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Trail linking historic sites a step closer

The Patriots Path, a walking trail that would connect three Chester County Revolutionary War sites, is one step closer to actualization.

 

Student Spotlight

Student: Parker Foti, a soon-to-be freshman at Downingtown High School West who will spend next week at the State Police Academy in Hershey for Commissioner's Honor Camp.

 

School Notes

Assumption BVM School in West Grove is continuing an asbestos removal project this summer, thanks in part to more than $70,000 in grant money from three organizations during the past school year.

 

Beautiful backyard getaways

The Parade of Ponds features 35 designs with waterfalls, plants, fish and more.

Are the volatile economy and soaring gas prices keeping you from your summer ocean or lakeside retreat? If you are pining for an aquatic excursion this weekend, consider investigating the distinctive world of residential waterscapes showcased in this weekend's "Parade of Ponds."

 

For the Family

Mommy's Night Out It doesn't take much to talk your kids into giving you a break . . . just let them know about the Mommy's Night Out event at ACAC Fitness and Wellness Center in West Chester next Thursday evening, where kids' activities and entertainment will keep them bu

 

Lincoln eager for gridiron revival

Lincoln University's new football coach, O.J. Abanishe, hasn't directed a down yet, but has demonstrated a sense of humor that could come in handy during the Lions' first season in decades.

 

To Our Readers

   After July 27, The Inquirer will discontinue publication of Neighbors, the news sections that have been a staple of our local coverage since 1982.

 

Chester County

T-his section of The Inquirer provides news about people and events in Chester County. It is published Thursdays and Sundays.

 

Burruss at last finds right chord

He opened eyes with his guitar playing.

For nearly all of his 73 years, Jerry Burruss has been playing guitar alone in his home in Chester County, never dreaming that his hobby of picking out country and blues tunes from the radio on his guitar would amount to much of anything.

 

Higher salaries, benefits are cited.

Oxford district faces steep tax increase

Taxpayers in the Oxford Area School District will be paying 14 percent more in property taxes this year, the highest percentage increase in Chester County,according to a survey of county districts.

 

Chester County still leading way in growth

Chester County continues to be a hot spot to set up housekeeping, not only in Pennsylvania but in the country, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.

 

Youth learn game design

Students create their own two-dimensional video games.

Pennsylvania State University Great Valley is an unlikely setting for a summer camp. There's no swing set or baseball field on campus, just two buildings, with a few benches out front for graduate students to take lunch or cigarette breaks during the day.

 

Senior Centers and Groups

Senior Centers & Groups AARP Chapter 2353 Meeting 3rd. Tue. St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 203 N. Valley Forge Rd., Devon.

 

Regulation works

Company profits must be earned.

This week's letter responds to a question about how Pennsylvania residents will cope with higher electric rates when rate caps expire in January 2011.

 

Your Poem

I Am It is a good day, I stop whatever I am, I lose myself in the hands of the world,

 

A glittering display of silver

Winterthur's newest show is a blockbuster. Organized by the museum, "Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher & Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842," features America's pre-eminent early 19th-century silversmiths, a Philadelphia-based partnership often described as the Tiffany & Co. of its day.

 

West Chester superintendent retiring

After leading West Chester Area schools through eight years that included the district's first teacher's strike and the construction of a new high school, superintendent Alan Elko has announced plans to retire in early 2009.

 

Chester County real estate transactions

Chester & Chadds Ford These sales were recorded in March Caln 102 Stonebridge Ln Jeffrey T and Christine M Bacher to Kevin Smith and Lisa M Golson Smith, $315,000.

 

To Our Readers

   After July 27, The Inquirer will discontinue publication of Neighbors, the news sections that have been a staple of our local coverage since 1982.

 

Chester County

T-his section of The Inquirer provides news about people and events in Chester County. It is published Thursdays and Sundays.

 

Your Poem

Sea Monster I'm as fierce as a lion, squiggly as a snake, loud as an earthquake. I am mean as a devil, curvy as a crescent moon, green as an emerald.

 

Your Poem

The Toaster Please little fire Come closer to me And toast my bread Until it's done Which will give me