Art Watch: John Hannafin
Pre-holiday arts and craft shows start to pop up around the county, too
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
This week begins with a Pop up show at Galer Estate Winery featuring the vividly colorful and expressionistic paintings of popular local artist John Hannafin.
The pictured downtown West Chester winter scene is a show stopper- what a perfect Christmas card! It has the warmth and nostalgia of a...
Democrats, Republican team for UCF school board ‘fusion’ ticket
Former county jury commissioner Brookes to run with Do, Lindner for in 2015
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Bev Brookes, left, a former area leader for the Chester County Republican Committee announced Tuesday she would run for Board of Education with current incumbent Democrats Greg Lindner and Kathleen Do.
CHADDS FORD — In a bid to create a non-partisan, “fusion” ticket, two incumbent Unionville-Chadds...
Kennett Square’s proposed ’15 budget hikes wages, taxes, and fees
Council appoints high school student Tony Gomez as ‘Junior Council Person’
By Rick Marts, Correspondent, The Times
Kennett Square Borough Council President Leon Spencer (center) administers the Junior Council Person pledge to new council member Tony Gomez, a junior at Kennett High School, with his aunt, Perla Bustos, holding the Bible.
On Monday night, Acting Borough Manager Joe Scalise...
Raffle planned to aid family of shooting victim
Jacinda Miller
Friends and area residents are setting up a fund to aid the family of Jacinda Miller, the woman shot to death at the Brandywine YMCA Nov. 5 — and plan a raffle for Dec. 3, to benefit her two sons.
”The need is immediate,” said a close friend, in a statement issued by the group Friends of Jacinda. ”The oldest is a Senior in high school and will need help with college expenses...
UCFSD students continue to excel
District presents high-flying 2014 student achievement report
By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The regular Unionville-Chadds Ford school board meeting held Monday night was full of test acronyms, measurements, percentages and rankings along with discussions of how to continue growth for students, especially when there is not much more room to increase scores for advanced...
Good Stuff: Positive news from Downingtown to Kennett
“Good Stuff’ is back; highlighting positive happenings around Chester County packaged in a fun, easy-to-read-format. Got ‘good stuff’ to share? Like what you see? Let us know: email kim@chescotimes.com. (Submissions due by 15th and 30th monthly; all content subject to editorial review.)
Red Devil Pride: Avon Grove High’s Robert Evans, Anna Wright, Kira Russell and Adam Gaerity recently...
Kim K’s new pix are eye rollers
Kardashian is famous and successful, but I don’t know why
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
Behold the picture that was to “break the internet!” Except, it didn’t. I wish that I had an eye-rolling emoji because it would be inserted right here:
Wait. How did that get there? (Sometimes you have to go old school and use emoticons, the precursor to emoji. Ed.)
Wow....
Kennett Blue Rocks win men’s Senior Fall Classic
The Kennett Blue Rocks, a local baseball club based in Kennett Square, won the American Division 52 and over age bracket championship in the 2014 annual Men’s Senior Baseball League “Fall Classic” held in Clearwater and Dunedin, Florida. This is the third tournament championship for a Kennett based Men’s Senior Baseball League team (Kennett won the 38 and over age bracket title in 1998 and...
Caln man charged in gun threats
Leon Rathburn
CALN — Police arrested a township man after it is alleged he threatened another man with a gun over a parking dispute, Thursday.
On Thursday evening, a little after 8 p.m., police said a pizza delivery driver reported that he had been threatened by a man with a handgun after a parking dispute. There was no mention of attempted robbery and police say they do not think the incident...
What To Do: National Dog Show in Oaks
Also: Jazz By Night in Media, Comic-Con and more
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The National Dog Show will be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Nov. 15 and 16.
The phrase “going to the dogs” usually has a somewhat negative connotation — but not always. This weekend, there will be an event that has definitely “gone to the dogs” and that’s a good thing....
