Coatesville
Nestled in the hills of western Chester County 40 miles west of Philadelphia, Coatesville is a city with a rich past and a promising future.
Known for its industrial heritage, it’s a melting pot of cultures. From the historical Lukens Steel Company to modern redevelopment plans, Coatesville’s story is ever-evolving.
Explore our archive of nearly 600 stories about Coatesville’s residents, schools, and businesses below:
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Local Health, Charity Experts Join Coatesville’s Brandywine Health Foundation
A West Chester University dean with public health expertise and a memorial foundation president have joined Coatesville’s Brandywine Health Foundation to spearhead a new youth mental…
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Coatesville’s Sikorsky Delivers First Of S-92 Helicopters To Bristow Helicopters, Ltd.
The craftsmen at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Coatesville are playing an indirect part in search and rescue missions in the United Kingdom. Sikorsky this week…
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Faster Amtrak Trains, Fancier Stations Headed For Chester County
The blur of Amtrak trains speeding across Chester County is only getting faster, but commuters to the city are about to do a double take…
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Sikorsky And Boeing Collaborating On New Army Helicopter
Sikorsky Aircraft, the company who operates an aircraft completion center at Chester County Airport in Coatesville, is collaborating with Boeing to build a helicopter for…
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ArcelorMittal Sees Big Dent In Expected Earnings
ArcelorMittal, the company that owns Coatesville’s steel plate factory, expects a billion-dollar dent in its annual earnings now that the average iron ore price estimate…
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Chester County Awards Grant Money To Six Communities
Six Chester County municipalities will soon be making infrastructure improvements thanks to $2.9 million in Community Revitalization Program (CRP) grants just approved by the Chester…
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Citadel Teaches Financial Principles To Coatesville Children
Citadel is putting financial priorities into practice by partnering with the Coatesville Youth Initiative to teach and model financial savvy. Forty at-risk, low-income youth between…
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Community Dental And Chespenn Health Merge In Coatesville
What health care professionals are touting as “the leading edge of community health care” just might be a good thing for Coatesville residents. Chester County…
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Sikorsky Aircraft Awarded New Black Hawk Helicopter Contract
The United States Air Force has awarded Sikorsky Aircraft a $1.28 billion contract to develop new combat search and rescue helicopters. The four combat rescue…
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Sikorsky Runs Future of Helicopters Challenge For Youth
What will the helicopters look like four decades into the future? Sikorsky Aircraft, which has an aircraft completion center in Coatesville, is giving children ages…
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Two Regional YMCA Organizations Merge Into One YMCA Of Greater Brandywine
The boards of directors of the YMCA of the Brandywine Valley and the YMCA of the Upper Main Line have united into one new regional…
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Development Deal Brings A Piece Of Coatesville’s Future Into Focus
A deal at the center of a vision to revitalize downtown Coatesville has been struck between the city’s redevelopment authority and Legend Properties affiliate DEPG…
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ArcelorMittal Reports Steady First Quarter Financial Picture
Good economic news for local employees of ArcelorMittal’s steel plate production facility in Coatesville. The company last week released first quarter financial figures, which Lakshmi…
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Coatesville Firm Will Assemble New Presidential Helicopter Fleet
The Wall Street Journal announced yesterday that the next fleet of “Marine One” presidential helicopters will be assembled in Coatesville. The $1.24 Billion dollar US…
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Coatesville Retirement Community Earns ‘Best Nursing Home’ Status
Freedom Village Retirement Community in West Brandywine, Chester County, has been given “Best Nursing Home” status from U.S. News and World Report in its sixth…
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Lacommunidad Hispana, Ches-Penn Health Services Receive State Grant Funds
Two Chester County health care facilities recently received state Community-Based Health Care Subsidy Program grants to continue to provide health care services to deserving local…
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West Chester Fabricator Receives DEP Energy Efficiency Grant
The West Chester welding, fabricating and construction firm JGM, Inc. has received a $9,500 grant from Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection. JGM, Inc. is one…
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Chesco Business Yesterday
The railroad bridge over the West Branch of the Brandywine as taken by photographer W. T. Purviance of Philadelphia (circa 1870-1880) and posted on Bridgehunter.com.
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