A few birthday wishes and a time to take stock

Maybe another year wiser, but no shortage of milestones By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times Tomorrow I will be one year older and wiser.  Well, hopefully. I stumbled across this blog post from “A Pretty Penny” (http://bit.ly/OLTMTd) about “taking stock” of things.  I thought it was a clever and appropriate way to take a step back and really check in on life.  Remember filling...

Dinniman says he will back Wolf

St. Sen. says Chester County needs a friend in Gov.’s office By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times State Sen. Andy Dinniman announced Saturday that he will support Tom Wolf in the Democratic primary for governor. EAST BRADFORD — While there are four Democratic candidates for governor, Chester County’s top elected Democrat made his choice plain Saturday, with state Sen. Andy Dinniman announcing...

Democrats step up in legislative races

GOP faces opposition in all but two races in Nov. elections By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Petition season is over, and unless there are some write-in candidates, we know who will appear on the May primary ballots. And, although I took the Democrats to task for seeming to have a shortage of candidates, they’ve managed to challenge all but two legislative races in Chester County. Yes, there...

13-year-old male cited for curfew violation

Kennett Square Police say he was on street at 4:05 a.m. Kennett Square Police said they cited a 13-year-old male for a curfew violation on Sunday, March 9, at  4:05 a.m. in the 100 block of North Broad Street.  The juvenile, who was not identified because of his age, was released at his residence, police said. A red and black Huffy bicycle was found on Sunday, March 9, at 10:50 a.m. in the 200...

Unionville, Kennett meet in emotional home opener

Normally fierce rivals, teams both don pink to honor player’s late mother By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Unionville’s Tucker Reese throws out the first ball as his dad looks on. Both the Indians and Kennett wore pink-accented uniforms in honor of Cathy Reese, Tucker’s mom, who passed away last summer as the KAU Knights — made up of players from both teams — made it historic...

Art Watch: Kimberly Knorr

Inspired to Abstraction by the colors and energy of the Brandywine Valley By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times This week’s featured artist is Kimberly Knorr who is an acrylic abstract painter who uses the beauty of Chester County’s Brandywine Valley as her artistic inspiration.  She earned her BFA, with a minor in Art History at West Chester University and spent a year of independent...

New Garden honors police officers

Supervisors grapple with sewer, finance and recreation issues By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times New Garden Police Chief Gerald R. Simpson congratulates Police Officer First Class John M. Gibson, who was named Officer of the Year for the township police, as part of Monday night’s annual Police Awards Ceremony prior to the meeting of the Board of Supervisors. NEW GARDEN — The township’s...

Interim director gets permanent county job

Commissioners approve Jacqueline McKenna as Pocopson administrator  Jacqueline McKenna WEST CHESTER – The Chester County Commissioners approved the appointment on Monday, March 24, of a longtime employee as the new administrator of the county-owned Pocopson Home. Jacqueline McKenna, who holds the state-required nursing home administrator license, has been interim director since the...

National Weather Service: Winter won’t let go

Two to four inches of snow expected to hit county on Tuesday It may be spring, but winter refuses to loosen its icy grip: The National Weather Service is predicting two to four inches of snow for Chester County that is expected to start Tuesday morning and continue into Tuesday night. The previously anticipated nor’easter will not affect the county, but another system moving across the country...

Surviving March Madness

You can’t stop basketball at this time of year, you can only hope to contain it By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times March Madness.  It is all consuming over here in the Hockenberry residence.  The testosterone swirling in the air is almost palpable.  How does a girl schooled in fashion (but not so much in the rules of the game) hang in such a situation? I’ll tell you how. 1.)  ...