New Garden police: Fake staffer stole SUV
Victim was reportedly checking into treatment facility when theft occurred
Keith Brown
On Tuesday, April 15, at 9:18 pm, New Garden Township officers responded to the 1300 block of Newark Road for the report of a vehicle theft, police said. Upon arrival, the victim said that he was checking into a treatment facility when he was approached by a subject wearing gray sweatpants, gray hoodie, and black...
Willistown Conservation Trust co-founders honored
Pair will receive award from Chester County Fund for Women and Girls
Bonnie Van Alen (left), president and executive director of Willistown Conservation Trust, and Alice Hausmann, vice chair as well as chair of the trust’s Community Farm Program Committee are being honored.
Two co-founders of the Willistown Conservation Trust have been named the 2014 recipients of the Chester County Fund...
Deteriorating bridges to cause woes for motorists
Collapse in New Garden spurs closure, rust in Kennett prompts another
As weather and age continue to take their toll on the area’s infrastructure, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced a bridge closing in Kennett Township, and New Garden Township has notified residents that a road will be closed due to a bridge collapse.
PennDOT said it would close the state-owned...
The Kennedys, at Flash April 26, continue to be versatile
Duo equally comfortable with folk or harder-edged rock
By Denny Dyroff, Correspondent, The Times
The husband-and-wife duo of Pete and Maura Kennedy bring their rocks and folk stylings to The Flash in Kennett Square, April 26.
The Kennedys, who will be performing at The Flash in Kennett Square on April 26, are folkies who can rock, rockers who can play acoustic and modern-day troubadours. And,...
Tractor trek a benefit for wounded veterans
Cross-country journey to include parade in Kennett Square on Sunday
A parade of classic, antique tractors of all colors, models, and makes will be led through Kennett Square on Sunday by a Honey Brook man in a specially modified 1948 John Deere, dubbed the “Johnabilt” for its retrofitted 1984 Peterbilt cab.
C. Ivan Stoltzfus, a retired farmer and auctioneer, plans to drive his tractor across...
DEP to host energy code compliance training
Workshop recommended for inspection officials, contractors, designers
NORRISTOWN — The state Department of Environmental Protection invites code enforcement officials, builders, contractors and designers to a Thursday, May 15, training workshop in Exton on the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).
The workshop, a one-day program that will focus on energy code compliance for commercial...
Photographer to be featured in solo exhibit
Opening reception for Timlyn Vaughan to be held May 1 at CCAA
‘Sundown on High’ is one of the photos by Timlyn Vaughan that will be exhibited at the Chester County Art Association.
The Chester County Art Association (CCAA) invites the public to an opening reception for the solo exhibition of Timlyn Vaughan’s photographs on Thursday, May 1, from 5 to 8 p.m.
The show will be on display...
U.S. 202 ramp closures announced
PennDOT says two-month Rt. 29 closings will expedite widening project
KING OF PRUSSIA – Two ramps along southbound U.S. 202 will be closed and detoured at the Rt. 29 Interchange in East Whiteland Township for approximately two months, starting this spring, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced on Wednesday, April 23.
PennDOT said the upcoming temporary ramp...
D.A. applauds use of boxes to collect unused drugs
Residents also urged to observe DEA event on Saturday
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
More than 350 pounds of medication have been collected for safe disposal from special receptacles across Chester County in the first three months of 2014, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan reported on Wednesday, April 23.
Prescription drug abuse in the U.S. is the fastest growing...
Borough police investigating theft of vehicle
1996 red Acura Integra reportedly stolen from 100 block of North Willow
The Kennett Square Police Department said it is investigating the theft of a vehicle. Sometime between 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 30, and 5:15 a.m. on Monday, March 31, someone stole a 1996 red Acura Integra, bearing Pennsylvania registration JDN5609, from the 100 block of North Willow Street, police said, adding that the investigation...
