Good Stuff: SPCA donation drive, 1st grad and more!
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Furry friends unite…Exton Elementary student Ashton McLaughlin and teacher, Ms. Tina Buckel coordinated a very successful donation drive benefiting the Chester County SPCA. Lots...
Celebrating past, present and future
Appreciate that we are the sum of our experiences, but keep looking ahead
By Dr. Matthew Lapp, Columnist, The Times
Our son celebrates his first birthday this week and his mom and I decided to put together a small time capsule to commemorate some of the notable events that have occurred in his first year. It’s been a great year, and it brings us a tremendous amount of joy to watch him develop and...
Teachers’ union hits school board over negotiations briefing
Board honors retirees including UHS principal
By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH – Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Association President Scott Broomall responded with anger during the public comment portion of Monday night Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education meeting, over his surprise at the board’s decision to go public early in the process to negotiate a new...
Art Watch: Chadds Ford Art Show adds ‘Other Points of View’
Also: John Baker’s ‘Past & Present’
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
This year’s 60th Annual Chadds Ford Art Show presents the work of 70 local professional artists in a variety of media and price-point this Friday and Saturday, March 20 -21st. In addition to the many fine artists that show in the main exhibition hall, the Art Committee had added an “Art Salon-...
Patton students stage Walk For Water, Saturday
Inspired by a book, students work to fund water projects in Uganda and Dominican Republic
Charles F. Patton eighth grade students display the book “A Long Walk to Water” which inspired them to help children in developing nations get clean water. A Walk For Water event this Saturday is being run by the students, who hope to raise $5,000 to help pay for projects in Uganda and the Dominican...
Super Six: It’s spring!
A time for new colors and to say goodbye to cold and snow
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
Although the upcoming forecast is calling for temperatures back down into the 40’s, I am officially declaring SPRING! Pack away the corduroy pants, wool sweaters and UGGS (which guarantees at least one more round of snow, right?). Perhaps, if we collectively take a stand against Mother Nature,...
UCF, teachers appear far apart in contract talks
Sides sparring over benefits, salary as negotiations continue
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — New talks for a contract between the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District and its teachers may be more protracted and complicated than similar talks two years ago, as both sides appear to be far apart on terms for a new three-year deal to replace the pact that expires June 30.
The...
What To Do: Put on your Irish for St. Patrick’s Day
Pub crawls, parades and celebrations of all things Irish
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Even though March 17 is officially St. Patrick’s Day, this weekend is St. Patty’s Day Weekend — a weekend when everyone is Irish and green is the preferred color for everything (clothes, food, hair, decorations and even beer and wine)..
Not surprisingly, there is a wide array of special...
Local YMCA’s celebrate birth of basketball
WEST CHESTER — In 1891, a YMCA program director named Luther Gulick asked James Naismith, a gym teacher at the YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass., to invent a new indoor sport. Gulick wanted an activity to keep Y directors fit and limber during the winter months. After much trial and error, Naismith decided to hang two peach baskets from the bottom of an elevated running track, posted a list...
Program focuses on stressed students at Patton
Tearful parents express their own stress factors during PTO presentation
By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH – While many adults are feeling stressed in this era of information and schedule overload, kids, especially middle school students, may be feeling it even more.
Charles F. Patton Middle School’s (CFPMS) Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) hosted a special presentation...
