Ring that school bell!
We’re just weeks away from the daily battle between moms and kids over what to wear
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com
It’s a magical time of year!
The air is starting to get crisp in the evenings.
The sky gets darker earlier and earlier.
And, the collective whine heard from children all over Chester County is mingled by their parents toasting and cheering to a rapidly approaching...
Pocopson officials look to protect parklands
Supervisors investigating whether conservation easements can be placed on township properties to preserve them as open space
By Kelli Siehl, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com
Pocopson Township officials are looking into ways to permanantly protect township-owned properties such as Pocopson Park.
POCOPSON — All who have visited Pocopson Park know of its value to the community. Residents and visitors...
History Made Personal: Historical Wyeth-Sanderson Map of Chester County
By Gene Pisasale, Special to UnionvilleTimes.com
CHADDS FORD — Standing tall on a wooden easel in the entryway of the Sanderson Museum is a framed map, its blue trim surrounding red, green and yellow highlights calling attention to the people, places and events which have made the 768 square miles of Chester County so special in the history of our country. Fifteen people and 45 places of interest...
Higher school lunch prices likely for Unionville
Changes to federal school lunch standards mean schools will have to raise minimum prices
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Filling lunch trays, like this one, at Unionville-Chadds Ford Schools is expected to cost an additional 25 cents in the 2011-12 school year. The plus side: the lunches will feature more fresh fruit and vegitables and whole grains.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — If there’s no...
Fenster and Breeding winners for 8th Annual KAPRB Kids Run
By Hannah Christopher, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com
Competitors make a turn in the eighth annual KAPRB Kids Cross Country run at Anson B. Nixon Park.
KENNETT — The eighth annual KAPRB Kids Cross Country run was held last Thursday night under perfect conditions. At race time at 7 p.m. it was cloudy and 77 degrees at Anson B. Nixon park. The race lead by race director Claire Finfrock and a...
Unionville board to consider stronger opposition to reassessments
Cuts in tax property value have cost the school district an estimated $6.7 million in revenue over the last three years
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Tax appeals are expected to cost the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District an additional $422,000 in lost revenue in the 2012-13 school year.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Homeowners hoping to get an easy path to getting their property tax values...
Murder Mystery takes over Kennett Square
Live performance art brings out a large crowd
By Eddy K. Foster, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes
Inspector Doolittle (Joe Finn) accusing Russella Fungi (Beth Holladay) during the Murder Mystery put on by the Kennett Amateur Theatrical Society during August's ArtWalk.
KENNETT SQUARE — A dead body was found on the Genesis walkway at 6:45 Saturday evening and everyone had a chance to find out who...
Pocopson schedules managed deer hunt season
For third straight year, hunt will aim to cut down on overpopulation of deer
By Kelli Siehl, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com
Pocopson plans a managed deer hunt to thin local herds, starting with bow hunting, next month.
POCOPSON — A vision of beauty and grace, deer are nice to look at but looks can be deceiving. These animals are harbingers of the tiny ticks that carry Lyme disease, cause thousands...
Column: time for a middle path to teachers’ contract
Deadlock won’t be solved by more posturing and playing politics
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
It’s Monday afternoon, and I don’t have the slightest idea of what to write.
Another manifesto from the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District popped into my email box Friday afternoon, which to be honest was not a lot different from the manifesto from the Unionville Chadds Ford Education...
Complete results for Kennett Kids Cross Country Run
Here are the complete results for the The Kennett Area Park and Recreation Kids Cross Country Race, a 1.5-mile run held last week at Anson B. Nixon Park:
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