PATCO completes construction, returns to normal schedule
Beginning Saturday, Jan. 2 , 2016 , PATCO will return to a traditional, full schedule as a result of near completion of its $103 million, 18 month track rehab project. The track project has involved replacing the entire 30 year old PATCO track system across the Ben Franklin Bridge, including all related signal, power and communications cables that are part of the system. Structural and site repairs...
Costello announces Congressional App Challenge
Washington, DC – Congressman Ryan Costello (PA-06) announced that his office is now accepting entries for the Congressional App Challenge. The contest, open to high school students in Pennsylvania’s Sixth Congressional District, encourages students to program and design their own original applications, known as “apps,” for electronic devices. Sponsored by the Internet Education...
Wolf calls GOP budget ‘garbage;’ line-item vetoes much of it
But some funds will flow to local schools and social services as dispute continues
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Updated, 3:40 p.m.: adds GOP House leadership comments.
While school districts and social service agencies in Chester County can finally look forward to seeing some state funds finally come their way after a six-month state budget standoff, Gov. Tom Wolf signaled Tuesday clearly...
Op/Ed: State Courts seek to control county row office operations
Judiciary hungry to seize fees that help keep local taxes down
By Terri Clark, Chester County Register of Wills
Terri Clark
With Pennsylvania locked in a five-month budget impasse, the state’s Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) is creating something that already exists at public expense. As our schools and non-profits suffer without state funding, AOPC is developing a computer...
Volunteers sought to count county’s homeless
WEST CHESTER — Chester County’s Department of Community Development (DCD) is seeking volunteers to canvass areas throughout the county to determine levels of homelessness. The county’s annual Point-In-Time Count will take place on the night of January 27, 2016, into the early hours of January 28, 2016.
Two time frames are available for volunteers – from 10:00 p.m. to midnight on Jan. 27 and...
What To Do: Dinosaurs to roar into 2016
Plus: New Year’s Eve rocks in Kennett and around the region
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The Delaware Museum of Natural History presents its Dino Days Festival this coming week.
At the end of each year, the Delaware Museum of Natural History (4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, Delaware, 302-658-9111, www.delmnh.org) presents a special event geared for families for the week between...
Counting down the New Year in Kennett Square
Expanded activities highlight the 3rd annual Mushroom Drop and Midnight in the Square
KENNETT SQUARE — At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, in the heart of Kennett Square, a 500 pound stainless steel mushroom glittering with thousands of lights will be lowered with a countdown to the new year. It is the finale of Midnight in the Square, Kennett Square’s family-style New Year’s...
Merry @#$% Christmas: Senate sends Wolf last-minute budget
Gov. won’t say whether he’ll veto budget without pension reform, liquor fixes
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
The State Senate sent Gov. Tom Wolf a most unwelcome gift — a $30.2 billion budget bill similar to one he vetoed earlier this year, after a compromise that would have included pension reform and changes to how liquor is sold collapsed, amid a bizarre series of events in...
Art Watch: What gifts inspired you as a child?
Don’t discount how holiday presents may shape the future of someone you love
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
When we search for that perfect gift for our children, do you ever wonder what gift they will remember the most? Whether it is the gift of an experience or something purchased, a gift can be the catalyst to discovering a life’s passion. I asked some local successful artists...
On Stage: Disney On Ice marks holiday season
Also: ‘Joseph’ hits Philly stage: live music comes back strong Sat.
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Nemo, Dory and the gang are all part of Disney On Ice, at the Wells Fargo Center.
The tradition of a spectacular Disney on Ice skating show visiting Philadelphia during the Christmas holiday stretches back for decades. It began when the Spectrum was the major arena at the southern...
