County HS students attend Youth Leadership Summit
Nearly 75 Chester County high school students attended the first Youth Leadership Summit last weekend. The students, as seen here, spent part of the day working in groups discussing everyday problems including bullying and media perceptions.
CALN — Nearly 75 students from school districts across Chester County attended the First Annual Chester County Youth Leadership Summit this past Saturday,...
So Sweet! May is National Strawberry Month
You don’t have to wait until June’s Strawberry Fest to get ‘Berry’ happy
By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, the Times
These individual tartlets combine the best of spring strawberries with the tart taste of their spring partner, rhubarb. Photo courtesy of Annalise at Completely Delicious.
May is National Strawberry month, when we celebrate the love of these juicy...
Grab a No. 2 pencil and underline this: the Keystones are unfair
While the legislature fiddles, teachers and students suffer
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
The good news is that the kids got to sleep in a bit on a school day.
And while it’s becoming increasingly clear that our teens don’t get enough sleep — and a movement to delay the start time in Chester County high schools is slowly gaining momentum — that my twins, freshmen at Unionville High...
Survey: Business owners bullish on Chesco economy
WEST CHESTER — It appears that small business in Chester County is pretty bullish on the economic future of the county, based on a new survey released Tuesday by the county commissioners and a county economic development group.
The Chester County Board of Commissioners and the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC), announced at Tuesday’s Commissioners’ Sunshine Meeting, the...
Art Watch: A Chester County Tour de Force!
The Chester County Studio Tour is here!
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
No art show this year matches the excitement and breadth of this year’s Chester County Studio Tour this weekend May 21 and May 22. With 127 artists showing and selling their work at 53 art studios spread across Chester County, this is the largest Studio Tour to date. The Studio Tour offers a thrilling opportunity...
Dinniman, Killion announce traffic signal grants
Municipalities across Chester County have been granted state funds for upgrades of traffic signals at various locations through the Green Light-Go Program, state Senators Andy Dinniman (D-19) and Tom Killion (R-9) announced Tuesday.
Nine municipalities in Chester County qualified for some $1.2 million in state funds to improve intersections and traffic signals.
Twins charged in Chesco/Lancaster bombing spree
Alleged to have built IEDs, blown up sheds in Dec., 2015
Daniel Tate
Twin brothers from Cochranville are facing charges that they spent their holiday break from college a bit differently than most students: engaging in a bombing spree in Western Chester County and in eastern Lancaster County, following a joint investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, State Police...
Police kickoff increased seatbelt enforcement
Eighty-seven municipal police departments across southeast Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania State Police will conduct seat belt enforcement activities as part of a statewide Click It Or Ticket mobilization which runs from May 16 through June 5, and will include the Memorial holiday weekend.
Municipal police departments from Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties will focus on roadways with...
The hardest part about parenting: letting go
My oldest will be off to college in a few short months, hard to believe
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
You know what is so hard about being a parent? It’s that you can’t possibly know how difficult it is until you are already knee-deep in it. There is nothing that can prepare you for the amount of blood, sweat, tears, and unimaginable joy you will experience as a result of bringing...
On Stage (Extra): Whitechapel hits road to promote new album
Veteran rockers The Zombies rise again
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Whitechapel
Whitechapel has a new album ready to be released this summer and has plans for a massive tour to accompany the release of the disc, which is titled “Mark of the Blade.” But, that doesn’t mean the metal band from Knoxville, Tennessee is sitting home waiting.
Instead, Whitechapel — Phil Bozeman...
