Pratolas, Hopkins named Grand Marshall for Memorial Day Parade

Fred Patrola, pictured in the years just after World War II, is one of three local residents named as Grand Marshall of the annual Memorial Day Parade in Kennett Square. KENNETT — World War II veterans Michael B. Pratola, Jr., Fred Patrola, Sr., and Robert Hopkins, Sr. were selected as this year’s Grand Marshals for the Kennett Square Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 25. They will lead the...

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...

KSQ’s Garage ‘birthday gifts’ await kids

Local kids shoot, score…and ‘WIN!’ By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times (Foreground) KHS’ Midfield players Cedric Jones & Chris Brooks along with KHS’ Attack players (background) Logan Hunt & Ben Gaver assemble new indoor lacrosse equipment. KENNETT – The arrival of March for many kids means dusting off lacrosse gear, hitting bounce-backs or excitedly...

KSQ extends Cannery Row conditional use hearing

Spencer criticizes library’s name change By John Gondol, Correspondent, The Times As construction winds down on Magnolia Place, Kennett Square officials are looking at an application for a project nearby on Saw Mill Road. KENNETT SQUARE – Borough Council decided to leave the record open regarding the conditional use hearing for a multiple use development located in both the borough and township,...

New name: Kennett Public Library

KENNETT SQUARE — The Bayard Taylor Library is getting a new name: The Kennett Public Library, it was announced Thursday. With a new building in the works and a changing mission in the community, the library’s board of directors decided it was time to update the name of the facility as well. “We here at the Library have been staying busy,” library officials said in an email to local...

Wings for Success holds KSQ grand opening

‘Outfitting’ women with confidence & hope By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times One of the many stylish, work appropriate outfits available to Wings for Success clients. KENNETT – The unassuming Wings for Success office, situated quietly at 457 Birch Street, has an amazing story to tell.  For disadvantaged women of Southern Chester County, it is a life-line; a place to regain confidence,...

Fund started to help victims of Kennett Sq. NYE fire

A tragic fire on New Year’s Eve left a Kennett Square family homeless and without even the basic necessities. The community is coming together to help this family restart its life. KENNETT SQUARE — A New Year’s Eve fire left Shanté Maxwell’s family shaken and displaced, but the greater Kennett community is coming together to help them put their lives back together. A fund has been established...

Devastating New Year’s Eve fire in Kennett Square

Historic Linden St. structure burns just before midnight By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times Emergency responders battle the fire at 200 and 202 E. Linden Street, Kennett Square Borough KENNETT SQUARE – As thousands rang-in the New Year during Historic Kennett Square Borough’s Midnight in the Square celebration, just one block away (and unbeknownst to many attending) a devastating fire was...

Ringing in the New Year – ‘Chester County style’

Mushroom Drop draws big crowd in second year [slideshow_deploy id=’8741′] By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times The now nationally-famous, giant illuminated ‘Midnight in the Square’ mushroom leading Chester County’s countdown to 2015. KENNETT SQUARE — Mushroom mania was alive and well during the second annual ‘Midnight in the Square’ New Year’s Eve celebration. Thousands...

What To Do: Mushroom Drop, Mummers top New Year’s Eve

And for those still looking to get their Christmas on, many local events this weekend By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Chester County’s newest — and arguably already best-known — New Years Eve celebration is the Mushroom Drop, as part of Kennett Square’s Midnight in The Square celebration. While New York may have its crystal ball, Key West, a giant shoe, and Philadelphia has...