KAPA to preserve old growth trees in Anson B. Nixon Park
In line with Chester County’s Climate Action Plan, the Kennett Area Park Authority (KAPA) will be preserving approximately 15 old growth ash trees and replanting 125 native species in the current ash grove adjacent to the disc golf course and the main vehicular entrance of Anson B. Nixon Park.
Efforts are necessary now because approximately 200 dead, diseased, and declining ash trees in this...
Love Seed Mama Jump to rock Nixon Park, Sept. 18
KENNETT SQUARE — Rock the Park 2016, a live concert by local sensation Love Seed Mama Jump, is planned for Kennett Square’s Anson B. Nixon Park on Sunday, September 18. The Park gates at North Walnut Road in Kennett Square open at 2 pm.
Due to a huge turnout in 2015, Love Seed Mama Jump is returning for what promises to be another great show that will get the audience up on their feet and dancing....
Kennett, Unionville unite for MLK service day
Students join forces to serve others throughout community in honor of Dr. King
By Suzanne Misciagna, Staff Writer, The Times
A great ending to a morning of hard work as Patton Middle School and Kennett Middle School students unite to clean up Anson B. Nixon Park in honor of MLK Day.
KENNETT – Students in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District and Kennett Consolidated School District honored the...
Kennett supervisors host roundtable to discuss Anson B. Nixon Park
Approvals given for easement payments, parking ordinance advertising, and bikeway payments
Representatives of the Kennett Area Park Authority, Kennett Square Borough Council, and the Kennett Township Board of Supervisors and manager met on Monday evening to discuss the past, present, and future of Anson B. Nixon Park.
By Rick Marts, Correspondent, The Times
KENNETT — The highlight of Monday night’s...
Run for HER 5K run/walk, Oct. 13
KENNETT —There will be a 5K run/walk event, on Oct. 13 at Anson B. Nixon Park, to benefit Unite for HER (UFH), which funds various health and wellness programs for women.
The event, Run for HER 5K, is the brainchild of Julie Hatfield, owner of J Hatfield Fitness and UFH, and the event is a family-friendly event, intended to raise money and awareness on a number of women’s health issues.
Hatfield...
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Brandywine Folk Festival recruiting for next month’s event in Kennett Square
Eager to experience the sights and sounds of a folk festival but short on cash? Organizers of the Second Annual Brandywine Folk Festival have a solution: Volunteer.
The three-day event, presented by the Brandywine Folk Collective, Historic Kennett Square Society, and WXPN, is seeking volunteers for the festival, which will...
