Good Samaritan announces Holiday Hustle Race Series
Lace up your running shoes for a cause this holiday season! Good Samaritan Services is excited to announce the launch of the inaugural Holiday Hustle Race Series—a festive three-part series of 5K and 1-mile races designed to bring the community together in the spirit of fun, family, and giving back. The series includes three exciting races: the Halloween Howler (Oct. 26), the Turkey Trot (Nov....
1st West Chester Fire co. to celebrate 225th anniversary, Sept. 4
First West Chester Fire Company is turning 225 years old! The fire company is the oldest fire company in Chester County and one of the oldest continually operating volunteer fire companies in the nation. To celebrate this milestone, First West Chester is hosting a community block party on Wednesday, September 4th from 5 pm to 9 pm on Church Street between Gay Street and Market Street. This is the...
What To Do: Ukrainian Folk Fest, Allentown Fair top busy weekend schedule
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Ukrainian Independence Folk Festival
The weekend at the end of August and Labor Day Weekend always has an amazing number of annual events with long histories. Some of this weekend’s events have impressive annual numbers – 32 for a Ukrainian festival, 44 for a Renaissance event, 25 for a summer fest, 11 for a burger fest and 172 (not a typo)...
CCIU named Top Workplace for 2024
: A CCIU pre-K teacher interacts with her students during snack time.
The Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU) has been awarded a 2024 Top Workplaces honor by The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Top Workplaces recognition program celebrates employers whose work culture prioritizes their employees, as determined by the employees themselves.
Each year, winners of the Top Workplaces award are identified...
What To Do: Festivals celebrate ethnic diversity
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Festival of India
Three events this weekend will deal with Indians – and all will be politically correct.
There will be two very different but equally attractive ethnic festivals this weekend at Penn’s Landing (Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, www.delawareriverevents.com).
Both of the free festivals deal with Indians — but not the Native...
The Unionville Community Fair is celebrating its 100th year
The only Centennial Fair in Chester County is going all out with new and exciting entertainment, as well as hosting tried and true favorites. Come and celebrate this momentous milestone with us and enjoy acts like The Circus Incredible, an exciting act with the granddaughter of the famous Flying Wallendas fame, which is performing all 3 days of the Fair. There will also be a Bounce Zone, Middle...
What To Do: Old Fiddlers’ Picnic celebrates 95 years
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Some event producers think their events are old when they reach double figures.
But an event that has been around 10 or 15 years is just a babe in arms compared to many of the annual summer events in this area.
This week, there is a music festival that has been around for 95 years, an event that is celebrating its 76th anniversary this year and...
Local non-profts to share services at Chester County Library every Tuesday
Beginning on August 20, the Chester County Library & District Center will launch a new initiative called Connect Tuesdays. Every Tuesday, the Library will welcome a different non-profit organization to host an information table promoting their services. Topics will include housing, employment, mental health, disability assistance, and more.
Each week of Connect Tuesdays is dedicated to a different...
What To Do: First Fridays, open-air market in W. Chester
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Gay Street Open-Air Market
August has arrived and that means it’s time for country fairs, festivals, outdoor concerts, big top circus shows and nature-related events.
West Chester will be in celebration mode all weekend.
You can double your pleasure and double your fun tonight in West Chester.
It’s Friday and that means the Gay Street Open-Air...
What To Do: Celebrating 75 years of the Goshen Country Fair
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
This is the time of the year for outdoors festivals such as country fairs, festivals honoring a particular fruit or vegetable and outdoor concerts.
It’s diamond time in West Goshen.
One of the best — and longest-running – fairs is the annual Goshen Country Fair (Goshen Fairgrounds, Park Avenue, East Goshen, 610- 430-1554, www.goshencountryfair.org).
The...
