County officials: Best not to venture out
Mother Nature puts most of area in lockdown
Updated at 3:30 p.m. Adds information on shelters
At least two trees down completely block Route 82 in East Marlborough. Trees and branches are down across the county, closing roads and making travel hazardous.
An icy coating on trees and roadways has wreaked havoc with travel and power lines throughout Chester County, cutting off power to more than 180,000...
County officials: Best not to venture out
Mother Nature puts most of area in lockdown
An icy coating on trees and roadways has wreaked havoc with travel and power lines throughout Chester County.
The commissioners closed all government facilities for Wednesday, Feb. 5, and alerts from area municipalities have urged residents to stay put. Most school districts switched from two-hour delays to closures.
Although temperatures have climbed above...
County offering citizens free emergency training
Course to enable residents to provide aid to themselves, others in crisis
The county is inviting citizens to become life-savers by receiving free training that will enable them to help themselves, their families, neighbors – even first-responders – in an emergency.
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training is designed to prepare residents for a catastrophic event, potentially saving...
Op/Ed: New citizens embrace the spirit of United States citizenship
By Terence Farrell, Chester County Commissioner
Terence Farrell, Chester County Commissioner with U. S. District Court Judge Juan Sanchez, a former Chester County Court of Common Pleas judge.
The Chester County Commissioners’ meetings always begin with the Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge was composed in 1892 by Francis Bellamy and adopted by Congress in 1942, the dark days of World War II.
We take...
More of the same: snow closes schools, county offices
Forecasts of nasty weather Monday morning turned out to be accurate, as wet slushy, heavy snow has closed virtually every school in the area and all Chester County offices.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Winter Storm Warning early Monday, calling for accumulations in Chester County of between four and eight inches. The snow started just before the morning rush Monday and produced slick...
Groundhog, NWS agree: nasty weather inbound
4-6 inches of snow seen Monday; heavy rains, flooding possible Wed.
While groundhogs may be seeing an extended winter, the National Weather Service says Chester County is in for a hairy week of wintery weather.
It appears that the world most famous groundhog — Punxsutawney Phil — and the National Weather Service are on the same page: there’s lot more winter headed for Chester County.
Although...
Art Watch: Sara Bleemer
Photo images from the heart
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
Sara Bleemer is a local Chester County art photographer who has been taking photographic images for as long as she can remember, but as her children have grown older, she has been able to spend more time focusing on this artistic passion. For the past four years Sara has shown regularly in most of the local art shows and she has a very...
A rush to bipartisanism amid a few intra-party battles
Is getting along to get ahead back in fashion?
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Let’s face it, bipartisanism is the new black.
If you listened to a lot of political types in Chester County this past week, candidates and elected officials across the political spectrum were working to show their ability to make nice with the other side.
But roiling below the surface are a handful of intra-party battles...
Galer Estate Winery honored again
Awarded 2 Double Gold Medals and designated as best wines in Pennsylvania
The gang at Galer Estate celebrates even more honors for their Chester County grown wines.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Galer Estate Vineyard and Winery was recently awarded two “Double Gold – Best in Appellation” designations from Appellation America in Napa California. Galer Estate 2010 Cabernet Franc and 2012 Pinot Gris were...
6 county watershed projects win state grants
Nearly $1 million will help fund initiatives to protect area creeks
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will invest more than $20.65 million in watershed protection projects, the state announced on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
Six watershed protection projects in Chester County will receive $980,828 of the state funding through the Growing Greener Program, State Sen. Andy Dinniman in a news...
