Updated at 7:10 p.m. For the second time in about a month, state police issued an alert about an attempted child luring; however, further investigation revealed the incident had been fabricated, police said in a second press release on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The first release said a juvenile girl was waiting for her bus on Tuesday, Feb. 23, a little after 8 a.m., in the…
Residents in bucolic Pocopson Township got a reminder at the supervisors’ meeting on Monday, Feb. 22, that some of the actions of past boards are not set in concrete. The supervisors indicated that several issues, including the future of the Barnard House and the earned-income tax (EIT), would be revisited and thoroughly reviewed, and they voted to undo one previous action: the authorization of an…
Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors on Feb. 22 tabled a vote on whether or not to stop reporting students’ decile rankings to colleges and universities. The decile ranking divides students into 10 categories based on their grade point average. It reflects their standing within the class, whether they are in the top 10 percent of the class or lower. Currently, the district includes those rankings…
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This Saturday, February 27th, the Highspire Ballet Academy in Downingtown will be hosting a unique event that will be a thrill to all your artistic senses. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. there will be a multiple live sessions of art and movement. Under the directorship of Gleidson Hoffmann, ballet dancers will perform throughout the day. The youngest students will start in the morning, followed…
For chocolate lovers it was a treat for the taste buds. For the United Way of Southern Chester County it was a way to raise much-needed funds. It was the annual Chocolate Lovers Festival held Sunday, Feb. 21, at Kennett High School. Carrie Freeman, the organization’s CEO, said the event raised $16,500 for the Community Impact Fund. Her group has already received requests for more…
From basketballs to golf balls and from cleats to clubs, if it involves a sport, it will likely be available at the Third Annual Unionville Baseball Used Sports Equipment Sale. This Saturday, Feb. 27, an impressive array of sports equipment, sorted by categories, will be sold at nominal prices in the Charles F. Patton Middle School cafeteria from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale,…
A Birmingham Township resident has been promoted from captain to assistant chief of Longwood Fire Company, the company announced in a press release. Mike Syska has been an officer at Longwood eight of his 11 years at the fire company. A year ago, he was promoted from lieutenant to captain. “Mike continues to advance in leadership positions at Longwood Fire Company,” Chief A. J. McCarthy…
More than 200 people — a record number — took part in the eighth annual Brandywine Creek Polar Plunge on Saturday, Feb. 20. They braved 39-degree water at the Brandywine Picnic Park to raise awareness and money for keeping the Brandywine clean, and had fun doing it. Nick Puzzella, a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Widener University, was part of a team with…
Dr. Elaine Kirchdoerfer – “Dr. K.” as her patients call her – is excited about being part of La Comunidad Hispana’s (LCH) medical team at the new Oxford satellite health center. Having practiced medicine since 1990, Kirchdoerfer has a wealth of community health experience to bring to LCH. She joined the National Health Service Corps, which helped fund her education but also supported her desire…
Books, books and more books will be available next weekend at two area venues. So readers who don’t find everything they want at one will have a second opportunity. Unionville High School’s gymnasium is hosting the 21st Unionville High School PTO Used Book Sale, starting on Friday, Feb. 26. Donated by a diverse group of avid readers, the approximately 80,000 books cover a wide variety…