Sheriff’s 3rd annual cruise night to benefit K-9, Friday
WESTTOWN — The Chester County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit will host its third Annual “Cruise Night” from 5:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m, Friday evening at the Government Services Center Building located at 601 Westtown Road, just of US-202.
Chester County Sheriff Carolyn Bunny Welsh and her deputies have organized the event to bring awareness to the six K-9 units in the Chester County Sheriff’s Office which...
Symbolic wreaths will pay tribute to veterans
Ceremony will take place at Oxford Cemetery on Saturday
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
On Saturday, Dec. 14, wreaths will be placed on veterans’ graves in more than 850 communities across the country as part of the Wreaths Across America project. In Chester County, a ceremony will be held at Oxford Cemetery.
Ask yourself what your life would be like were it not for the many...
Two injured in separate, 1-vehicle crashes
One occurred Friday in Thornbury, the other in Westtown
Two serious one-vehicle accidents occurred on Thursday, Nov. 22, in southwestern Chester County, the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department reported.
At 7 a.m., officers responded to the 400 block of Fox Meadow Lane in Thornbury Township for a single-vehicle crash, a department news release said. Officers learned that a 2005 Ford Escape...
Retired Stars and Stripes get respectful repository
County residents can now place worn flags in special box
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Sporting a flag-filled tie, Chief Deputy Sheriff George P. March prepares to retire a collection of flags he had been saving.
If you build it, they will come, and that is exactly what occurred Tuesday afternoon when the Patriotic Order Sons of America presented a large handmade flag retirement...
Couple strives to sublimate anguish with outreach
Diaper drive will pay tribute to the infant son they lost
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Shane Brant and his wife, Suzanne Campos, pose with their daughter, Alex, now 9 months old, and a photo of their son, Max Athan Brant, whose legacy is helping other children.
The euphoria was painfully short-lived. An hour after giving birth to a healthy-looking son, a Sadsbury Township couple...
School suspension leads to burglary arrests
East Goshen resident identifies two young intruders
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The two teens were friends, and since both were suspended from different schools on Thursday, they decided to commit a burglary, police said.
Officers from the Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department responded to the 100 block of Rossmore Drive in East Goshen Township at 11:42 a.m. for the...