Coatesville native Seese is lighting it up in NBA2K League as a professional

By Kenny McGann, Staff Writer, The Times Jeremy “Seese” Seese From a hardcore basketball city — one that produced many great players including Richard “Rip” Hamilton — a new breed of players are making their mark, not on the hardwood, but in a more virtual sense: eSports. Coatesville’s Jeremy “Seese” Seese has been making a name for himself in the NBA2K League. Drafted in 2021 by...

PA is a third-world state because of funding issues

By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa Pennsylvania has a funding problem. Yes, right now, there is a budget surplus, but for decades state government has slowly been starving essential services such as police, education and roads/infrastructure. There are a lot of issues — too many loopholes and tax exemptions for corporations (a shocking number of profitable companies pay nothing in tax),...

On Stage: Ahamed Weinberg shares a slice of life through comedy

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times  Ahamed Weinberg There are times when you see names where the first name and the surname just do not seem to be a match – just do not seem to fit together well. Names such as Werner DiNapoli, Mikey Patel, Enrique Edmundsdottir, Chauncey Lopez or Jean-Luc Kratingdaenggym might leave you scratching your head. Some might make you wonder about a possible...

On Stage: Temple’s Micah Graves launches music career at challenging time

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times  Micah Graves It’s always difficult for new artists to get their careers off the ground – even in normal times. Right now, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become increasingly difficult. It’s hard to deal with the recording of an album because of studio closures and musicians hampered by pandemic quarantines. It’s hard to introduce...

Murphy elected president of Temple Engineering alumni

Frank Murphy PHILADELPHIA — Frank  G. Murphy, a current Chadds Ford Township Supervisor and former Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education director, has been elected President of the Temple University College of Engineering Alumni Association.   Murphy,an attorney who is a shareholder in the Philadelphia office of national law firm Anderson Kill, P.C., is a 1985 graduate of the College of Engineering...

Unionville High wins math competition for 2nd year

A team of four students took top prize at Temple University’s Owlympiad Winners of the Temple University Mathematics Owlympiad, Unionville High School students (from left) Jackie Xu, Alex Shin, Steven Silverman, Meghan Shea celebrate with faculty adviser Carrie Dickmann. A Unionville High team grabbed an early lead and never looked back Friday, winning the annual Temple University Mathematics...