Jefferson named to board of Crime Victims Center

Robert C. Jefferson, IV WEST CHESTER — Robert C. Jefferson, IV, an attorney with the law firm Gawthrop Greenwood, PC, has been named to the board of directors of The Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County, Inc. (CVC). CVC is a community-based non-profit that is celebrating 45 years of providing free, immediate and confidential crisis response and compassionate support to children and adults...

Residents urged to ‘Race Against Violence’

19th annual event supports Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County Another sure sign of spring: Preregistration is underway for the Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County, Inc.’s 19th Annual Chester County Race Against Violence, to be held Saturday, April 26. The race has become a popular way to support the agency’s many direct services, such as counseling and court accompaniment, as...

Victims’ resilient spirits temper unimaginable pain

Annual candlelight ceremony offers shared remembrances, strength By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Members of the West Goshen Township Police Department Honor Guard file into Central Presbyterian Church in Downingtown. Members of a club no one would ever seek to join: That was how Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan described the solemn crowd of about 200 that assembled...

Chester Countians invited to join dance flash mob

Agencies join forces for annual event on Friday to protest gender violence  Organizers hope to surpass the numbers and spectacle that the 2013 awareness event generated. An annual organized flash mob dance on Feb. 14 aims to protest gender violence and promote empowerment, organizers said.  The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls, the Domestic Violence Center, the Crime Victims Center...