Bass fishing tournaments resume June 17
Howdy Benner, along with Chris & Kim Urban, Howard John and Linda Taylor, all of Chester County, will again spearhead TNT – Tuesday Night Tournaments — which kicks off the 2014 season on June 17.
This bass fishing tournament on Marsh Creek Lake is held every Tuesday nights through Aug. 27.
This is an open event with a $30 fee and $10 for a Lunker entry. The tournament runs from 6 pm –...
Coatesville Farmers Market opens June 4
New home at Brandywine Hospital, new vendors for 2014
COATESVILLE – The Coatesville Farmers Market is opening Wednesday, June 4 in its new location at the Brandywine Hospital. The Farmers Market Association is excited to welcome Brandywine Health Foundation, and the Brandywine Hospital as its new partners.
This season’s vendors will include Botanical Bubbles, Sunset Park, Nomadic Pies, Vollmecke...
‘Beauty and The Beast, jr.’ at KHS, June 6 & 7
KENNETT SQUARE — The Carousel Performing Arts Center will present its full length musical production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast, Jr.” on June 6 and 7 at Kennett High School. Bringing this tale as old as time to life are over 50 talented students from the Avon Grove, Kennett, Red Clay and Unionville-Chadds Ford School Districts.
There will be two performances: on Friday, June 6 at...
Unionville & Kennett host breakfast, June 7
EAST MARLBOROUGH — One again the administrations of the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District and Kennett Consolidated School District will team up for a free community breakfast, Saturday, June 7 at Unionville High School.
The event will be held in the Unionville High School Cafeteria and coincides with the Kennett/Unionville Relay for Life fundraiser.
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Exton library celebrating do-it-yourselfers
Family-friendly Mini Maker Fair scheduled for Saturday
On Saturday, May 17, the Chester County Library in Exton will be holding its Fourth Annual Community Day, and for the second year in the a row, the theme will be a Mini Maker Fair – a place to celebrate the process of learning and doing.
It will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Last year, the Chester County Library’s Mini Maker Fair attracted more...
What to do: Dogwood Fest, fish rodeo, Willowdale and more
With Spring in full swing, fun to be found all around the county
By Denny Dyroff, Correspondent, The Times
When May arrives, the trees in the area come alive with their vibrant spring colors — especially the dogwoods, azaleas and magnolias.
Every year, one of these species of trees is subject of a special celebration when Phoenixville presents its annual Dogwood Festival. The festival, which...
Museum now flooded with plants for annual sale
Overflowing Brandywine swept away some stock, but it was recovered
After the Brandywine Creek overflowed into the parking lots of the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art on May 1 – the third highest water level ever recorded – the museum will be flooded with plants this weekend.
The 33rd Annual Wildflower, Native Plant & Seed Sale will proceed as planned on Saturday, May 10, and Sunday,...
Coatesville workshop on student trauma offered
Free session designed to help reverse impact on school performance
On Saturday, May 10, a free public workshop on how emotional and psychological trauma impacts school performance will be held at Greater Deliverance Church in Coatesville from 9:00 a.m. until noon.
A joint effort of the Coatesville Area NAACP and OneVoice for CASD, the workshop will cover the causes of emotional and psychological trauma...
Public invited to pay tribute to fallen heroes
FOP to host 11th Annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service on May 7
Chester County FOP Lodge 11’s annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service typically does double-duty: It serves as a prelude to National Police Week and affords both members of law-enforcement and the public an opportunity to pay tribute to Chester County’s fallen heroes.
This year’s memorial service will be held on Wednesday, May...
Meeting on heroin epidemic postponed
Organizers say free presentation will be rescheduled
Kacie Erin Rumford
A meeting scheduled for Wednesday night, April 30, to raise awareness about the heroin epidemic has been postponed, its organizers said Wednesday.
Andy Rumford, whose 23-year-old daughter, Kacie Erin Rumford, died of a heroin overdose a year ago at their Kennett Square home, founded Kacie’s Cause a short time later to educate...
