Meeting on heroin epidemic postponed

Organizers say free presentation will be rescheduled Kacie Erin Rumford A meeting scheduled for Wednesday night, April 30, to raise awareness about the heroin epidemic has been  postponed, its organizers said Wednesday. Andy Rumford, whose 23-year-old daughter, Kacie Erin Rumford, died of a heroin overdose a year ago at their Kennett Square home, founded Kacie’s Cause a short time later to educate...

D.A.: Collaboration needed to end heroin threat

‘We can’t arrest this problem away,’ he said By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Andy Rumford, a grieving father who founded Kacie’s Cause in memory of his daughter, urges an audience in New Garden Township not to ignore the warning signs of heroin abuse. The county’s chief law-enforcement officer had positive and negative updates on the heroin epidemic that has infiltrated...

Raising awareness about regional heroin abuse

Brainstorming session attracts government officials, concerned citizens By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Andy Rumford (center) discusses the heroin problem with New Garden Township Police Chief Gerald Simpson (left) and Kennett Square Police Chief Edward A. Zunino. Think your child is too smart, athletic, or well-adjusted to become addicted to heroin? That’s a dangerously inaccurate...

From heartbreak, crusade to end heroin abuse

Family hopes 23-year-old’s fatal overdose will raise awareness, save lives By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Kacie Erin Rumford died last month of a heroin overdose at her family’s Kennett Square home. They hope to educate the public to spare others from such a tragedy. The 23-year-old Kennett Square woman had an abundance of assets: beauty, intelligence, and compassion. What...