{"id":8740,"date":"2015-01-01T10:53:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T15:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=8740"},"modified":"2015-01-01T15:28:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:28:56","slug":"ringing-in-the-new-year-chester-county-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=8740","title":{"rendered":"Ringing in the New Year &#8211; &#8216;Chester County style&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Mushroom Drop draws big crowd<\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong> in second year<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[slideshow_deploy<i> id=&#8217;8741&#8242;]<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>By Kim Chiomento<\/strong>,<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Staff Writer,\u00a0The Times<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8757\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MushroomDrop2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8757\" class=\"wp-image-8757 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MushroomDrop2014-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"MushroomDrop2014\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MushroomDrop2014-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/MushroomDrop2014.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The now nationally-famous, giant illuminated &#8216;Midnight in the Square&#8217; mushroom leading Chester County&#8217;s countdown to 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 Mushroom mania was alive and well during the second annual \u2018Midnight in the Square\u2019 New Year\u2019s Eve celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of revelers, of all ages, packed historic Kennett Borough bringing a jubilant, family-friendly street scene to life. Dancing, cheering for the now nationally famous giant-illuminated-mushroom, and wide-eyed children could be seen everywhere.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Estimates from organizers, The Mushroom Festival Inc., were that the expected crowd would be nearly double in size over the event\u2019s debut last year; approaching nearly 10,000 attendees.<\/p>\n<p>If you were not\u00a0able to attend, (or would like to relive the count-down to 2015!) simply click on the <em>The Times\u2019<\/em> FaceBook page link where you can watch a\u00a0live video from last night\u2019s mushroom drop: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheTimesOfChesterCounty.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14442\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/two.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14442\" class=\"wp-image-14442 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000; margin: 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/two-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"two\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">New Year&#8217;s Eve in the heart of historic Kennett Square Borough<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>We are also pleased to share the above slide show capturing just a sampling of the evening\u2019s spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year and thank you for reading <em>The Times<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mushroom Drop draws big crowd in second year [slideshow_deploy id=&#8217;8741&#8242;] By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer,\u00a0The Times KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 Mushroom mania was alive and well during the second annual \u2018Midnight in the Square\u2019 New Year\u2019s Eve celebration. Thousands of revelers, of all ages, packed historic Kennett Borough bringing a jubilant, family-friendly street scene to life. 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