Area residents seek to help 7-year-old get transplant
Milledge Estes is a seven year old from Oxford in need of a bone marrow transplant to battle a rare disease. A fundraising campaign has been launched to help pay for it.
KENNETT SQUARE — Local residents are putting the word out about a Chester County child with a very rare disease and desperately in need of a bone marrow transplant and a fundraising campaign to help pay for it.
A fundraising...
On Your Table: Artisan cheeses from The Farm at Doe Run
Chester County cheese makers craft wide range of tasty products
By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times
Cheese artisans Matt Hettlinger (left) and Samuel Kennedy (right) at work in The Farm at Doe Run’s Creamery (courtesy of Stacey Gentile).
Cheese is a living thing. The cheese artisans at The Farm at Doe Run near Unionville understand this and coax the best flavors from the milk...
Is yoga a cure for Type A personalities?
Our over-driven columnist gives it a shot, finds peace and a few sore muscles
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
Spring is all about rebirth and renewal~the snow is melting, birds are singing, flowers are pushing up from the ground. It’s the perfect time to reflect on life.
My birthday happens to fall on the last day of March and, I don’t know about you, but, as I blow out the candles...
A snowy Chadds Ford Art Show opening night
A little weather could not dampen the fun!
By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times
Featured artist Shawn Faust enjoys some time with CFE Art Show fans
PENNSBURY – Despite a day filled will slush and snow, and many surrounding schools cancelling their activities; Chadds Ford Elementary was abuzz with excitement and a great crowd Friday night who came out to enthusiastically support the 66th...
Op/Ed: It’s time to overhaul state’s tax code
Gov. Wolf deserves credit for starting a conversation on taxing
By Kathi Cozzone, Chester County Commissioner
Chester County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone
Most Pennsylvanians would agree that our tax code needs some work. I talk to many residents with long-standing complaints: senior citizens having trouble coping with rising school property taxes, small business owners paying the nation’s highest...
What To Do: Happiness Day in Kennett
Also: Chadds Ford Art Sale, antiques at Kimberton and more!
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
If this weekend’s special event in Kennett Square had a theme song, it would have to be Pharrell Williams’ Grammy-winning hit “Happy.” That’s because March 20 is Happiness Day in Kennett Square.
March 20 has been established as the annual International Day of Happiness and all 193 United...
Spring ahead? Snow way…
Although daffodils like these are just about push up through the soil, Chester County will have to endure one more episode of winter weather, as a storm may dump as much as five inches of snow on parts of the county Friday.
At 6:45 p.m., Friday night, it will officially be spring. Unfortunately, for most of Chester County, it appears we may be digging out of a minor snow storm as winter slaps the...
On Stage: Dirty Dancing, ‘Succeed’ bring Broadway local
Also: Fab Faux, Katrina minus the Waves and more
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Dirty Dancing opens Tuesday and runs through April 5 at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia.
Over the next week, theater fans have two great options to attend popular musicals. One is the inaugural national tour of a recent Broadway hit based on a popular movie and the other is a staging of an oft-revived...
County moves to preserve 1,000 acres of open space
WEST CHESTER — The Chester County Commissioners moved Thursday to approve the preservation of more than 1,000 acres of open space, as the county closes in on having preserved some 125,000 acres of open space over the last couple of decades.
During Tuesday’s Sunshine meeting of the county commissioners, Bill Gladden, director of the county’s Department of Open Space Preservation, said the...
Good Stuff: SPCA donation drive, 1st grad and more!
Check out who YOU know in this week’s Good Stuff!
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Furry friends unite…Exton Elementary student Ashton McLaughlin and teacher, Ms. Tina Buckel coordinated a very successful donation drive benefiting the Chester County SPCA. Lots...
