggested that he is Santa Claus and was in town to make final checks before the big day. EAST MARLBOROUGH — After sightings of a mysterious man in red —...

Real holiday cheer: UHS students help feed the hungry, again

Latest food drive collects 4,000-plus items for Kennett Food Cupboard By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Unionville High School students sort through hundred of boxes of food collected by students for the Kennett Food Cupboard. In just a few weeks, students managed to collect more than 4,000 items which will go to feed the hungry during the holiday season. EAST MARLBOROUGH — Although this...