KEF hosts fun-filled, spooktacular October events
By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times
Attendees at last year’s Kennett Education Foundation Masquerade Ball had a scary good time. Tickets remain available for the event, which helps fund scholarships, grants and special projects in the Kennett Consolidated School District.
KENNETT — The Kennett Education Foundation (KEF) Board of Directors and friends of KEF encourage the greater Kennett...
What To Do: Crafts, sports, home show…and pumpkins!
More than just Halloween stuff to do this October weekend
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
If you love pumpkins, then the Pumpkin Days event at Tyler Arboretum, Oct. 18 & 19 might just be the ticket for you.
These days, it seems that there are pumpkins all around you — big pumpkins, tiny pumpkins, carved pumpkins, huge pumpkins, artificial pumpkins and even illuminated pumpkins.
This...
Longwood Fire Co. open house under the stars, Oct. 23
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Longwood Fire Company’s annual open house will be held for the first time under the stars.
“We wanted to give our constituents a chance to visit our facility and to meet all of our wonderful personnel,” said Chief A. J. McCarthy. “In the past we’ve held the event on a weekend and we know that families have many activities in the fall. We feel it is important for the...
The Great Pumpkin Carve, Oct. 23-25
Carvers hards at work during a previous Great Pumpkin Carve, sponsored by the Chadds Ford Historical Society, Oct. 23 through 25.
CHADDS FORD — Anyone over the age of 40 likely remembers the television special “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” which aired on October 27, 1966 and became a smash hit, with whimsical scenes of kids carving jack o’lanterns accompanied by the inspired...
What To Do: Friends Fall Fest, WC Chili Cookoff
Mid-Oct. weekends are full of fun and local activities
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The will be a reenactment of a early 19th Century Quarker wedding as part of the the Friends Fall Festival at the Downingtown Friends Meeting, Oct. 11.
Locally, fall festivals are usually festive events that celebrate topics such as pumpkins, bountiful harvests, apples and autumn foliage. This weekend,...
NOPE event slated for Unionville High, Oct 15
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Did you know that in 2013, there were more than 24 heroin overdose deaths in Chester County? Or that one in five teens has abused prescription drugs? NOPE (Narcotics Overdose Prevention and Education) Task Force of Chester County is providing an educational presentation on the dangers of substance abuse for parents and community members on Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m.
The event...
Women’s Night at The Market, Oct. 9
KENNETT SQUARE — The Market at Liberty Place will play host to the 1st Annual Women’s Night at The Market from 6:30 – 8:30 PM on Thursday October 9th. 10% of all proceeds during the gathering will be donated towards The Delaware Breast Cancer Center and Unite for Her, a charity that works with women dealing with breast cancer. In addition to the donations, all guests will receive gift bags,...
What To Do: Unionville Fair, Chester County Day
And a frightening selection of scary October fun
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
From the community arts and crafts and agriculture competitions to tractors, farm animals and, of course, the food, there’s nothing quite like the Unionville Fair, which runs this weekend.
The annual Unionville Community Fair (Routes 926 and 82, Unionville, http://www.ucfairinc.org) is a fund-raising...
County-wide hazardous waste collection, Oct. 11
WESTTOWN — All 73 Chester County municipalities are hosting a Household Hazardous Waste and Computer Collection Event for Chester County residents on Saturday, October 11 at the Government Services Center, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester, PA 19380.
The collection site will be open at 9:00AM and will close at 3:00PM sharp. This event is not for businesses and contractors.
Residents may bring...
Free lecture on history of Martin Guitars
EAST MARLBOROUGH — There will be a free lecture on the history of the Martin Guitar, Pennsylvania’s most famous guitar maker, by Dick Boak, Thursday, Oct. 2 at Unionville High School.
Although the lecture is free, it is asked that those interested reserve spots at the event at http://hadley-memorial-fund.ticketleap.com
The story behind one of America’s most famous guitars began on...
