Op/Ed: VISTA 2025 offer balance of growth and preservation
By Molly Morrison, President, Natural Lands Trust
Molly Morrison
It may be surprising that preservation features so prominently in reports about Chester County’s new economic development plan. The need to balance economic growth and preservation is, however, the innovative and insightful organizing principal of VISTA 2025, the County’s new Economic Development Strategy.
The plan, prepared with...
Unionville, Downingtown East top Ches Mont in volleyball
With league race over, local teams look to district tourneys
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Prior to the start of the 2014 Ches-Mont League season, Unionville was the hands-down favorite to take first place in the American Division. And, it appeared as if there would be four main title contenders in the National Division — Downingtown East, Downingtown West, Bishop Shanahan and...
Art Watch: Kate Hodges
Mid October news for Art Lovers and Artists plus a few local art secrets
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
The Opening Gala Art Sale and Exhibition for Plein Air Brandywine Valley will be Friday October 24th from 7-10pm at Winterthur. This wonderful event showcases the week’s worth of plein air painting done by 80 juried plein air artists from around the country. The Gables at Chadds Ford...
Unionville, Downingtown West win Ches Mont X-Country titles
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Unionville High has been the site of the Ches-Mont League Cross Country Championships for the last two years and both times the host Indians have refused to let any team leave with the team trophy for the girls’ meet.
On Monday, Unionville, the defending District 1 Class AAA champion, took the team title at the Ches-Mont Championships...
The Great Pumpkin Carve, Oct. 23-25
Carvers hards at work during a previous Great Pumpkin Carve, sponsored by the Chadds Ford Historical Society, Oct. 23 through 25.
CHADDS FORD — Anyone over the age of 40 likely remembers the television special “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” which aired on October 27, 1966 and became a smash hit, with whimsical scenes of kids carving jack o’lanterns accompanied by the inspired...
Super Six: A list with Pinkpower
October is a great time to think pink
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
I got so excited to share the details of my tattoo last week that I forgot to do my Sunday Super Six for October!
And, since this month is all about #PINKPOWER and preventing and eliminating breast cancer, I have chosen some of my favorite things in this glorious color. While the purchase of only one of my picks...
Coatesville too much for Kennett, 42-7
Blue Demons unable to take advantage of Red Raiders’ sluggish start
By Emily Adelman, Correspondent, The Times
KENNETT SQUARE — Kennett High School was no match for a powerhouse Coatesville (7-0) football squad, as the Blue Demons (1-6) dropped their sixth consecutive game of the season to the undefeated Red Raiders by a score of 42-7 late Friday night.
Even though both teams were plagued...
Could attacks on Pileggi doom Pa. GOP?
If Republicans move right, will they lose moderates — and control?
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Is state Sen. Dominic Pileggi in danger of becoming a former Senate Majority leader?
If you ask a couple of his fellow Republican senators, who have both issued scathing letters condemning the senator, yes. But Pileggi, who represents a large swath of southern Chester County, seems ready to seek...
What To Do: Friends Fall Fest, WC Chili Cookoff
Mid-Oct. weekends are full of fun and local activities
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The will be a reenactment of a early 19th Century Quarker wedding as part of the the Friends Fall Festival at the Downingtown Friends Meeting, Oct. 11.
Locally, fall festivals are usually festive events that celebrate topics such as pumpkins, bountiful harvests, apples and autumn foliage. This weekend,...
On Stage: Unionville’s Litzenberg in ‘Sister Act’ at DuPont
Also: Ex-Byrd flies into area for solo gig
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Unionville High School graduate Kristin Litzenberg performs with the national touring cast of ‘Sister Act,’ which opens Oct. 14 at The DuPont Theatre in Wilmington.
When “Sister Act” touches down at the DuPont Theatre (Hotel DuPont, Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 302-656-4401,http://duponttheatre.com)...
