Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Students for Life of America held a four-hour open-mic abortion debate on the West Chester University quad on Sept. 30, drawing counter-protesters and a police presence weeks before Pennsylvania's November election.
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Students for Life of America held a four-hour open-mic abortion debate on the West Chester University quad on Sept. 30, drawing counter-protesters and a police presence weeks before Pennsylvania's November election.
Community
The Chester County History Center promoted John Kovatch to archivist and Thomas Neufeld to photo archivist to steward its 750,000-item library and 100,000-plus photo collection at the downtown West Chester institution.
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The West Chester Garden Club hosts its annual "Summer's End" flower show Thursday, Sept. 24, at St. Francis in the Fields in Malvern, featuring exhibits in Horticulture, Photography and Pot et Fleur.
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One of four Revolutionary War cannons unearthed near Warwick Furnace in 2022 is headed for a permanent public display at North High and East Chestnut streets in West Chester Borough, with a 24-hour pavilion expected this fall. More than 2,000 people saw the cannon Saturday at Warwick Township's America250 celebration.
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Downtown West Chester hosts the 45th Annual Restaurant and Food Truck Festival on Sunday, Sept. 20, with 65-plus food vendors, nearly 110 craft booths, live music on three stages and a Beer and Wine Garden along Gay Street.
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Chester County Hospital is asking the West Goshen Zoning Hearing Board for a variance to keep its temporary mobile MRI unit at 701 E. Marshall St. through Dec. 1, 2028; the board will hear the request at a public meeting Monday, Sept. 28.
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West Goshen's Board of Supervisors approved splash pad equipment for Community Park, targeting a summer 2027 opening funded in part by $510,500 in state and county grants, while a delayed bathroom expansion nears completion.
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West Goshen Township posted a notice asking residents to turn off unnecessary outdoor lights during fall bird migration, citing millions of birds that fly over Chester County at night and face deadly building collisions caused by artificial light.
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The West Goshen Township Historical Commission hosts a public lecture on the Duffy's Cut massacre Oct. 22, featuring the Immaculata University historian who uncovered evidence that Irish railroad workers were murdered in Chester County in 1832.
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The YMCA of Greater Brandywine is offering free memberships to all Chester County seventh graders through its 7th Grade Initiative for the 2026–27 school year, and a new Leaders Club program launches in October at the West Chester Area YMCA and Oscar Lasko YMCA for grades 5 through 12.
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West Goshen Historical Commission Chair Michael Pillagalli, who as a second-grader walked with 274 classmates from overcrowded Paoli Pike School to the new Fern Hill Elementary in 1957, published a first-person account tracing how three elementary schools were built as the township's population boomed after World War II.
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The Chester County History Center's "Chilling West Chester" dark history walking tour returns in October with $20 tickets and a 20% member discount, running Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays through early November.
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Acme Markets pharmacists will staff two flu shot clinic sessions at the West Chester Area YMCA on Monday, Sept. 28, as part of a nine-site partnership with the YMCA of Greater Brandywine running through late October across Chester County.
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