Inner Nature: Photosynthetic and light-harvesting animals
By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times
Photosynthesis – a term that pretty much everyone understands – uses sunlight, carbon dioxide, water, and the light-harvesting green molecule, chlorophyll, to make sugars and release oxygen. Photosynthesis is carried out by free-living cyanobacteria, as well as plants and algae which contain chloroplasts, which are really just internal cyanobacteria, inside...
Hundreds protest Trump, Musk over cuts to Veterans’ funding, staffing
Hundreds of local protestors came out Friday in West Chester to address cuts to the Veterans Administration by President Donald Trump. Image courtesy of Erica Deuso.
Hundreds of local residents and elected official gathered Friday at the Historic West Chester courthouse to protest cuts to veterans’ benefits and the slashing of thousands of jobs throughout the Veterans’ Administration (VA).
Local...
What To Do: With Spring looming, St. Patrick’s Day events fill event calendar
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Wilmington
Spring will arrive in a few days and that’s cause for celebration.
In 2025, the spring equinox takes place on March 20 at 5:01 a.m.
It is the astronomical beginning of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumn season in the Southern Hemisphere.
With spring on the horizon, the...
Jensen named new Assistant Principal of Great Valley HS
Dana Jensen
The Great Valley School District Board of Directors recently approved the appointment of Dana Jensen as Assistant Principal of Great Valley High School, effective April 21, 2025.
Jensen brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of educational leadership to Great Valley High School. Her extensive background includes teaching, curriculum development, and administrative...
Harlem Wizards come to Unionville, March 22
The Harlem Wizards
The Harlem Wizards are bringing their electrifying brand of basketball to Unionville High School on Saturday, March 22, at 6:00 p.m., promising an unforgettable evening of high-flying dunks, dazzling ball-handling, and plenty of laughs. This one-night-only event, hosted by the Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Foundation (UCFEF), will feature the Wizards taking on the UCF All-Stars,...
Special St. Patrick’s Day event at The Hook Experiment, Oxford
Celtic band, The Chivalrous Crickets is on Mid-Atlantic/New England tour with their program The Rose & Briar: a storytelling concert of the Ballad of Barbara Allen. Featuring an entrancing combination of traditional Celtic, English Baroque and Appalachian music, the concert is woven through with narration telling the story of history’s most beloved Child ballad.
The Chivalrous Crickets are...
On Stage: Local favorites Dukes, Humbleman on area stages
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
The Dukes of Destiny
Longevity and proximity to Germantown Avenue are common denominators for a pair of Philly bands performing in the area this weekend.
Shows by two music acts with Montgomery County and Northwest Philadelphia roots (Mount Airy, Chestnut Hill, Germantown) will be highlights of this weekend’s local music calendar.
The bands...
WCU to inaugurate 16th President, March 28
Dr. Laurie Bernotsky
West Chester University President Dr. Laurie Bernotsky’s one prerequisite for an inauguration is that it celebrates not one, but all — all students, all faculty, all staff, all alumni, all supporters, all community partners and neighbors.
Dr. Laurie Bernotsky, DPhil, will be inaugurated as West Chester University’s 16th president and, historically, its second woman president...
What To Do: Champion Eagles featured at Philadelphia Sportscard & Memorabilia Show
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
If you’re an Eagles fan (and who in this area isn’t?) and you’d like a chance to see your heroes up close (and maybe even get an autograph), you’ll have a golden opportunity to do it this weekend.
Many of the Philadelphia Eagles standouts from the Super Bowl LIX season along with the Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts will be autograph guests this...
CCIU celebrates student’s achievement in DECA National Competition
Ansh Gandhi, a 12th-grade student from Downingtown Area School District’s STEM Academy, proudly displays his medal at the Pennsylvania DECA Competition.
The Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU) proudly announces the outstanding achievement of Ansh Gandhi, a 12th-grade student from Downingtown Area School District’s (DASD) STEM Academy, who has qualified for the prestigious DECA...
