On Stage: Get ready to party in the streets
Summer is far from over with big weekend music festivals plentiful
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Keys N Krates is one of the featured acts at Mad Decent Block Party in Philadelphia this weekend.
Get ready for one of the biggest music parties of Summer 2015. The Mad Decent Block Party is coming to town.
The Mad Decent Block Party is an ambitious summer tour featuring many of the top...
Coatesville man drowns in Brandywine
PENNSBURY — A Coatesville man drowned while swimming in the Brandywine Creek Sunday, after apparently being pulled into deep water by the current, State Police said Thursday.
Samuel Garcia Javier, 25, was swimming in the Brandywine near the Brandywine River Museum around 5 p.m. when the currents appeared to push him into deeper water and prevented him from getting back into the shallows. Seeing...
Whitewing to appeal ruling on wedding ban
Improvements to crosswalks at schools, URA approved
By Karen Cresta, Staff Writer, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH – A quick update on a recent judgement regarding Whitewing Farm was added to the short agenda by board president Cuyler Walker at Monday night’s township Board of Supervisors’ meeting.
Much to the dismay of Inn at Whitewing Farm owners Lance and Sandy Shortt, who bought the bed and...
Chester County chardonnay wins gold in Sonoma
The award-winning Red Lion Chardonnay makes its local debut, Friday.
For what may be Chester County’s most honored winery, the awards just keep on coming — and this time winning in the heart of California’s famed wine country, Sonoma County.
Galer Estate Vineyard & Winery just won Gold again for their latest Chardonnay. Galer Estate’s first release of an un-oaked Chardonnay...
Your body language may say more than anything
You can say a lot even when you’re not speaking
By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times
Have you ever wondered what your body language is telling the world?
Research tells us that 93% of all our communication is non-verbal, and that most of our non-verbal communication is through our posture, gestures and facial expressions. As I warn my clients, even as they are walking into a restaurant,...
Dinniman: driving permit holders can sign up for driving test in advance
State Senator Andy Dinniman announced that new drivers who have obtained a learner’s permit can now sign up for a driving skills road test up to 30 weeks in advance.
“I have heard from numerous individuals who have had difficulty scheduling a driving test due to high demand, especially during the summer months,” Dinniman said. “In response, PennDOT is now allowing those with learner’s...
Murphy elected president of Temple Engineering alumni
Frank Murphy
PHILADELPHIA — Frank G. Murphy, a current Chadds Ford Township Supervisor and former Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education director, has been elected President of the Temple University College of Engineering Alumni Association.
Murphy,an attorney who is a shareholder in the Philadelphia office of national law firm Anderson Kill, P.C., is a 1985 graduate of the College of...
Art Watch: Artisan Wine Trail kicks off
First Fridays, various showings mark beginnings of busy fall
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
This first week in August marks the start of the Brandywine Artisan Wine Trail (www.brandywineartisantrail.com) where every month each of the winery businesses in our area may choose to exhibit art along a different art theme. For August, the art theme is “painting”, and there will be paintings...
Naples declares for 7th Congressional seat
Dave Naples
Dave Naples, a resident of Collegeville in Montgomery County, announced his candidacy as a Democrat for Congress, positioning himself as “a true progressive voice for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District.”
Naples cites the current district lines, drawn by the Republican state legislature after the 2010 census, as evidence of the failure of the conservative agenda. “This...
Chester County’s Blocker tabbed to head State Police
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf today nominated New London’s Tyree C. Blocker to be the next commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police.
Blocker, 62, has 30 years of experience with the Pennsylvania State Police, starting as a trooper and rising to the rank of major before retiring in 2005. Long active in local law enforcement, he served as a member of a working group to help Coatesville...
