County poised to assess towns for emergency services
Local officials object to timing, costs of the $5.20 per person fee
By Mike McGann, Editor, The KennettTimes.com
Chester County appears poised to impose a per-capita tax on the county’s 73 municipalities — $5.20 per person — for emergency services starting with the 2013 fiscal year, but municipal officials are blasting the move as little more than an excuse to shift a tax hike.
The Chester...
Messages of hope send off Kennett’s Class of 2012
Kennett High School’s 121st Commencement ushers 2012 grads into adulthood
By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com
Members of the Kennett High School Class of 2012 advance to collect their diplomas during Friday night’s commencement ceremony.
KENNETT SQUARE — Undaunted by an economic downturn, high unemployment, and mounting student loan debt, the graduates of Kennett High’s...
For Father’s Day, a poem
An ode to the men who make a difference in all our lives
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, KennettTimes.com
With baby’s cry a Father is born
From darkest sky to early morn
He takes his turn to guide, to teach
Protecting babe from danger’s reach
With strength and wisdom on his side
His love is deep, his knowledge wide
Teachers ‘disappointed’ with Kennett school board
Union says board stopped talks for fact-finding, then rejected proposed deal
By Mike McGann, Editor, KennettTimes.com
KENNETT SQUARE — Members of the Kennett Education Association (KEA) — the union representing the Kennett Consolidated School District’s teachers — expressed their disappointment at the Board of Education’s decision to reject the recommendations of a state-appointed fact-finder...
Police respond to disputes, drunken-driving
One defendant faces charges for allegedly threatening to kill a co-worker
A dispute with a co-worker led to terroristic threat charges against Hassan Elmiamari, 43 of Mechanicsburg, New Garden Township police said. Police said Elmiamari became involved in an argument on June 2 with a co-worker in the 900 block of Penn Green Road. Elmiamari then threatened to kill the co-worker and made a gun-type...
Dental implants: a reliable choice to replace missing teeth
By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, KennettTimes.com
The earliest dental implants seemed to have been placed by the early Egyptians when they used seashells implanted in the jaw bones to replace missing teeth. The first modern dental implants were placed in 1952. Dental implants have come a long way since those early implants. No longer is dental implant treatment considered experimental...
Strong support continues for Pocopson Home
Residents urge commissioners not to sell or lease the county facility
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, KennettTimes.com
Commissioner Ryan Costello chats with members of the audience before the start of last night's meeting. At right is Mark Rupsis, the county's chief operating officer.
The message from the commissioners at last night’s third meeting on the fate of the county-owned...
KCSD approves 2012-2013 ‘Status Quo’ budget, outlook dubious
Kennett Consolidated School District Board passes budget, calls for 3.89% tax hike
By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com
KENNETT SQUARE — With proposed changes in state education funding system and the elimination of the Accountability Block Grant by Gov. Tom Corbett — some school districts were hit harder than others.
While neighboring Unionville is feeling very little...
Smith, Weaver KAU Player of the Week
Eli Smith
KENNETT — Eli Smith of the Optimist Major Division Baseball Team and Sammie Weaver of the Major Softball Division have been named KAU Players of the Week.
Smith had four hits, scored five runs and stole seven bases in three games for the Optimist club, and made a diving catch in centerfield in the game vs. Rotary on Saturday.
He is a 6th grader at Kennett Middle School. The son...
Anson Nixon concert series starts June 13
Summer concert series marks return of music Wednesdays in the park
Music fans enjoy a show during the 2011 concert series at Anson B. Nixon Park. A new slate of music acts is planned for various Wednesday evenings this summer.
KENNETT — There is a great peace and tranquility that comes from sitting back on a lawn chair or stretching out on an old family blanket under the stars and enjoying an...
