On Your Table: Capping National Mushroom Month with a flourish
Longhorn Steakhouse celebrates local mushrooms
By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times
Longhorn Steakhouse’s Chef’s Showcase dish, Harvest Mushroom Filet, features local mushrooms from Basciani Foods.
September is National Mushroom Month, and with Kennett Square’s Mushroom Festival behind us, the celebration of mushrooms continues at Longhorn Steakhouse. The chain of casual...
The power of red…lipstick
By going bold, you send a strong message
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
The other day, I found an article on the Facebook page of Houppette (my favorite cosmetic boutique that I have written about many times) about the power of a good, red lipstick.
The author, from the blog Hello Giggles ( http://bit.ly/1ytjhxs), wrote about her friend’s challenge of wearing red lipstick every day...
Risk, reward in running Ross in the 158th
Let’s just say the race got a lot more complicated
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
So Cuyler Walker is out, and it appears that Chris Ross is in.
Let us set aside the circumstances for moment, as complicated and messy as they are, and look at the situation in the 158th District from a purely political standpoint.
Obviously, assuming that Ross is the choice Sunday night — and every single...
Sun Valley outruns Kennett, 38-27
ASTON — As the old saying goes, speed kills. And it was the overall speed of Sun Valley, and more specifically the speed of its running back Kijana Gordon that turned out to be the undoing of Kennett, as it lost 38-27, Friday night.
While Gordon showed signs last week against Unionville but struggled getting untracked as the Vangaurds were shut out, but it was this week where everything just...
Ruling clears way for Ross to replace Walker on ballot
GOP meets Sunday night to pick new nominee
Updated, 5 p.m. with additional reaction to the ruling
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
State Rep. Chris Ross (R-158).
A Commonwealth Court has cleared the way for the Republican Party to place a new candidate on the ballot for the 158th State House District and allow Cuyler Walker to withdraw from the race.
Commonwealth Court Senior Judge James G. Colins...
Deputy DA tabbed by U.S. Justice Dept.
Peter Hobart
WEST CHESTER — A Deputy District Attorney has been tabbed to become an Assistant United States Attorney by the U.S Department of Justice.
Peter Hobart has been hired by the United States Department of Justice as a federal prosecutor. He will be an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, based in Scranton, officials announced Friday.
Chester County...
Phase Three of Chester Valley Trail opened
Local, county and state officials gathered Thursday to formally open the third phase of the Chester County Trail. Steve Soles, Chairman, West Whiteland Township Board of Supervisors; Chester County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone; PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Ellen Ferretti; Chester County Commissioner Terence Farrell; Dave Stauffer, Capital Projects Coordinator, and...
LCH sponsors ¡Vive tu vida!, Sat.
KENNETT SQUARE — The 4th annual ¡Vive tu vida! Get Up! Get Moving!® event is expected to draw about 2,000 people to Anson B. Nixon Park on Saturday, September 27, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
“This is a wonderful event each year and it is growing in attendance,” said Margarita Queralt Mirkil, President and Chief Executive Officer of La Comunidad Hispana (LCH). “You can’t beat free...
What To Do: Brandywine Wine Trail and more
Fall means a cornucopia of fun things to do in and county Chester County
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
If it’s fall, it must be time for the Brandywine Valley Wine Trail. Six Chester County wineries will be participating, with food, fun and various events, kicking off this weekend.
When autumn arrives in the area, it means that it is time the Brandywine Valley Wine Trail with...
A time to go slow and take care
Rumors are just that, and no one benefits from rushing to judgment
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
This has been one of the tougher weeks in recent memory in Unionville — with questions, rumors, speculation, assumptions and just flat-out bewilderment across the community.
What we know in the wake of Cuyler Walker’s sudden departure from the State Representative race Monday amounts to whole...
