Running In The Red earns 9 Cappie nods
Awards to be presented Sunday evening for regional high school theater
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The Unionville High School Players received nine nominations for the fall play, Running in the Red, from the CAPPIES (Critics and Performers). This organization promotes high school theater throughout the Greater Philadelphia region.
The awards will be presented Sunday at Upper Darby High School, and Unionville-Chadds...
Will Tea Party accidently reelect Obama?
Could the ongoing purge of old-line Republicans weaken party, dampen Nov. turnout?
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
What, if any conclusions can we draw from this week’s primary election races?
Obviously, rule one of politics: money matters. In almost every race, the better funded campaign won — and in the case of the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, despite the active...
UCFEF holds 4th annual Yard Sale, May 5
Donations accepted starting this Friday; table rentals also available
By Suzanne Misciagna, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH – If you’ve got the Spring cleaning bug, look no further than the Unionville Chadds-Ford Education Foundation’s (UCFEF) Fourth Annual District-Wide Yard Sale. This year’s community-wide sale takes place on Saturday, May 5 from 8:30 a.m. – 12:30...
Revised legislative districts revealed
Big changes for Birmingham, Pennsbury from first plan; Pocopson to stay in 160th
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The new proposed state house districts for the area would move a number of local towns into new districts including Pennsbury and Birmingham.
HARRISBURG — Maybe the second time is the charm.
The state Legislative Redistricting Commission announced its second plan for redistricting...
Patton sixth grader wins state wrestling title
Caden Marino, center, became the first Unionville wrestler to win n Under-12 wrestling title since Mason Popham.
HERSHEY — Charles F Patton 6th grader Caden Mareno won a PA State Title last month at Hershey Arena. He competed in the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling Championships 12u 100 lb division, and he’s the first Unionville wrestler to win this tournament since Mason Popham — who went...
Community Voices: First-Rate Image
Editor’s Note: Today, we continue a semi-regular feature, Community Voices, featuring writing by members of the Unionville community on a wide range of topics. Many of the writers — including the first three we feature this week — are students and we think they have interesting insights. We thank these gifted young writers for their contributions and will continue to publish more in the future....
The disease of me
Is putting self over the larger community hurting all of us in the long run?
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The “disease of me.”
When I was a young NBA-beat writer back in the mid-1980s, I remember interviewing Los Angeles Lakers’ head coach Pat Riley and he preached about the need for any good team — and any good community — to see past selfish individual needs to accomplish...
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...
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:...
Food drive at UHS-KHS baseball game, Wednesday
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Kennett and Unionville play ball at home for varsity at 3:45 on Wednesday! The JV game is at 6 pm at Kennett’s NVF field on Wednesday evening.
Additionally, Kennett’s Baseball Booster Club has invited the community to participate in a Canned Food Drive for the Kennett Food Bank. Their boys will be using this game as an opportunity to collect canned goods from those...
