Advocacy groups to hold free expungement session

Workshop will be held at La Comunidad Hispana on March 6 Past brushes with the law don’t necessarily have to cloud a person’s future: La Comunidad Hispana’s (LCH) Legal Assistance Program is offering a free workshop on policies and procedures that will help qualified people expunge minor criminal records, a LCH news release said. The workshop will take place on Thursday, March 6, at 5 p.m....

Seminars offer ideal way to bee informed

Chester County Beekeepers eager to create buzz about annual event Curious about beekeeping? Concerned about the reported decline of pollinators? The Chester County Beekeepers Association (CCBA) is promoting a sweet way to be educated. The group will hold its annual seminar on March 15 at West Chester University’s Merion Science Center, a forum that offers an excellent opportunity to get information...

Lecture to focus on fabric of bygone eras

Presentation will be part of Chester County Historical Society Antiques Show Jan Whitlock The Chester County Historical Society (CCHS) is hoping residents will mark their calendars for the 32nd Annual Chester County Antiques Show, a major benefit that will be held from April 4 to April 6 at the Phelps School in Malvern. Included in this year’s program will be the Mary Elizabeth Robinson Memorial...

County agencies offering spring support groups

Wednesday evening sessions available for adoptive or kinship families Operating on the premise that there’s strength in numbers, a consortium of county departments and agencies has announced the spring schedule for post-adoption and grand-family support groups. The sessions, which will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the county’s Government Services Center building (601 Westtown Rd., West Chester)...

Weather interferes with transit – and meeting about it

County officials seeking public input at rescheduled session on March 5 The recent weather has wreaked havoc with transportation in numerous ways. A meeting organized by the Chester County Planning Commission (CCPC) in partnership with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) to get input on a county-wide Public Transportation Plan had to be rescheduled a couple of weeks ago. Originally...

A man’s life, a nation’s history

Happy Birthday to our Presidents! By Linda Banks, Special to The Times Christian Sanderson and his mother Hannah in front of the fireplace at Washington’s Headquarters in an undated image. As published in the book Chris by Thomas R. Thompson, Copyright 1973. If anyone could claim to be entitled to deliver a happy birthday greeting to our presidents, it would be Christian C. Sanderson.  This...

UHS used book sale kicks off Friday

Two-day sale features, books, video, games, items for the whole family Shoppers browse at the 2013 Unionville High School annual used book sale. The 2014 version promises to be even bigger and better than ever, kicking off Friday, Feb. 21. EAST MARLBOROUGH — One of the largest sales of its kind in the northeast is set to return to the Unionville High School gymnasium on Friday evening, Feb. 21, when...

Natural Lands Trust awarded $5.7 million in grants

Money will fund improvements to myriad regional projects  Natural Lands Trust (NLT), which has helped area communities raise $2.7 million for their own conservation efforts, has been awarded $5.7 million in grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and the Marcellus Legacy Fund administered by the Commonwealth Financing Authority, a NLT news release said. The...

Weather pushes annual anti-violence flash mob inside

Public urged to participate from home or work – and film the action Organizers of the ‘One Billion Rising for Justice’ dance hope that being forced inside by the weather won’t diminish participation. The inclement weather has prompted organizers of an annual flash mob dance to protest gender violence scheduled for today, Feb. 14, to regroup. Because Chester County has declared a snow emergency,...

Monday is ‘Family Day’ at Chesco Historical Society

Variety of activities will include reenactors for Revolutionary, Civil Wars Noah Lewis will portray Revolutionary War hero Ned Hector during the Chester County Historical Society’s Family Day on Monday, Feb. 17. The Chester County Historical Society is promising an educational, entertaining program of family fun and enrichment on Monday, Feb. 17,  from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The 2014 Family Day, which...