County’s Community Development Department honored for work on ending homelessness
Chester County’s Department of Community Development (DCD) recently received international recognition for its accomplishments in ending homelessness. Pictured are (L-R): Lauran Rillstone, DCD’s Community Services/Construction Manager; Kelly Raggazino, CEO of Open Hearth, Inc.; Cory Lovera, Housing & Community Resource Manager for Open Hearth, Inc.; Rob Henry, Administrator for the Chester...
Sanville honored by Pa. Association of School Administrators
Dr. John Sanville
Dr. John Sanville, who led the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District for more than 14 years and currently serves as Managing Director for K-12 Education at CRA | Admired Leadership, received the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA) Leadership in Public Education Award on November 13, 2025. In keeping with his commitment to students, Dr. Sanville donated the...
WEGO Police names Leahy as new Chief
The Westtown-East Goshen Police Commission announced the appointment of David Leahy as the new Chief of Police for the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department (WEGO) following an extensive nationwide search.
While new to this position, Chief Leahy is far from new to WEGO.
He started with the department over twenty-six years ago as a patrol officer and has been there ever since. Prior...
Avondale, West Grove fire companies vote to merge operations
The membership of two of Chester County’s oldest fire companies – the Avondale Fire Company (AFC) and the West Grove Fire Company (WGFC) – approved a plan to merge into a single fire department at meetings held on Saturday.
The approval of the historic merger plan is the result of more than 18 months of meetings and discussions among the organizations, area municipal officials and experts,...
County names Kreider new comms director
Andrew Kreider
Chester County Commissioners Josh Maxwell, Marian Moskowitz, and Eric Roe announce the appointment of Andrew Kreider as the new Communications Director for Chester County Government, effective December 1. Kreider joins the county after an extensive career with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he most recently served as Region 3 Senior Congressional & Intergovernmental...
AGSD opens new Makerspace at Avon Grove HS
The new Makerspace at Avon Grove High School opened Nov. 11.
Avon Grove School District announced the official opening of the Avon Grove Makerspace at Avon Grove High School on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Designed and driven by students, the Makerspace is a hands-on innovation lab where imagination meets real-world making — supporting coursework and creativity across science, computer science, art, and...
County appoints independent investigator on election day poll book error
Chester County Government CEO David Byerman announced Monday the appointment of West Chester-based law firm Fleck Eckert Klein McGarry, LLC (FEKM) to conduct an independent investigation into the Nov. 4 Election Day poll book issue that omitted the names of more than 75,000 third-party registered voters.
The omission of third-party voters from poll books at all 230 Chester County polling places...
DASD, teachers agree to new 5-year contract
DASD and DAEA reach five-year professional staff agreement(from back to front and left to right: DAEA Executive Committee Secretary Stephanie Bosco, DAEA Secondary Vice President and Chief Negotiator Mike Borkowski, DASD Board Vice President Joyce Houghton, DAEA Elementary Vice President Sandy Falkner, DAEA Elementary Representative at Large Megan Kay, Superintendent Dr. Robert J. O’Donnell,...
On Stage: Bella White brings Americana to Philly
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Bella White
Bella White is a Canadian singer-songwriter who combines the old school music of bluegrass and Appalachian tunes with modern-day influences of Americana and singer-songwriter genres.
In the spring, she toured across America with her “Spring 2025 Red Rhododendron Tour.” The single “Rhododendron” was released in October 2022...
County moves to fix error in election poll books; polls to stay open until 10 pm
Polling locations around Chester County discovered this morning that poll books lacked the names of third-party and independent voters and scrambled to get new poll books to the county’s 230 polling locations, Tuesday. UPDATE: The county announced that polls will remain open until 10 pm Tuesday night to allow more access for voters.
According to a county statement issued Tuesday morning:
“Just...
