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Chadds Ford’s Erin Matson put her playing career on hold when she was named the head field hockey coach at the University of North…
In December, Oxford native Elaine Estes competed in the 40th California International Marathon and finished in 2 hours, 36 minutes, and 8 seconds. With that…
Kennett Square native Justin Best has been named to the United States Olympic Rowing Team for Paris 2024, writes staff for Chester County Press.
This…
Avery Lewis, a Parkesburg resident, has shown immense talent for track and field since her first formal race at age six, writes Michael Bradley for…
Valley Forge native Terry Taylor, the first woman to be named the sports editor of The Associated Press, died on Nov. 14 at her Paoli…
In a significant expansion move, Big Blue Swim School unveiled its second Pennsylvania location in Paoli, according to The Daily Local News.
The school has…
As someone born in Cameroon and in possession of both American and French citizenship, Joel Embiid had his choice of the litter in regard to…
Despite turning 60 this week, equestrian Phillip Dutton, who moved from Australia to West Grove, is eyeing his eighth Olympics, writes Nick Zaccardi for NBC…
West Chester University is welcoming new leaders to departments across campus.
With 11 years of experience at WCU, Cheryl Neale-McFall was recently appointed the…
Rudy Ruth, who was instrumental in sustaining and developing water polo in the mid-Atlantic region, developed his love for the sport thanks to his…
Travis Geiser, who grew up in Le Raysville, a small borough in Bradford County, is the Sports & Events Sales Manager at the Chester County…
West Chester alum Marian Washington is getting recognized for her legendary career in basketball. She’s one of the 12 finalists selected for the Naismith…
Groundbreaking for the National Sports and Events Center in Coatesville is set for this year and is expected to generate more than 240 jobs for…
In honor of Giving Tuesday, the Spring Valley YMCA in Royersford is asking for donations to support its Ability programming for youth with special needs…
Bev Weinberg, Founder and Executive Director of Integrate for Good, spoke with MONTCO Today about her life growing up in a tight-knit neighborhood in…
Downingtown’s Meghan Huffman, a rising seventh grader at Villa Maria Academy, has blossomed into one of the nation’s top youth female figure skaters…
Phoenixville native Hadley Hartmetz recently led the Ohio State women’s ice hockey team to its first national championship, writes Giana Han for The Philadelphia…
Cornelio “Chada” Phipps, 16, recently won the 125-pound weight class at the USA Boxing National Championships, writes Steven Hoffman for the Chester County Press…
The Pennsylvania Institute of Technology in Media has ended a two-month search for its next Dean of Academic Affairs and Accreditation Liaison with the…
Bocce was king Tuesday at the Glen Mills School as 150 athletes on 16 different teams from nine local high schools turned out for the…
While luge is traditionally a European-dominated sport, Jim Leahy, a West Chester University graduate and CEO of USA Luge, seeks to steer it into…
American culture prides itself on people who push themselves to the limit. So you risk facing a lot of criticism for saying you need a…
NBC’s Thanksgiving Day special, “The National Dog Show Presented by Purina,” will crown one of the sport’s great purebreds as Best In Show…
Wayne resident Patrick J. Nolan VI — long-time professor of American literature at Villanova University and an Emmy Award-winning writer — has died at 88…
At the Munich Olympics in 1972, swimmer Tim McKee, a Malvern Prep grad who grew up in Newtown Square, thought he had won the 400…
Mike Scioscia has done it all in his baseball career.
Except the Olympics, writes Marc Narducci for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Scioscia signed with the Los…
Patti Brennan, the President and CEO of Key Financial, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in a family with seven children, including one who…
Wallingford native Jake Hoyle took a different path to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, writes Mike Sielski for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Hoyle’s personal coach…
Warwick Township native Payton Ridenour has fulfilled her longstanding dream of earning a place on Team USA for women’s BMX racing, writes Caitlin Rearden…
Kennett Square native Justin Best and Malvern native Julian Venonsky are bound for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Best, a graduate of Unionville High School…
For Susan Francia, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing and daughter of newly-famous Abington scientist Dr. Katalin Kariko, hard work was always…
Viewers of the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials were privy to an entertainment bonus: the signature dance routines performed by Erdenheim native Sierra Schmidt, writes…
The Wawa/Sheetz rivalry is well-known in these parts, and Chester County is solidly in Wawa’s court. Fitting, since the popular convenience store…
West Chester native Ian Peltier and his then-fiancée, Breanna Amborn, decided to focus on the most important things to be able to tie…
Following a tradition started by one of the original members of the Philadelphia Curling Club, the Dudt family from Malvern continues to enjoy this low…
With the 2020 Olympics postponed, Boyd Martin, a two-time Olympian in eventing who owns and operates a riding school on more than 75 acres…
Throughout his decades-long career, scientist and engineer Nader Engheta has made unparalleled progress on the nanoscale, writes J.F. Pirro for Main Line Today…
Joe Eitl, a 37-year-old Skippack resident with Down syndrome and cardiac defects who is awaiting a double-organ transplant, has been showered with…
Star swimmer Brendan Burns, who grew up in Berwyn and recently capped his freshman year at Indiana University with an excellent performance at the Big…
On June 12, newly minted West Chester University graduate Joseph D. Bittner will represent the ROTC Dauntless Battalion during the virtual National Commissioning Ceremony, one…
Courtney Webb, a QVC host who once hoped to join the ranks of the great ones through her gymnastics skills, has revived her Olympic dreams…
Twins Sarah and Taylor Anderson of Broomall first stepped onto the ice at age 4. Today, at 24, they are prepping for the national championships…
Phoenixville native Kevin Negandhi, a popular host of ESPN’s SportsCenter, has signed a multi-year contract extension with the network, writes Rob Tornoe for…
As the year winds down, Energy Transfer took some time to reflect on some of the numerous ways that it and the Mariner East Pipeline…
Honey Brook native Eliza Eames has been named this year’s homecoming queen at Shippensburg University, where she is a senior majoring in psychology and…
When Jay Wright returned to campus after six weeks as an assistant coach with USA Basketball at the FIBA World Cup in China, not much…
Downingtown resident Jack Founds was one of 15 athlete-leaders honored by Special Olympics Pennsylvania for receiving a degree in Communication, Governance, Health, and/or…
Energy Transfer is one of the largest and most diversified midstream energy companies in the country, and at the core of its business is the…
Cochranville native and Olympic gold medalist Cierra Runge excelled at the USA Swimming National Championships last week at the Avery Aquatic Center in Stanford, Calif…
Exton Senior Living, a Five Star Senior Living community, recently hosted its third annual Summer Olympics.
Participating residents were divided into three teams, as they…
Ten years ago, The Philadelphia Inquirer profiled Meridian Bank’s Jim Nelsen as a person whose mind, body, and soul were seemingly in balance. Today…
By Bob Yearick
Calling it “a childhood dream,” Manon Neal just had to do it – she couldn’t help herself.
She got a running start…
The inaugural Chester County Interscholastic Unified Bocce Championship recently brought together special education and general education students for a day of fun and lighthearted competition…
As part of their partnership with Special Olympics Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Eagles hosted a flag-football game with Special Olympics athletes from Chester and Montgomery…
Five Star Senior Living in Exton recently hosted its second annual Summer Olympics.
Participating residents were divided into three teams – Red, White, and Blue – as…
Throughout the year, IceWorks in Aston attracts legions of visitors to Delaware County for ice hockey, ice skating, figure skating, and ice shows.
Though the…
A few branches of the YMCA of Greater Brandywine will host training camps this weekend for the athletes representing Team Pennsylvania in the 2018 Special…
Coatesville native Johnny Weir is gaining recognition as a figure skating commentator at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, writes Patricia Madej for the Philadelphia…
Speed-skating aficionados from Landenberg have found their icy home 90 minutes away at the East Penn Speed Skating Club in Reading, writes Bethany Ao…
Once dismissed as a simple diversion or an unhealthy obsession, depending upon your view of video games, eSports have quickly become a permanent fixture on…
The rise of virtual sports is beginning to show up on the world’s biggest real stage, as French officials publicly acknowledged the possible addition…
Phoenixville High School alum Kevin Negandhi just scored a career-highlighting promotion when ESPN passed him the anchor role for this fall’s ESPN College…
Cochranville native and Octorara Senior High School graduate Cierra Runge’s swimming prowess has taken her from her small slice of Chester County to remote…
Can you suggest non-invasive methods to detect the degree to which a hen’s egg is cooked by boiling?
Or build a “vacuum bazooka…
It started out simply enough.
Collect unwanted items from family and friends, hold a yard sale to hawk those wares, and donate the earnings to…
There had to be something special about Chester County for Biff Piner and his husband, Thomas Crisp, to settle down here.
After all, the co…
QVC just aired its first quarterly drop in U.S. sales this decade, but the fingers are pointing to a handful of massive television distractions…
A West Chester resident is leading the charge in the creation of a $15 million velodrome in Berks County to promote cycling in the region…
For one day, the White House hosted more gold than Fort Knox.
Last Thursday, President Barack Obama opened his home to the 2016 U.S…
While most mutual funds mangers panicked when the markets began to fall after the UK voted to leave the European Union, Gerry O’Reilly, who…
Olympians are indeed a rare breed. Their normal looks nothing like yours and mine.
Swimmers of Olympic caliber can spend up to five hours a…
Summer is almost over. It’s difficult to believe that middle of August is here. This summer flew by quickly. For those of us who…
On Monday, Cochranville’s Cierra Runge, returned as a first-time Olympian and gold medalist to the Jennersville YMCA, the place that taught her how…
By Rachel Stevenson
I’m not an athlete. I’ve never been an athlete. In fact, if you had to pick a word to describe…
Despite its 2-1 loss to Great Britain on Saturday at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the U.S. women’s field hockey team…
Proving that age is truly just a number, the oldest team USA Olympian, Chester County’s Phillip Dutton, has won the bronze medal in eventing…
She anchored Team USA in a preliminary heat victory with the overall top prelim time during the women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay Wednesday morning…
Have you been watching/following the 2016 Olympics in Rio…
The United States women’s field hockey team, consisting mostly of players from the Philadelphia area, has already managed to topple two favorites in the…
Cochranville native Cierra Runge officially punched her ticket to the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro last month.
Now, her family needs your help in…
Swimming World Magazine has put its support behind Cochranville’s swimming star Cierra Runge, listing five reasons why everyone should be watching this first time…
Malvern architect Gil Hanse, designer of the Olympic golf course in Brazil, cannot hide his disappointment at the slew of high-profile golfers who have…
Chester County equestrians Boyd Martin and Phillip Dutton – a pair of transplants from New South Wales, Australia – are heading back to the Olympics.
For the…
Diane Runge laughs at the memory of her oldest daughter’s first swim meet, perhaps now knowing that it was a harbinger of things to…
It is hard to imagine a better and more appropriate person to inspire students entering the challenging world of business and leadership than Bill McNabb…
Chester County Passport Office Simplifies Applications and Renewals
If you are planning a trip abroad this summer, the Chester County’s Passport Office, under the…
Always being the only girl on her school’s Olympics of the Mind competition team helped spur Regan Gallo to pursue her dream and achieve…
United Way of Chester County Nonprofit of the Year
Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry is hosting its 2016 Small Business Dinner this evening…
As first marathons go, Kyle Dawson’s will be a true baptism by fire as the young athlete will run in the Olympic Marathon Trials…
We hope as you enjoy your weekend you’ll also find some time to kick back and survey some of the best writing from around…
In early July, as the European Union and the world’s financial markets teetered, worried about Greece’s possible default, Bill McNabb, CEO & Chairman…
September 10th is the 253rd day of the year leaving 112 days remaining until the end of the year. On this date in 1972, the…
Senator Dinniman Proposes a Real Estate Tax on Natural Gas Pipelines
On June 18, state Senator Andy Dinniman introduced Senate Bill 905 which would allow…
Main Line Today caught up with Chester County’s Denise Day last week, who is heading up the YMCA of Greater Brandywine. This new organization…
The towering Center City Comcast Center completed in 2008 just wasn’t enough.
Now, to go with the gigantic strides Comcast is taking with its…
This April, staff at Dansko in West Grove are doing far more than marketing comfortable, classy shoes.
Dansko’s 170 employee-owners are volunteering at…
Just the thought of being asked to go beyond yourself probably floods your soul with anxiety. Wondering how to muster the strength for anything more…
Some leading indicators are pointing out that kids are in steady decline. My husband is in the medical field and he couldn’t help but…
By Diane Runge
“She wanted to give him a good day, but didn’t think enough about giving him a good life.”
“She wanted to…
As we prepare for yet another massive Nor’easter blizzard with both cabin and spring fever symptoms overlapping, we’ve got the…
As the flame was extinguished at these Winter Olympic Games last night, I was one of the closet saps who shared a tear with Olympic…
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