County to schoolchildren: Yes, you can
Elementary students invited to win prizes for collecting aluminum cans
The county is calling all school-age can collectors for a competition with cash prizes.
Children in kindergarten through sixth grade throughout Chester County are invited to collect as many aluminum cans as possible in an attempt to win first-, second- and third-level cash prizes as well as promotional items, a county news...
Unionville Art Gala is a big hit
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
A display of art work by the Unionville High School Art Gala’s featured artist, Jeff Schaller. Once again, the event brought artists from around Chester County and beyond to show their works and offer them for sale.
The 2013 Unionville Art Gala held at Unionville High School in Kennett Square was a great success drawing large crowds during the Friday Night...
Art Watch: Ellie Byrom-Haley
Associations with assemblage
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
This week’s local art watch is focused on the multi-media work of local artist Ellie Byrom-Haley. Byrom-Haley creates multi-media artworks that combine photography and painting with the textural aspects of assemblage. Found materials and man-made objects are assembled onto a hand-painted surface.
County reminds residents to change clocks, batteries
End of daylight saving time provides chance to check detectors
Daylight saving time ends Sunday, Nov. 3, and county residents are reminded when turning clocks back an hour, change and test the batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
“This one simple step can help save lives,” said Chester County Chief Fire Marshal Harrison “Digger” Holt in a county news release. “Each...
County offering safe disposal of hazards
Toxic waste, computer collection event to be held Saturday
All seventy-three Chester County municipalities are hosting a Household Hazardous Waste and Computer Collection Event for county residents on Saturday at the Government Services Center, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester, 19380, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., a county news release said.
Residents – the event is not open to businesses or contractors...
Remnants of tropical storm may threaten area
County could get gusty winds, heavy rains late Monday
Tropical Storm Karen may make a name for herself in Chester County late Monday night into Tuesday, weather forecasters have warned.
Although the evolution of the system remains uncertain, remnants of the storm could bring gusty winds and as much as two inches of rain to Chester County. As a result, officials suggest that its tentative threat...
Art Watch: Monique Kendikian Sarkessian
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
This week’s local art watch focuses on expressionistic canvases of Monique Kendikian Sarkessian. Monique’s oil paintings are characterized by her vibrant color choices and expressive brush strokes.
Her brush creates shapes and lines that seem to move with a jazzy rhythm over the surface of her canvas. No matter what her subject matter, it is the dreamy...
Art Watch: Emily Wilkins
Playing on paper keeps imagination flowing
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
This week’s local art watch looks at the imaginative conceptual work of sculptor Emily Wilkins. A recent graduate of Penn State with a BFA in ceramics, Emily already has her own art consulting business and ceramic studio in West Chester. She is also an art teacher at The Chester County Art Association where “working...
County receives budget presentation award
Only three others in Pennsylvania earned same recognition
Chester County Chief Operating Officer Mark Rupsis (left) and Chester County Director of Finance Julie Bookheimer display the Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for 2013.
Chester County has received the Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the fiscal...
County offering citizens free emergency training
Course is designed to make residents better prepared to handle catastrophes
During the last CERT course, the Chester County Public Training Center was a hub of activity as emergency services workers went about their routines as instructors helped trainees respond to a simulated rescue of a person trapped by a collapsed building.
The county is inviting citizens to receive free training that will...
