2010 Election Preview
Governor, US Senate top ballot filled with interesting races
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The mailers have been sent, the commercials aired and the prognosticators have pontificated. Now all that’s left is for you, the voters of the Unionville Area, to vote.
Although you’ve probably seen enough about all of the candidates to last a lifetime, here’s quick primer on who is running...
Where to vote
Polling place locations:
Delaware County
Chadds Ford Township:
Southwest and Northeast Precincts: New voting location for 2010 at the Calvary Chapel, 500 Brandywine Drive (across from the AMC Painters Crossing movie theater). Both precincts have moved to this location. For a map, click here.
Chester County
Birmingham Township
Precinct 1
TOWNSHIP BUILDING, 1040 W. STREET RD, WEST CHESTER
Precinct 2
BIRMINGHAM...
Get your little ghouls and goblins ready for Halloween
Most local towns limit trick or treating to between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Pocopson Elementary principal Dr. Andrew McLaughlin (dressed as a very cold Fred Flinstone) leads the 2010 Halloween Parade at the school, Friday morning. Using common sense, we can help make this a safe and happy Halloween for all.
It’s the time of year where ghosts, goblins and superheroes...
Pocopson joins BVA effort to manage watershed sediment
Plan calls for towns to work together to meet complicated EPA mandates
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
The watershed in the Unionville area is a complex maze of creeks and streams feeding the local acquifer, as well as for communities to the south.
POCOPSON — Unlike Las Vegas, what happens in Honey Brook apparently doesn’t stay in Honey Brook — at least when it comes to storm water...
Pocopson official: ‘Fed Up’ with Toll Brothers
Excess light, signs and dirt have residents, officials frustrated by developer
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
This model home for Toll Brothers' The Preserve development is sparking anger from local residents and officials due what is termed excessive lighting.—Mike McGann photo
POCOPSON — “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”
Township officials said in...
Plans being finalized for Locust Grove School House
Pocopson historical commission briefs supervisors on design elements, schedule
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Pocopson Historical Commission chair Sarah Mims goes over details for the restoration of the Locust Grove School House with township supervisors Larissa McNemar and Steve Conary during Monday night's Board of Supervisors meeting.
POCOPSON — With time running out on grant...
Bayard Taylor moving ahead with relocation plans
Library officials thank Pennsbury for support, lay out plans for new building, 2011 fund raising campaign
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
Like all 18 of Chester County's public libraries, Bayard Taylor is again facing cuts in state aid.
PENNSBURY — The Bayard Taylor Library is going ahead with plans to be part of a new $30 million complex as part of a larger project with the Kennett...
Unionville test scores 2nd in state
District tops in reading in ’09-10 PSSAs, strong SAT scores revealed
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The numbers are in from the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) tests and again the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District has come through some of the best scores in the entire commonwealth — rating tops in Pennsylvania in reading, fourth in math...
An early morning donut and a thousand reasons to hope
Reminders of why we need to look past the headlines and remember our shared community
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
POCOPSON — It’s easy to lose perspective, just from reading the headlines. Whether it’s home foreclosures, the nasty infighting in the political arena or even some of the thorny issues confronting this community in terms of the school district, one could think that...
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