Brandywine Valley SPCA seeks families for shelter pet holiday sleepovers
NEW CASTLE, DE.— The Brandywine Valley SPCA (BVSPCA) announced today that the organization is looking for families to host shelter pets for holiday sleepovers. The sleepovers consist of a short-term foster arrangement in which a dog or cat currently available for adoption at one of the BVSPCA’s shelters stays with a family temporarily for a duration of a few days up to a week.
“This is a great...
LCH Women’s Health Center bring support holiday support for expecting moms
Teri Noone facilitates holiday crafts during a group visit at LCH earlier this month.
WEST GROVE — The break room in LCH’s (La Comunidad Hispana) Women’s Health Center was filled with holiday music, crafts and laughter as a cohort of moms-to-be, currently in their first trimester, met for their second session, 16-18 week appointment last week. LCH kicked off Centering Pregnancy in July 2019...
Greenmore Farm Animal Rescue to hold open house, Dec. 22
Greenmore Farm Animal Rescue in West Grove is inviting the public to tour their facility, meet their adoptable animals and enjoy seasonal treats by a bonfire on Sunday, December 22, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Greenmore will have gifts such as baseball caps and mugs available for purchase to benefit the organization.
“We’re excited to show off our adorable adoptable dogs and will...
Vet finds path to new, better life after treatment at Coatesville VA
Anthony Brown
COATESVILLE — Anthony Brown, a 61-year-old double amputee-Veteran, prepares for his departure to live out in the community after two years of care and treatment at the Coatesville VA Medical Center.
Brown arrived at Coatesville in early 2018 to begin treatment and recovery after losing both of his feet to frostbite while he was homeless and living in an abandoned house during December...
Candlelight vigil planned to remember Sandy Hook victims
CHESTER SPRINGS — Volunteers with the Pennsylvania chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, will gather Saturday, Dec 14th with community members for an event to honor the seven-year mark of the Sandy Hook School shooting, which took the lives of 20 children and six educators, as well as all victims and survivors of gun violence. Events are being held...
The Movement to hold public meeting, Dec. 10
The Movement Community Development Corporation (CDC) will hold its second and final public meeting on December 10th at 630 PM at the New Life Christian Fellowship 1 South 5th Avenue. The meeting is part of the process of applying for Keystone Communities status with the Commonwealth’s Department of Community and Economic Development.
The CDC is holding public hearings to test the goals and...
Mushroom Farmers to unveil ‘Philly Port Sandwich’ at Pa. Farm Show
Taste the delicious, nutritious new Philly Port Sandwich from Mushroom Farmers of Pennsylvania at the 2020 PA Farm Show.
AVONDALE — After ringing in the New Year, festivities will continue at the 2020 PA Farm Show, January 4-11 in Harrisburg, featuring the state’s number-one cash crop, Pennsylvania mushrooms. Delicious, nutritious and highly versatile, mushrooms feature prominently at America’s...
Santa to make annual visit to Longwood area, starting Dec. 8
Santa has scheduled his yearly arrival trips on a Longwood Fire Company truck.
“It’s that time of you year again for Longwood Fire Company to escort our buddy, Santa, to hand out candy canes to all of our residents in the area,” said Longwood Fire Chief A. J. McCarthy.
All of the trips begin at 8:30 a.m. Santa will visit areas served by Longwood’s fire and rescue service. Santa’s schedule:
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What To Do: Holiday season kicks into high gear with celebrations in Kennett, Downingtown
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Holiday Light Parade in Kennett
The holiday season will officially arrive in Kennett Square on November 29 when Downtown Kennett Square hosts the town’s annual Holiday Light Parade (Downtown Kennett Square, 610-444-8188, www.historickennettsquare.com).
Festivities begin at 6 p.m. with dance performances by Longwood Dance Studio and the parade scheduled...
What To Do: Thanksgiving? Pshaw. Bring on the Christmas events!
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Longwood Gardens
It’s countdown time for Thanksgiving 2019 and the number of days left is in single digits. And we all know that Thanksgiving is the traditional “unofficial” start of the Christmas holiday season – even though the season commercially “started” when Christmas items were being stocked on stores’ shelves on Labor Day Weekend.
Longwood...
