Groundhog, NWS agree: nasty weather inbound
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4-6 inches of snow seen Monday; heavy rains, flooding possible Wed.
While groundhogs may be seeing an extended winter, the National Weather Service says Chester County is in for a hairy week of wintery weather.
It appears that the world most famous groundhog — Punxsutawney Phil — and the National Weather Service are on the same page: there’s lot more winter headed for Chester County.
Although...
Snow way! Another storm set to dump on county
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Schools, county offices close as up to a foot of snow could hit area
Where have we heard this one before?
Snow mixed with frigid temperatures has brought most of Chester County to a halt, closing schools, some municipal offices, county offices and other venues, as the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for the county.
The southern portion of the county is expected to see the greatest...
Icy freeze next, as snow moves out
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Roads still messy, many public offices closed; low temps big worry in next 24 hours
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
As Chester County digs out from six to eight inches of snow, the concerns now move from clearly icy local roadways and keeping warm — as the National Weather Service is predicting temperatures tonight in the low single digits.
While state and local road crews working to clear roads...
Hercules expected to dump 4 to 6 inches of snow
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Dropping temperatures, high winds could make Thursday night/Friday morning travel hazardous
Updated: 12:45 p.m., adds Chester County info, PennDOT comments
Updated: 3:30 p.m.: Adds Unionville-Chadds Ford School District Information
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Chester County residents can expect 2014 to get off to a cold and snowy start, as Winter Storm Hercules is expected to dump 4 to 6 inches...
Letter: school district killing hoop dreams
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Limited access to UCFSD gyms leaves our kids dreaming of a lost basketball season
To The Editor:
This season, we decided to register our kids (age 8 and 10) for URA Basketball. We had experienced several great seasons at the Kennett Area YMCA but we made the decision as a family to move over to URA for several reasons. Our experience with URA Baseball and Lacrosse has been great and most of the...
Column: Coming to terms with groundhogs
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Or, how this once groundhog-basher has come to terms with the little weather rodent
By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com
A groundhog. Typically, they're lousy at predicting the weather and selling lottery tickets.
People get really touchy when it comes to groundhogs.
As you may have read, Puxatawny Phil didn’t see his shadow this morning and we’re looking at six more weeks of winter....