Poll numbers don’t always tell the whole story

Also: is it time to fire legislators too busy ‘on vacation’ to do their jobs? By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Ah, the sweet smell of late summer. Fruits ripening, corn growing, backyard grills fired up, maybe even a whiff of chlorine from the pool all in the air. Also floating in the air: polling data, much of which might leave folks scratching their heads a bit. You may have seen...

What To Do: Old-time baseball, classic cars and so much more

Pro cycling in W. Chester, Ren Faire opens and star gazing on tap By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Old-time baseball will be on display, Saturday, as Twin Lakes Brewing Company’s “Old Style 1860’s Base Ball and Beer,” featuring West Chester’s own Brandywine BaseBall Club. Are you in the mood for some old-time baseball? If you’re a Phillies fan, “old time”...

Kennett Middle School welcomes new assistant principal

Jeremy Hritz to greets students this fall  By Kim Chiomento, Correspondent, The Times Jeremy Hritz is the new assistant principal at Kennett Middle School. LANDENBERG – This year’s back to school buzz, –texts, tweets and social media posts, is certain to be filled with extra curiosity for Kennett Middle School  (KMS) students  who, in just a few weeks, will meet their new Assistant...

On Stage: Riverfront Blues fest, theatre and more

Local musicals include Annie, Cline tribute and Book of Mormon By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Jarekus Singleton gave up a career in basketball to become one of the top-rated blues guitar players on the scene today. He is just one of the headline acts at this weekend’s Riverfront Blues Festival in Wilmington. There is a big difference between “having the blues” and “hearing...

Chesco All-Stars fall one win short of US title game

The Big League Baseball East Regional Champs from Chester County — District 28 — fell one win short of reaching the U.S. title game. With a 1-2 record going in to the final day of Big League World Series pool play, the Eastern Regional Champions—an all-star team comprised of young men from District 28/Chester County—had a chance to a earn a berth in the United States Championship. All they...

Op/Ed: time to deliver justice

By Susan Rzucidlo, Candidate, State Representative, 158th District Susan Rzucidlo I am disappointed that the Republican House leadership in Harrisburg continues to fail to help victims of abuse. HB 832 and HB 878 as well as SB 1392, all bills focused on helping victims of past abuse find justice; all were left to die in committee. Recently, state Sen. Anthony Williams brought forward SB 46, a bill...

Art Watch: Jasmine Alleger

Painting & Collage combines words and images that Pop! plus what’s going on this week in art By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times Painter Jasmine Alleger will be exhibiting this Thursday July 31st  at Galer Estate Winery for a Pop up show from 4-8pm.  Alleger’s newest series of collage and fine-painting combinations are tied to specific word and image allusions. Her “Behr...

Supervisors give The Barn at Spring Brook extension

Deal means facility can remain open, while addressing township’s, neighbors’ concerns By Kelli Siehl, Staff Writer, The Times The Barn at Spring Brook in Pocopson will be able to remain open — serving handicapped children — after a agreement was reached with township supervisors to extend some conditional use deadlines, Monday night. POCOPSON — No large crowd and no fanfare, just...

Meet author Kelly Corrigan, my twin. Sorta.

We’d never met, but she was like an old friend By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times On Wednesday night I got the amazing opportunity to meet author, Kelly Corrigan! She is an incredibly smart and REALLY funny woman who writes about her life experiences (the joy and tragedy of it all) in such a way that you feel like you know her. Which, we sorta do because she grew up in Radnor where...

Kennett boxer fights at MSG tonight

A win could mean a shot at the cruiserweight title By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Kennett’s Anthony Caputo Smith (second from left) fights Ola “Kryptonite” Afolabi in a 10-round cruiserweight bout tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York. There are many great venues for boxing matches but none as great as Madison Square Garden. The Garden, which is located a few blocks...