West Chester and the Goshens — your local wire.
West Chester and the Goshens — your local wire.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
The Arc of Chester County opens registration Sept. 1 for a free, 10-session virtual Chat n' Chew training series covering IEPs, Social Security benefits, mental health access and adult rights for families and caregivers of people with disabilities.
Community
The Arc of Chester County opens registration Sept. 1 for a free, 10-session virtual Chat n' Chew training series covering IEPs, Social Security benefits, mental health access and adult rights for families and caregivers of people with disabilities.
Community
The Chester County History Center's Plagues and Pestilence walking tour returns to West Chester in September 2026 with a slightly different route and diseases than the 2025 edition, offering a 90-minute look at how 19th-century epidemics shaped the borough.
Community
East Side Little League's first trip to the Little League World Series in more than 70 years ended in a heartbreaking extra-inning loss, but the West Chester community is already looking ahead to how the nationally televised run will energize the next generation of local youth baseball players.
Community
Chester County OIC is running free driver's ed, a 3:1 car-savings match, bus passes and bicycle giveaways to help young adults ages 18–24 reach jobs in West Chester, Exton and Downingtown.
Community
Kennett Square Borough Council unanimously capped short-term rentals at 20 and barred whole-home vacation conversions, mirroring a policy West Chester already has in place as Chester County's median home price approaches $623,000.
Community
The American Red Cross is running blood drives across Chester County from Sept. 1–20, with four West Chester-area stops including West Chester University, and offering Hello Kitty collectibles to donors as the blood supply remains under pressure after a summer crisis.
Community
The 1833 stone farmhouse at 1175 Meetinghouse Road in West Chester, featured in the 2008 film "Marley & Me," sold Wednesday, June 10, for its full $2.3 million asking price, nearly doubling its 2011 sale price of $1,175,000.
Community
Bournelyf Special Camp in West Chester opened a new accessible swimming pool July 23, funded by the largest individual donation in its 46-year history from alumnus Andrew Bentley, and announced plans for a spring 2027 capital campaign to build an accessible program building.
Community
The Chester County Astronomical Society and West Goshen Township Parks and Recreation will host a free stargazing party at West Goshen Community Park on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m., with Saturn at opposition and the Andromeda galaxy on the viewing menu.
Community
West Goshen and East Goshen townships will face off in the Goshen250 Nature Challenge starting Sept. 20, a week-long BioBlitz where residents use the free iNaturalist app to document 250-plus local species in honor of America's 250th anniversary.
Community
Chester County will hold a "Night of Light" luminary ceremony at the Historic Courthouse in West Chester on Monday, Aug. 31, to mark International Overdose Awareness Day and honor 57 residents who died of accidental overdose in 2025, as the county reports a 20% decline in overdose fatalities over four years.
Community
Fred Beans Ford dealerships in West Goshen and West Whiteland townships helped collect 282 pints of blood for the American Red Cross during nine drives in July, as the national blood supply remains critically low.
Community
The Chester County History Center launches its new "Plagues and Pestilence" walking tour through downtown West Chester on seven dates in September, exploring how cholera, typhoid, smallpox and other diseases devastated borough families in the early 1800s.
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