Longwood FC helps Santa make the rounds
Fire company give St. Nick a ‘lift’ for tour of local neighborhoods
Santa Claus gets a lift from the Longwood Fire Company as he takes time out to say hello to local kids.
POCOPSON — Although it’s his busy time of the year, Santa Claus took time out this weekend to enjoy his annual ride with his good friends of the Longwood Fire Company.
Hoisted on top of Ladder 25, Jolly Old St. Nick...
Storm knocks out power, closes Route 52
Tree nearly falls on motorist, cars, buses rerouted during storm
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Driving rain and wind caused power outages and downed tree closed Route 52 in Pocopson Wednesday as a powerful storm system raced up the east coast.
PECO said more than 300 homes were without power for a period Wednesday afternoon when a tree fell, taking down power lines and blocking Route...
Unionville: so many reasons to give thanks
Thanksgiving thoughts focus on the people that make this community special
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
It’s hard not to live and work in Unionville and be thankful for so many things. It’s not that we are better, but maybe that we have it better and seem to realize it and do the little things that make this a special community.
With that thought, I decided to list in no special...
Rt. 52 roundabout plan makes progress
Construction won’t start before 2014, but PennDOT signs off on new design
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Plans to replace this dangerous intersection where Rt. 52 meets Unionville-Lenape Road and Wawaset Road with a roundabout are moving forward, although it's unlikely construction will happen before 2014.
POCOPSON — It’s coming. Really.
The long-discussed and proposed roundabout...
Pocopson rejects Riverside road dedication
Issues with both Toll Brothers developments in the township
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
While Pocopson Township rejected taking over the roadways in the Riverside Toll Brothers development, there are a host of other issues with another Toll Brothers development, The Preserve.
POCOPSON — ‘Tis the season for giving, at least so thought Toll Brothers, which was ready turn over the...
Sparks fly over Unionville bus outsourcing study
Parents ask board to look carefully before firing district drivers, board members clash over study proposal
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The Unionville Chadds Ford Board of Education awarded a $15,160 contract to study the district's transportation system.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Tension is already rising as the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District begins its first steps toward considering...
Election 2010: Republicans sweep up and down the ballot
GOP nabs control of state house, governor’s mansion
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Voters across Chester County seemed to be expressing frustration at a weak economy — and too much government intervention — as three Democratic state representatives were turned from office county-wide, the Republicans seized a massive majority in the state house and Pennsylvanians elected a new governor,...
Local voter turnout appears heavy
But question remains: who is coming out to vote and who benefits?
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTmes.com
Voter turnout appeared to be heavy — likely to cross 50 percent per precinct across the Unionville area — but it remains to be seen who exactly is voting and what the impact will be on local and statewide races.
For every voter who expressed anger at the incumbent Democrats, another would...
Cheering for all the right reasons at Pocopson