Holiday grief is focus of Chester County church

Calvary Fellowship facilitators of holiday grief seminars for those having lost a loved one due to death or are experiencing separation or divorce plan upcoming sessions, along with additional adult workshops to Help Grieving Children during the holidays. From left are Casey Jones, DivorceCare and Celebrate Victory facilitator, Care Pastor Bob VanArsdale, and David Pinkerton and Mary Derstine, GriefShare...

A great chance to express your love

Valentine’s Day isn’t about gifts, but letting those you love know By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times I was reading an article this weekend about the commercialization of love and how Valentine’s Day is just another “Hallmark” holiday. But, I disagree! I think that February 14th is the perfect opportunity to express your love for all of the special people in your life, not...

What To Do: Dinosaurs to roar into 2016

Plus: New Year’s Eve rocks in Kennett and around the region By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times The Delaware Museum of Natural History presents its Dino Days Festival this coming week. At the end of each year, the Delaware Museum of Natural History (4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, Delaware, 302-658-9111, www.delmnh.org) presents a special event geared for families for the week between Christmas...

Shop With A Cop brings smiles, joy to local kids

As officers from several departments lined a hallway at Walmart, Officer Mike Caby from West Caln Police Department meets his first shopper. 13th Annual event pairs local police with kids to brighten holidays By Lauren Parker-Gill, Staff Writer, The Times COATESVILLE – Local police officers made quite an entrance when they arrived at the Walmart in Parkesburg Saturday, with two school buses full...

Unionville students build holiday cheer for needy kids

Hand-made toy crickets are stored on a rack in the Unionville High School Tech Ed. Department. The toys — which will be given to area boys and girls in need through the U.S. Marines’ Toys For Tots program — are entirely built and designed by the school’s students, a tradition now dating back a decade. EAST MARLBOROUGH — While Santa’s Workshop is justifiably well-known for making...

A Top Ten list for holiday dental health

The holidays can be tough on your teeth, a few tips to keep on smiling By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, The Times First, let me apologize for the long gap between my columns. Family always comes first and sitting down to write just wasn’t on the to-do list in November. The holiday season is all about family and friends. Get-togethers, whether formal or spontaneous, almost always involve...

State Police offer safe driving tips for holiday

The Christmas and New Years holiday season are heavily traveled holidays and the Pennsylvania State Police want everyone to enjoy the holiday season. Pennsylvania State Troopers in Troop J will be closely monitoring highway travel in Chester County over the holiday season especially where analysis has shown higher incidents of serious injury and fatal crashes.    Send article...

The ‘Art of Giving’ along Brandywine Wine Trail

Cynthia Losco’s jewelry is featured at Kreutz Creek Winery. For the last weeks in December, wineries along The Brandywine Artisan Wine Trail Wineries will be celebrating the “Art of Giving” by highlighting a variety of local artists and artisans in their tasting room locations. Every month, The Trail has a different art theme that is interpreted by each of the participating wineries...

What kind of tree are you?

What your Christmas tree says about you By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times If your choice of fashion reveals to the world a bit about who you are…can the same be said for the type of Christmas tree you display at the holidays? Think about it. Do you prefer real or artificial? Colored lights or white lights? Tinsel or popcorn? Star or angel? I might be onto something here. If I didn’t...

Holiday Super Six: gifts galore!

Great ideas for gifts, for you or someone you love By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times It’s December, which means it’s time for my HOLIDAY version of the Sunday Super Six! I have a very glam list for you this month. Some you will want, others (specifically one) you will probably not… My husband has learned over the years that he can never go wrong if he buys me a coat, sneakers, handbag,...