Pocopson skateboarding star drawn to a new art
‘Bam’ Margera teams up with West Chester artist John Hannafin for exhibit
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
John Hannafin's 'Castle Bam' is just one result of a recent collaboration between the well-known local artist and Brandon 'Bam' Margera. Margera will be showing his own paintings this weekend at the Chester County Historical Society as...
Six-year spat over church expansion ends
Architect’s plans for historic building wins over most critics
By Kathleen Brady Shea Managing Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
An architect's rendering of the revised entrance to The First Presbyterian Church of West Chester.
WEST CHESTER — For nearly six years, a controversy over a historic West Chester church’s expansion generated rhetoric that could politely be termed un-Christian.
But...
Line-painting may prompt lines of traffic
Road repairs could also create jams, PennDOT warns
Line-painting trucks, lane restrictions, and lane closures are among the potential traffic-jammers on tap for area residents, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today.
The agency said slow-moving painting vehicles will be working throughout the county from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. next week. In addition, PennDOT identified...
Farm Bureau aims to stay grounded
Annual banquet topics run gamut from chips to ticks
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Special to UnionvilleTimes.com
Joe Fecondo, the local Farm Bureau's vice president (from left); Ed Herr, president of Herr's; Thomas Matthews, a Farm Bureau board member; and Dan Miller, the bureau's board president, display a donation check for the Lighthouse in Oxford.
WEST CHESTER – When the original...
Local venue cultivates talent
West Chester’s Cozy hookah and cigar bar offers Tuesday night open mic to musicians and performers of all strokes
By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com
Telly Pandel is at the mic at Cozy's in West Chester.
WEST CHESTER — Is this thing on?
When you first walk into Cozy, you’re immediately transported to another world, something out of Casablanca perhaps. Adorned on the walls...
32nd annual PlaySchool Auction, April 2
WEST CHESTER — The West Chester PlaySchool will hold its annual fund raising auction April 2.
The fun event — which features both a silent and live auction — will be held at the West Chester Senior Center, 530 East Union Street, West Chester. The event will raise money to help support the PlaySchool — a co-operative, learning focused preschool for kids 2-5 that counts numerous current and former...
Dinniman recognizes Barber
Samuel Barber, courtesy Library of Congress
WEST CHESTER – State Senator Andy Dinniman recently recognized the Samuel Barber Foundation and nine other local organizations upon the celebration of the late composer’s centennial birthday.
“I want to thank the Samuel Barber Foundation and all of those who continue to celebrate and spread the work of this renowned America composer,” Dinniman said....
