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In Today’s Issue of Downingtown Local Pulse…

☀️ Downingtown PA Weather

⚠️ Road Sign Returns to the Family It Once Guarded

☀️ Uwchlan Township Releases a Daily Outdoor Activity Guide for Kids

🚔 DA Joins Multi-Agency Training Rooted in the Lessons of a School Shooting

🛑 New Stop Signs and Fresh Striping

🏘️ Local Real Estate Listings

🗓️ Upcoming Local Events

UWCHLAN TWP — When Tommy Simpson's family moved to their corner-lot home in Uwchlan Township in 2011, they asked the township to install a "Deaf Child Area" caution sign near their property. Tommy had been born deaf — a surprise to a family with no history of hearing loss — and his parents wanted passing drivers to stay alert while he played outside. With bilateral cochlear implants received just after his first birthday and years of auditory-verbal therapy behind him, Tommy eventually transitioned from the Clarke School for Hearing and Speech into mainstream schooling.

Now 18, he has more than kept pace. A National Honor Society member at Bishop Shanahan High School, Tommy takes a rigorous schedule of honors and AP courses, plays baseball, competes in indoor track, and has been nominated as Secretary of his school's Student Council executive board. As he begins the college application process, he's focused on business with a concentration in supply chain management, and hopes to pursue graduate study in international business.

With Tommy no longer a child in need of the sign's protection, the township retired it — and gave it to him as a birthday gift. What once warned strangers to drive carefully now stands as a record of how far he has come.

UWCHLAN TWP — Uwchlan Township's Historical Commission has released a Children's Summer Outdoor Calendar offering a different Chester County activity for every day in July. The free guide covers everything from visits to Marsh Creek State Park and Anselma Mill to quieter exercises like frog-listening and trail scavenger hunts. Copies are available on the township website, at the township lobby, and at the Edith P. Moore Schoolhouse.

Each day of the month features a different activity, ranging from visits to well-known destinations like Marsh Creek State Park, Hibernia Park, Anselma Mill, and the Struble Trail to smaller, hands-on exercises that require little more than a pencil or a willingness to sit still by a pond. The calendar is designed to encourage children to engage more closely with the landscape around them, with activities that weave together outdoor recreation, local history, and environmental awareness.

WEST CHESTER, PA — Chester County officials convened at West Chester University on June 8 for a multi-day training designed to extract operational lessons from one of the most scrutinized law enforcement failures in recent memory: the response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed.

District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe attended alongside dozens of law enforcement officers and school officials from across the county. By bringing together both law enforcement and school administrators, the training aimed to improve coordination between the two groups in the event of a future emergency — applying federal findings to local protocols before they are ever needed.

UWCHLAN TWP — Drivers passing through the intersection of Rice Boulevard and Wharton Boulevard in Uwchlan Township will encounter traffic improvement work this week. New stop signs are being installed and lane striping is being refreshed at the intersection, with crews expected to be on site through the week. The township is urging motorists to reduce their speed and plan for minor delays while the project is completed.

Coming Soon:
337 W PENNSYLVANIA AVE Downingtown ($319,000)
2725 SHELBURNE RD Downingtown ($450,000)
170 LENORA LN Downingtown ($699,900)
354 BROOKWOOD DR Downingtown ($785,000)
708 DOVER COURT PL Downingtown ($875,000)
334 WASHINGTON AVE Downingtown ($550,000)
334 WASHINGTON AVE Downingtown ($550,000)

Just Listed:
155 MADISON WAY Downingtown ($549,500)
114 ASPEN DR Downingtown ($925,000)
1464 STONINGTON Downingtown ($1,150,000)
55 LILA LN Downingtown ($650,000)
413 BIANCA CIR #126 Downingtown ($335,000)
122 BOLERO DRIVE Downingtown ($1,195,000)
155 MADISON WAY Downingtown ($549,500)
4 MAGNOLIA CT Downingtown ($689,000)
324 CARLYN CT Downingtown ($324,900)
206 DECLAN CT Downingtown ($594,000)
1199 GLENSIDE RD Downingtown ($525,000)
12 PEACH TREE LN Downingtown ($575,000)
208 DECLAN CT Downingtown ($615,000)
303 NORWOOD RD Downingtown ($750,000)
461 NORLAND DR Downingtown ($1,299,000)
281 WOODLAND DR Downingtown ($869,900)
904 VICTORIA CT Downingtown ($989,000)
1199 GLENSIDE RD Downingtown ($525,000)


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Upcoming local events…

West Brandywine Free Movie Night (Downingtown) - June 25, 8:30pm

Car and Bike Show (Downingtown) - June 26, 4pm-11pm

Downingtown Farmers’ Market (Kerr Park) - June 27, 9am-1pm

4th of July BBQ Pig Roast (Downingtown) - July 4, 12pm-3pm

West Bradford Summer Movie Night (Broad Run Park) - July 9, 8:30pm

Summer Pawty (Kerr Park) - July 11, 10am-12pm

EB Food Truck Festival (East Brandywine) - July 11, 5pm-9pm

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