On Stage: No Good Sister sings it at The Flash

Kennett Square’s Dream Catchers featured in ‘Young Stars at the Queen’ By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times On April 3, it’s time for Good Friday at churches all throughout the area. On April 4, it’s time for No Good Sister at a club in Kennett Square. The Flash (102 Sycamore Alley, Kennett Square, 484-732-8295, http://www.kennettflash.org) is celebrating the Easter Weekend...

Police arrest alleged heroin trafficker

Allegedly operated out of Route 82 barbershop in Coatesville By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times COATESVILLE — City police say they’ve put a stop to a heroin and crack cocaine trafficker, allegedly operating out of a West Side barber shop, making an arrest Tuesday and executing search warrants in multiple locations. Police, working with the Chester County District Attorney’s Office, Caln Township...

Unionville tennis beats Great Valley, 5-2

Strong doubles performance aids renewed bid for Ches-Mont American title Unionville High School boys’ tennis team captain Zeyad Zaki serves. The Indians are off to an 8-0 start for the 2015 season. Another strong performance from the doubles helped the Indians clear the biggest hurdle for winning back the Ches-Mont American and the overall league title.   Great Valley’s Nikhil Gangoli...

A better life is the best revenge after a breakup

Getting even isn’t as satisfying as figuring out what you want from life and making it happen By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times After divorce, separation, or an especially nasty breakup we’ve all had those moments where we start taking the lyrics to Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” a little too seriously. But will keying their car, burning their clothes, or smashing the expensive...

Art Watch: Celebrating 10 years of local art

Cheers to The Longwood Art Gallery in Kennett Square! By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times In Kennett Square,  The Longwood Art Gallery, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary with “The Art of Glass” featuring the light-filled glass works of Lore Evans, Lisa Sabol and Don Jost April 3-35.  Lore Evans, of the Glass Gallery in Chadds Ford, feels that “each sheet of glass has its own point...

Rt. 52 Lenape Bridge slated for 3-day closure

PennDOT plans to resurface century-old bridge ahead of Rt. 926 bridge replacement The Lenape Bridge will close Wednesday for resurfacing and is expected to be reopened Friday afternoon. POCOPSON – The bridge over the Brandywine Creek is closing April 1. And no, that’s not an April Fools joke. The good news for local residents, though, is that in this case the closure will last just three days...

On Your Table: Having Eggs for Easter? Try Farm-Fresh Eggs

Happy, well-fed hens make for tastier, more nutritious eggs By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times The hundreds of varieties of laying hens produce eggs of all colors and sizes — far beyond the white varieties most common in local supermarkets. Here are a few. Eggs are synonymous with Easter, with 522 million projected to be consumed during the Lenten and Eastertide period in the US...

On Target with Lilly Pulitzer

Collaboration between store, designer sure to be a winner By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times I have written in the past about my obsession with Target/designer collaborations. But this one, my friends, promises to be HUGE. Lilly Pulitzer for Target will debut on April 19th (which happens to be my son’s birthday..do you think he’ll wake up at 4:00am to wait in line with me?) and is sure...

Hatred can’t be justified by faith

It was wrong to use the word of God to discriminate 160 years ago, and it’s wrong now By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times We live in an increasingly extreme world. The Internet, for all of it’s blessings, tends to confirm the fictional, outlandish and wacky as truths, when anything like a careful analysis of facts would shred them into little more than a cloud of dust. One day, you may hear from...

What To Do: Ride the rails with the Easter Bunny

Anime in Lancaster, Wine Trail and Wyeth exhibit enjoy final weekend By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times The Easter Bunny will be riding the rails all over the region this weekend, including with the West Chester Railway. Easter is just a week away and that means that the Easter Bunny’s appearance schedule is shifting into high gear. He will be at “Easter Egg Hunts” all around the area...