Mushroom Festival now accepting Cook-off entries
Kathleen Harmon’s Mushroom Taquitos won first place at last year’s Mushroom Cook-off.
KENNETT SQUARE — Mushrooms are the star of the Mushroom Festival’s Amateur Mushroom Appetizer Cook-Off. The challenge for home cooks is to create an appetizer featuring the mushrooms that are commercially grown in Kennett Square, such as button, crimini, portabella, oyster, maitake, and/or shiitake.
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No injuries in Valley garage fire
A blaze engulfs a Valley Township garage in the early morning hours, Sunday, Photo by Katie Simmers
VALLEY — A late-night garage fire consumed a pair of cars and had firefighters from six local fire companies working to contain the blaze, early Sunday.
Emergency responders were called to a garage fire a little after midnight early Sunday at 143 Mineral Springs Road in the township.
The fire was...
Caln to hold National Night Out, Aug. 4
CALN — Township residents and those from neighboring communities are invited to join forces on Tuesday, August 4, with communities nationwide for the 32″d Annual National Night Out crime and drug prevention event. National Night Out is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW) and co-sponsored locally by the Caln Township Police Department, and will involve over 16,540...
Unionville grad named to US junior rowing team
Justin Best is congratulated by USRowing Junior National Team coach Steve Hargis on being named to the national team.
In rowing there is a saying, “Mileage makes champions.” The waters of the Philadelphia area rowing community are propelling one youth rower to the 2015 World Junior Rowing Championship in Rio de Janeiro. Justin Best, a 2015 Unionville High School graduate, is representing the...
Truitt bill seeks to keep services running during budget impasse
State Rep. Dan Truitt (R-156)
While the budget stalemate between Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican state legislature continues, one Chester County legislator is working to keep essential services funded while the political battle goes on in Harrisburg.
State Rep. Dan Truitt (R-156) recently acted to avoid the interruption of key government services that could occur as a result of Gov. Wolf’s recent...
Welsh tabbed for role with National Sheriffs Association
Chester County Sheriff Carolyn Bunny Welsh
WEST CHESTER — Chester County Sheriff, Carolyn Bunny Welsh, has been elected to the position of Sergeant in Arms of the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA). She was sworn into the position at the National Sheriffs’ Association Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. This is the first time a woman has been elected to the executive level of the NSA in the...
World Cup team sheds light on unequal status of female athletes
The ticker tape parade for Team USA was great, but women in sports still get less attention, pay
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
On Friday, the champions of the Women’s World Cup enjoyed what many male athletes before them have come to enjoy after victory…a ticker tape parade in New York City. See, this type of celebration is rarely bestowed upon the fairer sex. In fact,...
What to do: Fun events with regional flare
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The word “unique” is used incorrectly most of the time. It means “one of a kind” — that there is nothing else like it.
The annual BlobFest in Phoenixville is unique — in the correct sense of the word. In the whole world, there is just one BlobFest and it’s held every year right here in Chester County.
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On Stage: Cats, comics, ‘Caveman’ & more
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
“Defending the Caveman” is one of those shows that keeps coming back. No matter how many times the one-man show visits a city; it never seems to hit a saturation point. The actor in the show could come back out for a final bow, exclaim “I’ll be back” and be totally telling the truth.
The wildly popular show was written by Rob Becker...
East Marlborough BOS focuses on zoning & safety
No compromise reached to allow for events at Whitewing Farm
By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, Times of Chester County
EAST MARLBOROUGH – Neighbors of Whitewing Farm who were in attendance at East Marlborough Township’s Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Monday night, and the board objected to any compromise to continue to hold events at the farm.
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