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 Star Vocal Competition kicks off its sixth season at Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center in West Chester with three Sunday preliminary rounds starting Oct. 4 and a finale Oct. 25, offering cash prizes and industry exposure to regional singers.
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The Chester County History Center's "Chilling West Chester" walking tours return in October, offering 90-minute outdoor treks through two centuries of crime, disaster and misadventure drawn from the center's archives.
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Chester County Parks and Preservation has opened registration for four free, ranger-led fall programs including a haunted history hike, bird walk, teddy bear hide & seek and pumpkin carving, with limited spots available.
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West Goshen Township will hold a free rechargeable and lithium battery collection on Saturday, Sept. 12, at the township building on Paoli Pike, giving residents a safe way to dispose of batteries that can cause fires if tossed in the trash.
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The West Chester Food Cooperative at 204 W. Market St. has grown to 845 member-owners since its Aug. 21 opening, stocking products from more than a dozen local vendors as the borough's first walkable grocery option in decades.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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