Weather that storm in style
Tips to keep yourself occupied (or sane) during a major storm, for the fashion conscious
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
HAUTE TIPS IN A HURRICANE:
Catch up on magazines. Take note of the fashion commonalities. Stare critically into your closet. Rest and repeat.
Purge. Everything. Closet, garage, junk drawer. Bag it all up and put it in trashcans that will not be collected...
Halloween, trick-o-treating a ‘Go’
Local towns allow Trick-or-treating as Sandy cleanup progresses
Although New Jersey and New York were forced to delay Halloween and trick-or-treating, local towns have given the green light to those little ghosts and goblins to hit the streets in search of candy in southern Chester County.
Typically, hours are limited to some range between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. As an example, Birmingham permits trick or...
Sandy: 30,000 in Chesco without power
Schools, government offices reopen; life slowly returning to normal
PECO repair crews at work, Tuesday in Pocopson, working to restore power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Updated: 3:25 p.m.
Slowly, Chester County is returning to normal in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. While the county got off fairly easily compared with parts of New Jersey and New York City, cleanup crews continue to work to remove...
Sandy poised for direct hit on Chester County
Virtually all schools and public offices closed, residents advised to stay home
Updated: :5:17 p.m.
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Make no mistake, Hurricane Sandy is coming — headed directly at Chester County, sometime late Monday.
The short form is this: if you can stay home, stay home. Travel is expected to become extremely hazardous as the day wears on, as winds rise and objects become airborne.
At...
Winter storm skirts Unionville, hammers Philly, NYC
Most roads clear; disruptions seen as minimal
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The Unionville area got off light during Sunday's snowstorm. Roads in Willowdale were open and clear by midday Monday.
While New York and Philadelphia ere buried by a severe winter storm, much of the Unionville area appears to have ducked the worst of the storm.
Snow totals ranged between 2.5 and four inches...
Storm knocks out power, closes Route 52
Tree nearly falls on motorist, cars, buses rerouted during storm
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Driving rain and wind caused power outages and downed tree closed Route 52 in Pocopson Wednesday as a powerful storm system raced up the east coast.
PECO said more than 300 homes were without power for a period Wednesday afternoon when a tree fell, taking down power lines and blocking Route...
