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  • Canoeing down the Brandywine Creek in Beaver Valley
    Environment & Outdoors

    ‘Important Moment in Protecting the Brandywine Valley’: 254 Acres of Wyeth Country Donated to National Park

    February 11, 2026

    Renowned painter Andrew Wyeth captured the beauty of hills, meadows, and wetlands along the Brandywine Creek in Delaware County, near the Pennsylvania-Delaware border. Now, 254…

  • Todd Reeves.
    Education

    Chester County Leadership: Todd Reeves, Executive Director and CEO, Overbrook School for the Blind

    January 27, 2026

    Todd Reeves, Executive Director and CEO of Overbrook School for the Blind, spoke with VISTA Today about growing up in Oregon, where he picked pole…

  • Dan Eisenstadt.
    Real Estate

    Chester County Leadership: Dan Eisenstadt, CEO, Terramed Real Estate Solutions

    December 4, 2025

    Dan Eisenstadt, Founder and CEO of Terramed Real Estate Solutions, spoke with VISTA Today about his earliest experiments in entrepreneurship as a kid in Westchester…

  • Government & Civic Life

    Biden Chooses Neighboring Delaware for His Presidential Library 

    September 13, 2025

    Former President Joe Biden has selected nearby Delaware for his presidential library, write Ruby Cramer and Matt Viser for The Washington Post.  Biden is forming…

  • Jalen Hurts
    Sports

    Eagles Stars Play Merion Golf Course with President Obama, Discussing Leadership and Talking Trash

    November 5, 2024

    Ardmore’s Merion Golf Club hosted a memorable day of golf for Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, running back Saquon Barkley, team owner Jeffrey Lurie, and former…

  • Phebe Hemphill
    Art & Museums

    West Chester Medallic Artist Designs Commemorative Quarter Honoring ‘Queen of Salsa’ 

    October 22, 2024

    West Chester medallic artist Phebe Hemphill designed the commemorative quarter honoring the Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz, writes Rosa Cartagena for The Philadelphia Inquirer.  Hemphill…

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    Government & Civic Life

    Philadelphia Will Host Historic First Presidential Debate: Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump

    August 21, 2024

    Philadelphia will be at the center of the political universe when the National Constitution Center hosts the first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris…

  • Pasture with fence and bales of hay.
    Family

    Weekend Wanderer: A Theory … or a Runaway Imagination

    July 27, 2024

    My son thinks my father-in-law is D.B. Cooper. Yes. The notorious plane hijacker. I would hesitate to say this in print but for two things. …

  • Chris Edley
    Education

    Swarthmore College Grad Chris Edley Influenced Presidents and Transformed a Law School

    May 30, 2024

    Chris Edley, a Swarthmore College graduate, made a huge impact as dean at the UC Berkeley School of Law, and held White House positions under…

  • Deesha Dyer
    Literature

    West Philly Native Deesha Dyer Shares Inspirational Journey to the Obama White House in New Memoir

    May 25, 2024

    When West Philadelphia native Deesha Dyer looks back on her life journey, her path is one that never could have imagined for herself, writes Janelle…

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    Entertainment

    Phoenixville’s Cult Science-Fiction Movie Initiated Spread of the Term ‘Blob’ 

    February 27, 2024

    The Blob, a 1958 cult science-fiction movie filmed in Phoenixville, initiated the spread of the word “blob” into many new contexts, including in science and…

  • Joe Conklin
    Entertainment

    West Chester University Welcomes Legendary Comedian Joe Conklin for Two Performances Next Week

    January 18, 2024

    West Chester University’s Criminal Justice Student Association (CJSA) brings legendary comedian, singer, and entertainer Joe Conklin with the City Rhythm Orchestra to West Chester University…

  • Joe Conklin
    West Chester

    West Chester University Welcomes Legendary Comedian Joe Conklin for Two Performances in January

    January 2, 2024

    West Chester University’s Criminal Justice Student Association (CJSA) brings legendary comedian, singer, and entertainer Joe Conklin with the City Rhythm Orchestra to West Chester University…

  • Aml Ameen as Martin Luther King, left, and Colman Domingo as Bayard Rustin.
    Historic

    Producer Bruce Cohen Talks Making Biopic of West Chester Civil Rights Activist Bayard Rustin 

    November 21, 2023

    On Nov. 20, a galvanizing Bayard Rustin biopic, a West Chester native and gay civil rights activist who organized the 1963 March on Washington will…

  • Barack Obama
    Historic

    Former President Obama Wants to See Memory of West Chester’s Bayard Rustin Restored

    November 4, 2023

    Former president Barack Obama wants to see the memory of Bayard Rustin — a gay civil rights leader from West Chester who was instrumental in…

  • Colman Domingo in Rustin
    Entertainment

    New Book, Movie to Ensure West Chester’s Bayard Rustin Gets ‘Respect and Recognition He Deserves’ 

    September 28, 2023

    West Chester native Bayard Rustin was the chief architect of the 1963 March on Washington but his contributions were mostly tossed aside by history, writes…

  • Government & Civic Life

    For Republicans, Figuring Out Suburbs Key to Winning Elections

    February 3, 2023

    Pennsylvania is rated among the swing states by pundits, with Philadelphia and Pittsburgh standing as Democratic strongholds while rural Pennsylvania is almost exclusively Republican, writes…

  • Nonprofit

    Chester County Leadership: Paula F. McCauley

    May 13, 2021

    Paula F. McCauley, Board Chairperson of The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC), an Audubon-based nonprofit, human services, community-based organization that provides alternative education,…

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