The UHS Choral Spring Concert rocks the house

Unionville sends three students to All-State Chorus By Eddy K. Foster, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com The Unionville High School Chorus in performance Wednesday night. EAST MARLBOROUGH — This year’s spring choral concert rocked the house at the Unionville High School Auditorium on Thursday. Students from grades 9-12 preformed a nearly two-hour long concert in front of an audience of about 150...

Column: The height of stupidty — 60 feet

Dispute over Unionville High Auditorium making for fun headlines, lousy government By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com An NBC-10 video journalist shoots images, Friday, of the Unionville High School auditorium — the focus of a dispute between East Marlborough Township and the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District. EAST MARLBOROUGH — When I saw the videojournalist from NBC10, I knew, officially,...

Letters: Thought’s on Monday’s school board meeting

To The Editor, For what its worth, I attended the recent regular school board meeting at Patton middle school on May 17th and thought you might appreciate reading my observations and analysis. First off, I must say that I was impressed with all members of the board. Several members seem to play the roll of the “bad cop” but that  (in my opinion) is healthy and brings balance to the nine-member...

Unionville LAX knocks off Penncrest 8-7 in OT

Advances to meet Downingtown West Thursday afternoon By Norbert Sax, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com Unionville lacrosse players celebrate the game-winning goal in overtime, as the Indians edged Penncrest, Tuesday. Photos by Charisse Ellsworth. ASTON — On Tuesday night, in the first round of the District 1 Boys Lacrosse Playoffs, the Unionville Indians(19) showed true grit in upending the Penncrest...

Letter: Price argues full cost of keeping busing in-house not looked at fairly

To the Editor, The UCFSD debate about potential outsourcing at last Monday’s Board Meeting may need some clarification. The low bid we received (from First Student) was shown as offering 5-year savings of $718,203 over keeping things in-house as we are structured right now. First Student is also prepared to purchase our bus fleet for the sum of $1,717,553. The net 5-year difference was $2,435,756. ...

Unionville student gets ‘license’ to dream after winning car

AfterProm winner of Civic donated by Scott Honda sees sudden need for visit to DMV Emma Tierney, a junior at Unionville High School gets to know her new car — a 2002 Honda Civic, donated to the school's AfterProm by Scott Honda. By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com EAST MARLBOROUGH — Emma Tierney has changed her thinking about getting her drivers’ license. You see, until the wee hours...

Part II: Even More of Your 2011 Unionville Prom Pictures

Sponsored by:     The response has been so overwhelming — and the great pictures just keep coming, so here’s Part II, graciously sponsored by Nicholas Anthony Salon in Willowdale. We’re featuring shots sent in by readers from those attending the Unionville High School 2011 Prom. We’ll be updating the shots and adding to this as the images of those attending come in....

Write-ins appear to have won Dem. nomination in District C UCF race

DuPuis, MacPherson to square off again in Nov. Region A race; Murphy appears to have won both nods, while Trigg, Jones will likely face Lindner and Do in Nov. By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com It looks like the voters of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District may find themselves with a lot more choices on the ballot in November than they had for Tuesday’s primary election. While it...

Unionville board appears likely to reject bus outsourcing

Four of five bids higher than current costs, administrators say more savings can come from keeping bus program in-house. By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com It looks like district-operated school buses will continue to run from the Doe Run Road depot for the foreseeable future. EAST MARLBOROUGH — When it comes to outsourcing the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District’s bus operation, it...

Unionville baseball seniors go out in style, thump Sun Valley

Rain almost halts honoring nine seniors, bats provide thunder By Hannah Christopher, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com Unionville senior David Kurey is congratulated by his parents before yesterday's game. EAST MARLBOROUGH — Senior Recognition Day today almost did not happen with the doom of stormy clouds in the distance and the slight rumble of thunder at 3:00.  Miraculously it rained and stormed...