Good morning, West Chester.

Chester County’s October calendar offers plenty of community events from Oct.

2 Unionville Community Fair to the West Chester Halloween Parade on Oct. 28 — residents can enjoy family-friendly cook-offs, pumpkin carvings, Oktoberfest festivities, and local fairs across various boroughs throughout the month.

Downingtown inventor Nigel Farrow developed Farrow Flow's patented insert that spins straight-line airflow into a vortex—improving blasting, paint, and coating systems by 25 percent.

The locally made product will reach customers worldwide while cutting media, fuel, and time use.

Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown’s West Chester factory now builds the Zeen—a walker-wheelchair hybrid that lets users shift between sitting and standing—and serves both adults and children in everyday settings.

Exokinetics Inc. assembles each unit from hundreds of parts as production grows to 500 a month.

The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District has named Dr. Kyle Brun as the new principal of Charles F.

Patton Middle School — he will start on or before Nov. 23 after a unanimous board approval.

THE POINT wrapped its free summer program that served 572 students in Parkesburg and now is open for fall registration, volunteer roles, and review of its 2025 Annual Report.

Neighbors can support the youth center that offers sports, STEM, art, and career pathways.

The Stroud family's work has preserved 571 acres at Stroud Preserve in West Chester for hiking and wildlife watching.

Natural Lands hosts regular volunteer events and the Stroud Water Research Center in Avondale continues to lead freshwater research & keep our water clean.

Drivers in West Caln Township face detours from Oct.

12 through Nov. 13 while Old Wilmington Road is closed 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for milling and paving; motorists should use Sandy Hill Road, Route 340 (Kings Highway) and Ash Road during the weather-dependent work by Pennsylvania American Water.

Widener football head coach Mike Barainyak took part in the Buccaneers National Coaching Academy in Florida last week after being chosen as one of 25 coaches from over 3,000 applicants and plans to bring new training ideas back to his team.

Phillies interim manager Don Mattingly stretched closer Jhoan Duran in Tuesday's playoff Game 1 in Atlanta — a move that led to an eighth inning collapse and casts uncertainty on his future with the team.