La Comunidad Hispana celebrates 40 years
Honors four key contributors to organization’s growth, success
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
La Comunidad Hispana celebrated its 40th anniversary Thursday evening and honored four key contributors to the organization: from left Shelly Tucker, Peggy Harris, Mary Flores and Margarita Quinones, with LCH Board president Alice Moorhead and Margarita Queralt Mirkil, LCH’s President and CEO.
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Ross announces plans to retire after 2014
Nine-term State Rep. won’t seek reelection; Walker eyed as GOP candidate
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
State Rep. Chris Ross (R-158) announced Tuesday that he wouldn’t seek a 10th term in the statehouse.
EAST MARLBOROUGH — State Rep. Chris Ross (R-158) announced Tuesday that he would not seek a 10th term in the state House of Representatives.
Ross, currently a township resident, has served...
County to smokers: Be a quitter
Free assistance being offered to help kick the habit
In observance of the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov. 21, the Chester County Tobacco-Free Coalition will be distributing 1,000 free “quit kits” to work sites and community-based organizations in Chester County, a news release from the county Health Department said.
Quit kits, tobacco prevention information, and smoking cessation resources...
Exec allegedly embezzled $1.4 million from business
D.A.: Chief financial officer used stolen funds for lavish purchases
Guido R. La Vella, 27, of Gilbertsville, is accused of embezzling more than $1.4 million from his Chester County employer, Taylor Gifts.
To finance a lavish lifestyle that included interacting with the Dave Matthews Band, the former chief financial officer of a Chester County company embezzled over $1.4 million from his employer,...
Aiming to control latest critter scourge
Brandywine Conservancy hosting primer on emerald ash borer
The destructive emerald ash borer has moved into Pennsylvania and has been sighted as near as Montgomery County.
The Brandywine Conservancy and Environmental Management Center invites residents to learn about the latest forest scourge: the emerald ash borer.
This invasive and highly destructive insect has begun to appear in more and more...
Missing Chesco woman found safe in Phila.
The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department said the 23-year-old woman missing from East Goshen Township has been located safely in Philadelphia.
Tammeara Lashay Lowe, who lives in the 1500 block of Valley Drive in East Goshen Township, was last seen leaving her job at the McDonald’s located on Adams Street in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday at 1:38 p.m. Lowe was reported missing by police...
Kennett Kings continue royal ride to semi-finals
Eastern Regional Champs will play Hawaii team Friday morning
After a painful loss Wednesday night to Chitre Little League of Panama – a game that saw their catcher carried out on a stretcher – the fortunes of the Kennett Kings rebounded on Thursday.
With an assist from the team that beat them the night before, the Eastern Regional Champions secured a berth in the semi-finals of the Little League...
Old Fiddlers’ Picnic marks 85th year, Saturday
This year’s event will be held at Hibernia County Park
The Fiddlers’ Picnic will feature the Old Fiddlers’ House Band.
On Saturday, August 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, Hibernia County Park will come alive as hundreds of musicians and music lovers gather to celebrate traditional music at the 85th annual Chester County Old Fiddlers’ Picnic.
The rain date is Sunday, August...
State board revokes Graystone Academy’s charter
School vows to appeal, stay open; district readies for influx of displaced students
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
The back-to-school routine for students at the Graystone Academy Charter School has been upended – at least temporarily — by a decision of the Pennsylvania Charter School Appeals Board to revoke the school’s charter this week.
Capping a year-and-a-half-long process,...
In Kennett Square, novel twist to National Night Out
Historic East Linden District uses event to express gratitude to police
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Borough Council Member Leon Spence (left) chats with Ethan Cramer, a board member of the Historic East Linden Project, during a recent celebration on East Linden Street.
The Historic East Linden District in Kennett Square has seen numerous positive changes in the last 10 years,...
