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September 2, 2021
Grandparents Day September 12th – Making memories – and sharing them Grandparents cherish the time that they spend with their grandkids, especially when it’s something fun and different. Even better than making those memories is being able to share them later, so we are giving everyone a free portrait picture to take home! Taking a ride on the Colebrookdale Railroad is one of the most fun things you can do with your grandkids. This is a real train, not a ... View Article
August 20, 2021
Phoenixville, PA August 19, 2021 – One thing that unites us as a nation is love of the land. Americans strongly support saving open space. Since 1967, French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust has been doing just that for the people of northern Chester County. After an extensive review, the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, the national accrediting body for land trusts, has announced that French & Pickering’s accredited status has been renewed. Every five years. French & Pickering goes through ... View Article
August 18, 2021
WEST CHESTER, PA (August 18, 2021) – The Crime Victims’ Center of Chester County, Inc. (CVC) helped more than 50 of its clients, Kindergarten thru College, go “Back to School Shopping with CVC” on Saturday, August 14th. Backpacks, rulers, notebooks, and other school supplies were generously donated by community partners to help area kids start the school year on a positive note. The Independence Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators spearheaded the school supply drive with donations from area ... View Article
August 16, 2021
COLEBROOKDALE RAILROAD NEWS RELEASE Who/What: US Rep. Madeleine Dean, Pa 4th District, visits Colebrookdale Railroad When: Thursday, August 19, 2021, 10:00-11:30am Where: Colebrookdale Railroad railyard, 64 South Washington Street, Boyertown Pa. 19512 U.S. Representative Madeleine Dean (D-Pa. 4th District) is scheduled to visit Boyertown’s Colebrookdale Railroad Thursday, August 19, to see first-hand the railyard she’s supporting through proposed $1.3m community project funding. The site on South Washington Street, right in the heart of Boyertown, is a hub of ... View Article
August 13, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 10, 2021 Reminder: Federal Temporary Unemployment Benefit Programs to End Sept. 4 Non-Unemployment Programs Available to Assist Many Individuals Pennsylvania’s regular unemployment compensation program is unaffected by this federal change Harrisburg, PA – Labor & Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier is reminding Pennsylvanians that federal unemployment benefit programs, including Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), will end Sept. 4. “The federal unemployment benefit programs that helped ... View Article