Chester County Press June 22 edition

06/22/2016 08:10AM ● By J. Chambless

In this edition of the Chester County Press, we take you to the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, where the 2016-17 budget has been approved ... We take you New Garden Township, where a controversial land conservation agreement has still not been finalized ... We take you to Kennett Square to see the completed Cypress Street renovations ... We take you to Penn State University, where the Avon Grove softball team lost a heartbreaker in the state finals ... We also take you to the steps of Kennett High School for this year's graduation ceremony ... All of this, and Uncle Irvin, too, in this week's edition of the Chester County Press.

U-CF approves 266 percent tax increase for 2016-17 budget - 06212016 0946AM

U-CF approves 2.66 percent tax increase for 2016-17 budget

Final budget is a reduction from proposed 2.77 percent Read More »

Avon Grove adopts $91 million budget

Taxes are increasing by about 3.1 percent Read More »

Avon Grove loses heartbreaker in state championship final 1-0 - 06182016 0856PM

Avon Grove loses heartbreaker in state championship final, 1-0

Balint tosses one-hitter; Red Devils held to one hit Read More »

New Garden conservation agreement, about to be rescinded, gets reprieve

Green Valley Farm Conservation Easement negotiations now in Orphan's Court Read More »

Kennett Square celebrates completion of Cypress Street improvements

Project was made possible by a county grant Read More »

Oxford Library unveils a brighter bigger and better Childrens Room - 06202016 0129PM

Oxford Library unveils a brighter, bigger, and better Children's Room

The new room will allow for better service and more programs for the library's youngest visitors Read More »

Police Blotter for the week of June 20 - 06202016 0118PM

Police Blotter for the week of June 20

Teens charged with vandalism at Kennett parking garage, gun lost in Oxford, disorderly man arrested at St. Rocco's carnival, and more. Read More »

Triple murder suspect arrested in Avondale

Erick Shute was wanted for shooting three men in West Virginia Read More »

Oxford man arrested for child pornography

Attorney General's Office also announces arrest of Downingtown man Read More »

Franklin Township supervisors take small step toward adding brewpub to Paradocx Vineyard

Construction is still a distant goal Read More »

Morgan Curl 17 has always shown a precocious gift for art

For Morgan Curl of Oxford, art has always come naturally

At 17, Morgan consistently draws a crowd when she exhibits her pencil portraits at the Oxford Arts Alliance Student Art Show. Read More »

Obituaries for the week of June 20 - 06202016 0241PM

Obituaries for the week of June 20

Obituaries for: Scott, O'Brien, Patton, Guerrina, Murphy, Clifford Bennett, Mary Bennett, Springel, Hash, Scott Read More »

Editorial What Lily left behind - 06212016 0252PM

Editorial: What Lily left behind

'Stories like Lily's are not intended to arrive and disappear like transient fads into the psyche of our better angels' Read More »

Uncle Irvin: Intersection chokes Jennersville

A $400,000 grant for a sports park and not a dime for an intersection that is strangling Jennersville? Read More »