Unionville softball wins opener

EAST MARLBOROUGH — The coaching career of Kristin McCoy got off to a solid start Monday as her Unionville High School softball team rode a strong opening day complete-game pitching performance by Colleen Beckman to a 4-2 win over West Chester Henderson. McCoy, named just this month as the new Indians’ acting head coach, replacing John Walsh, watched her squad overcome an early 1-0 deficit after...

Unionville wins frosty opener, 9-8

Extra-inning walk gives Indians win; both teams struggle with conditions Unionville's Drew Deihl dives back into first on a pick off play. EAST MARLBOROUGH — March baseball in the Northeast is an iffy proposition at best, but Saturday’s frigid, windy conditions combined with a 10:30 a.m. start time, made Unionville High School’s baseball season opener less a work of art than a battle...

Kelly Does Capri

A not-so-innocent goes abroad and turns her eye to Italian fashion — with only two pairs of shoes. Can she survive? By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com So, while you are sitting down to peruse the Unionville Times with your Landhope coffee, I am, at this VERY MOMENT, sipping espresso in a café in Italy. Jealous? I thought so. I am wearing black skinny jeans with a striped top and...

Unionville baseball sets sights on postseason in 2011

Deep pitching staff, proven hitters should lead Indians to district playoffs By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Senior Connor Wing will lead a deep pitching staff for Unionville High School's baseball team — and hit cleanup. It might sound strange, but it’s possible that the graduation of Andy Kirkland, who set a Unionville High School record for home runs in a season in 2010, could...

Barrar’s town hall: budget takes center stage

Residents ask questions on a wide range of issues, but the bottom line reigns supreme By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com State Rep. Steve Barrar (R-160) answers questions from local residents during Wednesday night's Town Hall session at the Chadds Ford Municipal Building. CHADDS FORD — Gov. Tom Corbett’s new budget may or may not be popular, but it sure seems to have gotten people’s...

Ex-Unionville star enjoying Cinderella run in NCAA tourney

Kevin Hovde, Richmond face tough task in No. 1 seed Kansas, Friday By Hannah Christopher, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com Kevin Hovde, right, with teammate Kevin Smith is Unionville High School's all time leading scorer in boys' basketball. Friday night, he and his Richmond teammates will take on mighty Kansas in the NCAA Mens' basketball tournament. Photo courtesy Mark Hovde. He’s...

Sides split on progress of Unionville teacher talks

Health care plan, changes in seniority rules remain major stumbling blocks By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com POCOPSON — Talks continue between the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District and its teachers union, but whether progress in those talks is being made depends on who is doing the talking. “The discussions are hard, but progress is being made,” said board Vice President Frank...

Unionville to get bids on outsourcing busing

Board of Education members say no decision has been made, bids needed to get detailed financial information By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com POCOPSON — Stressing that the final decision had not been made, most members of the Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education expressed support for putting the district’s school bus services out to bid for outsourcing in the next couple of weeks,...

How to Save the Unfashionable Friend

By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com We all have one….the girlfriend who you are dying to make-over!  Bring her to the light, so to speak. But, HOW? How do you do that without hurting her feelings? If you are fortunate enough to know me personally (ha!), you know that I have very little problem expressing myself. And, I have been known, on occasion, to be somewhat obnoxious about...

Unionville boys knocked off in OT in Flyers Cup; Girls defend title

OT goal stops Indians’ dreams of Class A title By Brett Ciancia, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com WEST CHESTER — This year’s single-A boy’s Flyers Cup Championship pitted #3 Unionville against #4 Springfield, the team that took out the Indians a year ago in last year’s playoffs.  The packed house at West Chester’s IceLine was in for a classic back-and-forth battle on Friday night,...