For East Linden St., historic new beginnings
Grassroots organization to expand as community development corporation
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Fifth-grade Study Buddies participants Johnnette Boddy (from left), Jalayshia Allen and Aalana Vasquez gleefully surround their helper, Unionville High senior Clark Bingol.
On a typical school day, a passel of beaming elementary students file into the basement of the Bethel...
Tractor trek a benefit for wounded veterans
Cross-country journey to include parade in Kennett Square on Sunday
A parade of classic, antique tractors of all colors, models, and makes will be led through Kennett Square on Sunday by a Honey Brook man in a specially modified 1948 John Deere, dubbed the “Johnabilt” for its retrofitted 1984 Peterbilt cab.
C. Ivan Stoltzfus, a retired farmer and auctioneer, plans to drive his tractor across...
Kennett Square man facing multiple charges
Records show interaction with 3 police departments in less than 24 hours
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A 9-1-1 call for suspicious activity led to the arrest of a 30-year-old Kennett Square resident for burglary and related offenses on Wednesday, April 9, Kennett Township Police said.
Officers were dispatched to the 300 block of Elizabeth Drive at 3:30 p.m., a Kennett Township...
When short stack supports tall cause
Flapjack fund-raiser to benefit Historic East Linden Project
The Historic East Linden Project is holding its annual Flapjack fund-raiser on Saturday, March 15, from 8 to 10 a.m., at the Kennett Applebee’s.
Billed as an opportunity to enjoy a short stack for a tall cause, this fund-raiser will help support the project’s many community programs, organizers said. The project’s success in...
New school resource officer comes full circle
For Kennett High grad, cause for cheering again
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Kennett Square Police Officer Sarah London, the new school resource officer at Kennett High, points to a 2001 photo that shows her on the school’s cheerleading squad.
In the hallways at Kennett High on Wednesday, a woman in blue quietly generated head-turning during an unconventional homecoming...
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...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane: No, it’s a giant mushroom
700-pound spore to descend on borough for New Year’s Eve
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A sketch shows the mushroom that is being fabricated for Kennett Square’s New Year’s Eve celebration.
Move over, Manhattan: Kennett Square is poised to supplant Times Square as the go-to destination for New Year’s Eve.
After all, who wants to watch a boring ball when the...
Police get taste of pizza – and stardom
Officers are guests of honor as East Linden celebrates National Night Out
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A group of presenters from the Historic East Linden Project’s Study Buddies program describe what they learned about the Kennett Square police officers they interviewed.
After being mobbed by young autograph-seekers, Kennett Square Police Chief Edward A. Zunino couldn’t...
Man, 27, accused of heroin, crack deliveries
Kennett Square Police said Wilmington resident traveled to borough to sell drugs
Manlio Morales, 27, is accused of bringing heroin, crack cocaine into Kennett Square borough from Wilmington.
After a several-month investigation by Kennett Square police, a Wilmington man was charged Tuesday with drug offenses, police said Wednesday.
Manlio Morales, 27, faces five counts of delivery of heroin and...
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...
