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05/27/2024

I got the letter this week that I am being “audited” for my Real ID driver’s license, which means I have to pull out my US Passport and haul off to the Drivers’ License Center in Lancaster to prove, yes, I was born in California some decades ago.

04/07/2024

https://chescotimes.com/?p=40149

For nearly 200 years, Americans — okay, some Americans — have ranted, attacked and complained about immigrants. As immigration literally helped turn this country from an agrarian backwater to a superpower, it was always foolish.

12/24/2023

https://chescotimes.com/?p=39702

Those words should – and I hope will — describe our interactions with friends and family over the holidays. But, with so much division and anger, I suspect for some folks that will prove difficult.

09/17/2023

https://chescotimes.com/?p=39183

I live about 500 yards from Chester County Prison, so you can probably imagine I have pretty strong feelings about this issue and what caused it.

09/13/2023

https://chescotimes.com/?p=39143

On Sept. 13, 1983, I walked into the newsroom of Suburban Trends in Butler, N.J. — a twice-weekly newspaper — for my first shift as a sports assistant.

09/13/2023

https://chescotimes.com/?p=39128

After a two-week manhunt, escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante was taken into custody Wednesday morning by law enforcement officers.

09/12/2023

https://chescotimes.com/?p=39125

Monday night brought yet another twist in the nearly two-week pursuit of Danelo Cavalcante, the convicted murderer who escaped from Chester County Prison on Aug. 31 — authorities now say he is armed with a rifle and remains at large in northern Chester County.

09/11/2023

https://chescotimes.com/?p=39121

The hunt for escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante took a major turn over the weekend, as authorities say he managed to steal a van from a Pocopson dairy and was sighted in Phoenixville and East Pikeland and is thought to currently be somewhere in the northern Chester County area — and he has a new l...

01/15/2023

https://chescotimes.com/?p=37956

As it self-immolates into the dustbin of history, the Republican Party in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C. seems to really only stand for one thing: ignoring the will of the voters.

12/14/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=37819

If you’ve heard the term “tripledemic” of late and are unsure of how it could impact you and your family this holiday season, local healthcare providers are sharing information about what to look for, the differences between the three viruses involved and some simple things you and your family...

12/06/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=37790

Morgan Lutz, a dental hygiene student at Harcum College, goes over dental health instructions with Amy Castaneda, one of the students from the Kennett Consolidated School District who received free dental care, Friday.

12/02/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=37761

Due to notice requirements of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) (Lincoln Highway is a state highway), the parade cannot be rescheduled for this year, but will return Dec. 2, 2023, organizers said Friday. Additionally, many of the participants would be unable to reschedule due to co...

11/20/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=37701

By now we’ve all had a bit of time to digest the election results — in terms of Pennsylvania and Chester County — it was a very good mid-term election for Democrats, sweeping the statewide races, taking control of the state House of Representatives and holding all of their Congressional seats.

11/08/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=37630

It’s likely to be a bit more like 2020, when it took a few days to sort things out — a fact largely driven by your favorite GOP state legislator, as they and their cohorts refuse to allow counties to count the large number of mail-in ballots before election day — a transparent attempt to creat...

09/25/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=37360

I guess it is easy to hate someone if you “non-person” them. More interestingly, people are using a twisted version of faith to justify such behavior.

09/23/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=37354

WEST CHESTER — OUTFest may be cancelled, at least as originally envisioned, but now a rally and march in support of the county’s LGBTQ+ community will take place, potentially a much larger event than the original plan.

08/25/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=37181

From left; Mitch Landrien, White House Senior Advisor & Infrastructure Coordinator; U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan; Gov. Tom Wolf; and State Rep. Dan Williams talk together during a press conference to celebrate federal investments in Pennsylvania thanks to the Biden Infrastructure Law, at a constructio...

07/31/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=37059

He’s got a summer job, like a lot of high school students. And is enjoying his relatively new drivers’ license and of course, he’s working to stay in shape for the next football season at Pequea Valley High School.

07/10/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=36968

In the middle of the night, Pennsylvania’s legislators pushed through an amendment to the state Constitution removing any protection for abortion and women’s health services — along with a number of anti-democratic measures that could make it harder for minorities to vote.

06/26/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=36894

By “we” I mean American society. Your mom and I foolishly hoped that you would eventually see the same rights and standing as your twin brother. But it is clear now that will not happen any time soon.

06/12/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=36818

That’s because the gun lobby has mobilized a fanatic minority of the population to think they have some holy right to own, carry and use guns with no restrictions. “Shall not be infringed” they scream at the slightest suggestion of any common sense gun safety laws.

04/24/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=36507

For a number of weeks, I’ve been wanting to write a column about the dysfunction in the Democratic race for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania — but every time I’d be poised to do so, the Republicans in either or both the gubernatorial or U.S. Senate race would do something so out there it could not ...

04/03/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=36369

Court of Common Pleas Judge William P. Mahon vacated his order Friday removing five members of the West Chester Area School District Board of Education — but the case and the possibility that duly-elected public officials could be removed from office remains a possibility.

03/30/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=36342

A Chester County judge moved Tuesday to remove five members of the West Chester Area School District Board of Education on what he termed a procedural issue — saying that neither the school board members or school district responded in a timely manner to a petition seeking the removal.

03/16/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=36253

CALN — The Coatesville Veterans Administration Hospital may be one of 17 national VA facilities to face closure within the next few years, with a new facility proposed in the King of Prussia area, if a proposed plan is approved.

03/13/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=36238

It’s still a little rare that you see a politician be such a hateful jerk — and rarer for that politician to be from Chester County.

03/03/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMNlSOnubkI

An interview — the series premiere -- with former Chester County (PA) Commissioner Kathi Cozzone, who now serves as Executive Director of the Uwchlan Ambulan...

02/27/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=36153

When my kids — twins — were toddlers, it was kind of challenging, as is the case with most two year olds. They were easily convinced of things that were not true and acted out. Thankfully, this was a brief period that they grew out of quickly, especially as we were pretty firm when they did act ...

02/23/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=36130

The State Supreme Court ruled Wednesday a Democratic backed “Carter Plan” district map should be used for the 2022 Congressional elections, rejecting a Republican proposal — and likely sending the the dispute to the federal courts, as happened in 2018, when Republicans lost a bid and the state...

01/30/2022

https://chescotimes.com/?p=36010

I hate to break it to you, but parents don’t — and shouldn’t — get the last word when it comes to public education.

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