KSQ Council won’t rush into library land deal

By Eliza Mohler, Staff Writer, The Times Mayor Matthew Fetick gives an update on public safety during the July 17 Borough Council meeting. KENNETT SQUARE – Kennett Library tried to play let’s make a deal at last Monday night’s Borough Council meeting, but they didn’t get the prize behind door number two….yet. In order to build a new $10 million facility, library officials need the 22,000-square-foot...

Borough Council invites residents to air concerns

Session will focus on beefs from free-roaming fowl to whatever else surfaces   Borough Council President Leon Spencer By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Why did the chicken cross the road in Kennett Square? Perhaps because its owner didn’t know the rules, borough officials suggest. That possibility is one of the motivating factors behind a community meeting scheduled for...

Kennett receives state grant for student safety

Funding will pay for police officer to work full time in schools By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times The governor’s office announced that Kennett Square will receive nearly $60,000 to fund the first year of putting a police officer in the schools full time. The Kennett Area Consolidated School District is one of 81 beneficiaries statewide of $3.9 million in grants designed...

Father to Borough Council: Heroin is here

Grieving Kennett Square parent showcases drug-awareness crusade By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Members of the Kacie’s Cause team, Luis Tovar (from left) and Andy Rumford chat with Kennett Square Police Chief Edward A. Zunino after Monday night’s anti-drug presentation. The U.S. lost 37,000 lives in 2012 to drug overdoses, 35 in Chester County, which is currently...

Kennett Square mayor finds way to extend thanks

‘Breakfast of Champions’ honors agencies providing valuable borough services  By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Audrey Roper (left), a business associate of Mayor Matt Fetick, helped him with preparations for the Breakfast of Champions. When Matt Fetick became Kennett Square’s mayor, he thought he had a strong command of the terrain. After all, he had resided there...