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...
Kennett family to be honored at diabetes gala
A Kennett Square family, Mark and Roni Heimann, will present the 2015 Fund A Cure speech at the JDRF Delaware Hope Ball: Derby After Dark on Saturday, April 25 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. Mark and Roni’s oldest daughter, Carli, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) when she was 4 years old. Now 16 years old, Carli is a sophomore at Kennett High School, where she plays lacrosse and is...
Carr wins District 4/5 SkillsUSA title
Allison Carr won first place in the district four and five automotive service competition held at Cumberland Perry Area Vocational Technical School. She will advance to compete in the state SkillsUSA Leadership Competition in April.
DOWNINGTOWN — Forty-eight Technical College High School (TCHS) students were awarded medals in the district four and five SkillsUSA competitions held at Cumberland Perry...
State Police Operation Nighthawk nets 162 arrests
State police from numerous stations in and around Chester County teamed up with officers from twenty three municipal police departments to conduct Operation Nighthawk on March 27-28 2015. Operation Nighthawk is a specialized training and enforcement program aimed at reducing impaired driving.
A total of 127 State and Municipal Police Officers participated in the event.
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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...
