Penns Woods Jazz & Wine Festival, May 19

CHADDS FORD — Music, great wine and great food and fabulous shopping are just some of the reasons to mark May 19 on your calendar as the date of the date of the second annual Penns Woods Winery Wine & Jazz Festival. You can enjoy wines from your favorite local wineries while mingling with wine makers. Shop from local artisans, enter to win from more than 20 raffle prizes, attend wine seminars,...

Farm Bureau aims to stay grounded

Annual banquet topics run gamut from chips to ticks By Kathleen Brady Shea, Special to KennettTimes.com Joe Fecondo, the local Farm Bureau's vice president (from left); Ed Herr, president of Herr's; Thomas Matthews, a Farm Bureau board member; and Dan Miller, the bureau's board president, display a donation check for the Lighthouse in Oxford. WEST CHESTER – When the original...

Fallen officers to be remembered, May 10

Brass plaques honor the nine fallen police officers, killed in the line of duty, in Chester County, near the old county courthouse. WEST CHESTER — Chester County’s nine fallen police officers range from two members of the Kennett Square force who were fatally ambushed in 1972 by a key operative in the notorious Johnston Brothers gang to the sheriff fatally struck by a milk-delivery train...

Blue Demons compete in “National Treasure”, The 118th Penn Relays

Philadelphia legend and Temple alumni Bill Cosby was omni present on Friday Historic Franklin field played host to Kennett and more than 1400 high school relay teams By Dave Conard Sports Editor, KennettTimes.com PHILADELPHIA—Every April the very best in track and field make their way to historic Franklin Field to compete in one of the grandest stages in the world, the Penn Relays. Over the first...

Drug Take Back-Day, Sat.

Get ready to ditch those unwanted drugs safely, keeping them from entering our water supply or ending up in the hands of potential abusers. Saturday is the Fourth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Kennett Square police will accept unwanted, expired, and unused prescription drugs with no questions asked at the station, 115 N. Broad St. in Kennett Square. New Garden...

Not exactly the Facebook of fashion

Or, how to keep your Facebook friends, friends By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, KennettTimes.com Yes, I know that this does not really have ANYTHING to do with fashion.  BUT, you are a captive audience and this is what I’m in the mood to discuss today… Let’s do this!

PINK is every one’s color!

Ches-Mont league rivals join forces to battle common foe By Dave Conard Sports Editor, KennettTimes.com   EAST MARLBOROUGH–The will be a blanket of pink through out Unionville Stadium this week as the Indians lacrosse squads, will be donning the pink in support of Unite for HER, in an effort to raise money and awareness in the Kennett Square area. The boys will take to the field in a...

Open space: the battle to preserve the King Ranch

Author to sign book about ranch history and aftermath, ‘Catalyst for Conservation’ Sunday David Shields, a co-author of the book 'Catalyst for Conservation' will speak about the book project and sign copies at Brandywine River Museum Sunday. Many of the scenic vistas revered by residents in the Kennett area and neighboring communities owe their existence to a herd of well-traveled...

Turning up the heat: what not to wear

With summer-like heat coming, don’t lose your head or fashion sense By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, KennettTimes.com The rumor is the thermometer will hit the mid-80’s today and a few days this week!  Yipppeeeee! I am more than ready to ditch my heavy jacket and leave my boots permanently in the closet! The initial tease of summer brings radiant sunshine, brilliant blue skies and glorious...

April means Arts & Plants for Kennett

Downtown Kennett Square gets festive for KSBC’s plant sale along with Willow on State’s Art on the Square By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com KENNETT SQUARE— Saturday, April 28th marks the 47th Annual Plant Sale hosted by The Kennett Square Beautification Committee. Attendees are encouraged to shop the assortment of hanging baskets, herbs, annuals, perennials,...