County permanently preserved 1,240-plus acres in 2024
The 89-acre Kestrel Hill Preserve, one of the preservation initiatives completed through the Chester County Open Land Preservation Partnership Program in 2024.
Chester County Parks + Preservation announced this week the total number of acres preserved in 2024. Through partnerships with municipalities, conservancies and the state, more than 1,240 acres were confirmed as permanent open space in 2024...
Inner Nature: Party Season
By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times
Tipple. The season is the reason. Well, with party season behind us now, let’s delve into the ubiquity of alcohol during the holidays. It is considered a conversational lubricant and socially acceptable to drink in a group setting, but it is considered a problem when someone drinks alone without an interlocutor, or for the purpose of getting drunk. It can also...
What To Do: Celebrating the Year of the Snake
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Year of the Snake
With temperatures dipping into the low teens and occasionally into single digits, the best choice for weekend activities is an indoor event.
Fortunately, the weekend calendar features indoor events including an array of Lunar New Year events, a movie screening, a Swedish mid-winter meal, tastings at local wineries, a huge horticultural...
Westtown organization seeks historic marker for neglected black cemetery
The only remaining gravestone from Westtown Shiloh AME Church and Cemetery. The marker is that of Alfred Bye, a US Colored Troops soldier who served in Company A, 32nd PA regiment. Photo by James Guterl
More than 200 years ago, a Westtown church was the center of a vibrant Black community, the Westtown Shiloh AME Church. It is estimated that at least 140 congregants are buried in the adjacent cemetery...
On Stage; Comedy comes to Candlelight
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
John Poveromo
Area comedy fans are always eager to attend live performances of stand-up comedy but are not overly enthused about having to go to Philadelphia to do it. Unfortunately, most of the comedy clubs are located in and around Center City.
Fortunately for those fans, there is one night a month when they can attend a show featuring top-flight...
CCEDC projects positive economic outlook for 2025
CEO of Key Financial, Inc. Patti Brennan, CFP; CCEDC Senior Vice President of Business Development Services MaryFrances McGarrity; Director/Senior Investment Advisor for Truist Foundations & Endowments Specialty Practice Dianne P. Manges, CFA.
On the heels of the U.S. Presidential Inauguration, the region’s longest-running economic outlook event was presented Wednesday by the Chester County Economic...
UCFSD students work together for MLK Jr. National Day of Service
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District students work on community projects on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s actions and words continue to inspire us, reminding us of his enduring challenge: “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’”
On Monday, January 20, students, families and staff of UCFSD’s four elementary schools—...
Gillen announces run for county controller
Vince Gillen and family
Vince Gillen has officially announced his candidacy for Chester County Controller. He brings decades of government and financial experience to the race for this critical role.
As a dedicated public servant with close to two decades of experience in public service and financial oversight, Gillen has spent his career ensuring accountability, transparency, and fiscal responsibility...
Kennett Sq. Rotary announces closure
Monday morning, the Kennett Square Rotary announced its closure after 75 years.
Here is the formal statement:
“With pride and sadness, we announce our closure after 75 years of dedicated service to the community.
“Chartered in 1949, the Rotary Club of Kennett Square is the first and longest-standing Rotary club in Kennett Square. Since our inception, we have fostered two other local clubs....
Sometimes, the best way to respond is with silence
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgann.bsky.social
If you read social media, as I do, there is a lot of doom posting about the return of Donald Trump to the White House.
And yes, for those of us not in the billionaire class, it is likely going to suck on some level for most of the next four years. Yes, Trump is corrupt, incompetent and wildly immoral. And, of course, a convicted felon.
A lot...
