Pocopson’s Guarino honored for Gold Award

The Pocopson Board of Township Supervisor honored township resident Natalie Gaurino for winning her Gold Award, the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. From left, Supervisor Georgia Brutscher, Supervisor Lauressa McNemar, Natalie Guarino and Supervisors chair Steve Conary. POCOPSON — The board of Township Supervisors honored Natalie Guarino for reaching the highest level of Girl Scouting: the Gold...

Godspell, April 29-30 at UHS

Unionville High School will be putting on its spring musical, Godspell, April 29 and 30. Showtimes are 7 p.m. on the 29th and 30th, with a 2 p.m. matinee on the 30th. The show is expected to be the final production in the old school auditorium, with construction of new, state-of-the art auditorium almost complete.    Send article as PDF   

Teachers, district spar publicly over contract talks

Both sides claim the other is putting out inaccurate information on the web By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com EAST MARLBOROUGH — So much for the era of good feelings. The ongoing talks between the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District and its teachers turned publicly angry Monday night at the Board of Education meeting, as both sides alleged the other is posting misleading information...

Unionville Invitational, April 30

EAST MARLBOROUGH — Unionville High School is holding its annual Track and Field Invitational this Saturday, April 30. Events will begin at 9:30 am at the Unionville High School track. A total of twenty-seven schools are participating this year.  Concessions will be available. The forecast is for beautiful spring day so come enjoy the weather while cheering on our local athletes. Entrance is $3 per...

Unionville baseball tops Avon Grove, 12-5

Christopher grand-slam in first sparks Indians’ romp EAST MARLBOROUGH —Unionville High School’s baseball team shook off some recent struggles, exploding early against Avon Grove and cruising to an easy 12-5 win in a Ches-Mont League contest. Senior Matt Christopher — already signed to attend Washington College — slugged a grand slam in the first inning and the Indians were off and...

Meet the school board candidates, April 28

EAST MARLBOROUGH —  In association with the Chester County League of Women Voters, the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District PTO is sponsoring a Meet The School Board Candidates Night, April 28.  This is a good opportunity to learn first hand how the candidates feel about issues that are important to you. The event will be held in the Unionville Elementary School auditorium, starting at 7 p.m.   Listed...

Parker announces retirement as Unionville superintendent

Cites family needs, desire to spend more time with family in opting to end her five-year at helm of school district Updated 9:35 a.m., 4/26/11: adds quotes, more details By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Superintendent of Schools Sharon Parker receives an ovation from the Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education — and some flowers at the close of Monday night's meeting. EAST MARLBOROUGH...

Classifying — and solving — a new problem

Craigslist is scary, eBay is a hassle and newspaper classifieds as less effective than a combover in a windstorm — so what to do? The new UnionvilleTimes.com classified By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com It's listed at $7,500, but make me an offer. I have a car problem. At least, that’s how my wife sees it. Up until recently, I had too many cars. Now, I recognize that can be taken...

An Easter guide for bunnies…beach bunnies

By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com Happy Easter, Peeps! Ha! Get it? OK, on to serious business. Put down the chocolate bunny. This is the article you’ve been asking for: THE DREADED SWIMSUIT EDITION! And no, I am NOT attaching pictures. I think the best strategy for getting through the difficult transition of winter layers to full on skin exposure is to break it down into easy to...

Unionville boys LAX smothers WC East, 16-4

Unionville High School's boys' lacrosse team shut out West Chester East in the first half on the way to an easy win, Tuesday. EAST MARLBOROUGH —The Unionville High School boys lacrosse team stymied West Chester East in the first half en route to a 16-4 win, Tuesday. Richard Kaiser and Jake Quinn led the Indians in scoring with 3 goals each. Unionville’s 16 goals were scored by 10 different...