Don’t Retire, ReFire: Entering the last quarter of a crazy year!
By Gail Supplee Tatum, Columnist, The Times
I think we can all agree that it has been a strange and unusual year and dawn of a new decade.
The question on our minds is, are all these extreme events the birth of good change or the continuation of more unsettledness of what’s to come?
In many ways the year has flown, yet at the same time, I describe the months as moving in slow motion.
Whether...
Let’s not blame local officials for playing it safe in the Age of COVID
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
By rights, we should be enjoying the start of a new school year — bragging on our kids, showing off their new clothes and school gear.
In a normal year, we should talking about which high school football teams in the Ches-Mont are early break outs and which programs look to be struggling.
We should, as usual, bemoan the length and stupidity of the...
Stauffer named new County Dir. of Parks and Preservation
David Stauffer
WEST CHESTER — Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline announce the appointment of David Stauffer as Director of Chester County’s Department of Parks and Preservation. Stauffer moves to this new role following 12 years as Capital Projects Coordinator within the Chester County Department of Facilities.
As Director of Parks and Preservation...
What To Do: A few Labor Day events survive COVID
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Hard as it is to believe, we’ve arrived at Labor Day Weekend — the weekend when summer unofficially draws to a close.
But wait – did we even have a summer?
We had summer weather – heat waves, high humidity, random thunderstorms — but not much else. COVID-19 took care of that.
One thing that seemed would never change about the...
Commissioners OK $2.3M in community grants
WEST CHESTER — Five Chester County communities are now set to receive more than $2.3 million in grants from Chester County’s Community Revitalization Program (CRP) fund.
The boroughs of Atglen, Honey Brook, Oxford and Spring City and the City of Coatesville have all been approved by the Chester County Commissioners to receive CRP funding to improve and maintain municipal infrastructure.
Since...
On Stage: Lotus headlines at CBP — in the parking lot
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Lotus
When Lotus performs a live show for its fans this weekend, the instrumental band could appropriately borrow a line from a Monty Python project – “And Now for Something Completely Different.”
On September 4, Lotus will headline a show at Citizens Bank Park — at Citizens Bank Park not in Citizens Bank Park.
Lotus’ show will be...
CASA, Sheriff’s Office team up to bring school supplies to kids in need
Quarantine is hard for all of us, but for youth in the child welfare system, it requires new levels of resilience from those who are already coping with the trauma of abuse and neglect. The majority of the children CASA Youth Advocates serves are in placements outside of their homes. The stay-at-home orders have meant not seeing parents or siblings for many months. It often means starting at a...
County leaders chart next phase for economic recovery
Members of Chester County’s COVID-19 Business Task Force, selected as the Economic Cabinet, met this week with county industry leaders to begin addressing the county’s efforts for economic recovery necessitated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Task Force’s plan for economic recovery, led by Chester County Planning Commission Executive Director Brian O’Leary and the Chester...
Trump is a racist; if you support him, are you?
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
The truth has a mighty power to bring itself to the forefront, making it impossible to ignore. The shootings in Wisconsin this week again shone a light on what might be the mightiest truth in our country right now: we still have a racism problem.
As in too many of us white folks are pretty freakin’ racist. Still.
Still.
Here in Chester County, one...
Commissioners tour restaurants to offer assistance with compliance
2. Chester County Commissioner Josh Maxwell and Bob Rafetto, former restaurant owner and advocate for restaurants across Chester and Delaware Counties, visiting Pomodoro’s restaurant in Downingtown.
WEST CHESTER — The Chester County Commissioners just completed a two-day tour of restaurants in the county, to advise on preparedness for potential restaurant enforcement calls from state officials. ...
