Black patriot focus of history presentation
Program on Edward ‘Ned’ Hector to be held at Exton library
Noah Lewis will present a program at the Chester County Library to celebrate Black History Month.
He was a black patriot who fought in the Battle of the Brandywine, and he was held in such high regard by his Conshohocken community that a street bears his name.
In honor of Black History Month, the Chester County Library will present...
Free resources offered to unemployed, underemployed
Two programs are designed to help job-seekers succeed
Free online resources for job-seekers will be the focus of a newly expanded employment assistance support and networking group for the unemployed and underemployed, and a free workshop on interviewing will be offered by the Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center.
The employment-assistance support group will meet from 7 to 8:30...
Get the dirt on composting techniques
Free county class even offers certification opportunity
Dishing the dirt in an environmentally responsible way is one positive offshoot of a new free class.
The Chester County Board of Commissioners, through the Chester County Solid Waste Authority, is offering a Certified Master Composting Class at two county locations. Attendance is required for one class a week for all three weeks to receive...
Kennett High to host top area musicans, Jan. 26
KENNETT SQUARE — Kennett High School is hosting top musicians from 35 high schools in the southeast Pennsylvania region who will perform a variety of music on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. in the school’s auditorium.
Each year, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 12 selects musicians who come together for a short time to practice and perform a concert. Dr. M. Gregory...
Support offered to families with loved ones in system
New group aims to provide empathy, resources
A new support group aims to help families who have a loved one in the juvenile, county, state or federal justice systems.
If you have a loved in the juvenile, county, state, or federal justice system, you are not alone, and a new support group wants to ensure that you have access to needed resources.
A collaboration of the Coatesville Youth Initiative,...
Kennett fund-raiser taps into craft beer fervor
Historic Kennett Square is brewing up a winter beer festival.
Winterfest to feature offerings from at least 25 craft breweries
Historic Kennett Square is brewing another appetizing opportunity for craft beer lovers: the first annual Kennett Winterfest.
Modeled after the popular Kennett Brewfest, a fund-raiser held in September that usually sells out, Winterfest will enable participants to partake...
Warm up winter with hot film slate at the Flash
KENNETT SQUARE — The Kennett Independent Film Series has another series for four films planned for the winter, all available for screening in the cozy confines of the Kennett Flash:
The Intouchables on Thursday, January 17
The skinny: A feel-good French buddy film that broke box-office records around the world.
The plot: After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat...
County recycling venture searching for home
Nonprofit will provide unused furnishings to those in need
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
About five years ago, a successful, charitable endeavor that recycled unwanted furniture to needy families ceased operating in the county because it lost its lease and was unable to find a new, affordable warehouse.
Now, another group is trying to fill that void, and experiencing a similar...
Upland students spread holiday cheer
Students from various grade levels worked to make for happier holidays for the families of the Tick Tock Early Learning Center in Avondale, delivering food, supplies and gifts to the needy families served by the center.
EAST MARLBOROUGH – During the weeks before Christmas, students, staff and families at Upland Country Day School participated in an Adopt-a-Family program to provide gifts and...
Candlelight vigil planned in Kennett, Friday
KENNETT — Local residents plan to gather Friday evening with a candlelight vigil for the victims of the shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The event starts, in memory of those lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School, will run from 6 – 7 pm. Those participating are asked to meet on the 400 block of Center Street in Kennett Square, on the sidewalks around the Mary D. Lang Kindergarten Center. People...
