Victory is now brewing in Kennett Square
A ‘inside out’ view of why business is booming
By Kim Chiomento, News Editor, The Times
Victory’s spacious bar with a backdrop featuring local reclaimed mushroom house wood
KENNETT SQUARE – Victory Brewing Company’s second brew pub location is now open in Kennett Square and has a great story to tell. The Times ‘dutifully’ attended Monday’s Philadelphia-area media...
KSQ’s Mala Galleria & ‘First Friday’ art stroll
May’s arrival brings new featured artists & community focused night
KENNETT SQUARE – Kennett Square’s many charming boutiques, galleries and restaurants provide an inviting backdrop for its community focused “First Friday’ Art Stroll from 6-9 PM, Friday, May 1st.
Mala Galleria has two new featured artists; siblings Leander and Mo Fontaine. A vibrant exhibit has been created...
Kennett Square hires Scaise as new Borough Manager
Residents offer concerns about growth, congestion
By Jacqueline Kennedy, Correspondent, The Times
Joe Scalise signs on the dotted line to become the new Borough Manager for Kennett Square during Monday night’s Borough Council meeting. Scalise replaced Brent Kucera who left in late 2014 to take a post in Oregon.
KENNETT — After a nationwide search, the Kennett Square Borough Council formally...
Bus driver faces criminal charges after leaving child on bus
Iver T. Roselund Jr.
KENNETT SQUARE — The bus driver in the incident that saw a seven-year-old Kennett Consolidated School District student left on a bus for more than 5 1/2 hours March 31, now faces criminal charges.
Krapf bus driver Iver T. Roselund Jr was arrested Thursday and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and recklessly endangering another person after allegedly leaving...
Pratolas, Hopkins named Grand Marshall for Memorial Day Parade
Fred Patrola, pictured in the years just after World War II, is one of three local residents named as Grand Marshall of the annual Memorial Day Parade in Kennett Square.
KENNETT — World War II veterans Michael B. Pratola, Jr., Fred Patrola, Sr., and Robert Hopkins, Sr. were selected as this year’s Grand Marshals for the Kennett Square Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 25. They will lead...
Kennett family to be honored at diabetes gala
A Kennett Square family, Mark and Roni Heimann, will present the 2015 Fund A Cure speech at the JDRF Delaware Hope Ball: Derby After Dark on Saturday, April 25 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. Mark and Roni’s oldest daughter, Carli, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) when she was 4 years old. Now 16 years old, Carli is a sophomore at Kennett High School, where she plays lacrosse and...
KSQ’s Garage ‘birthday gifts’ await kids
Local kids shoot, score…and ‘WIN!’
By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times
(Foreground) KHS’ Midfield players Cedric Jones & Chris Brooks along with KHS’ Attack players (background) Logan Hunt & Ben Gaver assemble new indoor lacrosse equipment.
KENNETT – The arrival of March for many kids means dusting off lacrosse gear, hitting bounce-backs or excitedly...
KSQ extends Cannery Row conditional use hearing
Spencer criticizes library’s name change
By John Gondol, Correspondent, The Times
As construction winds down on Magnolia Place, Kennett Square officials are looking at an application for a project nearby on Saw Mill Road.
KENNETT SQUARE – Borough Council decided to leave the record open regarding the conditional use hearing for a multiple use development located in both the borough and...
New name: Kennett Public Library
KENNETT SQUARE — The Bayard Taylor Library is getting a new name: The Kennett Public Library, it was announced Thursday.
With a new building in the works and a changing mission in the community, the library’s board of directors decided it was time to update the name of the facility as well.
“We here at the Library have been staying busy,” library officials said in an email to...
Wings for Success holds KSQ grand opening
‘Outfitting’ women with confidence & hope
By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times
KENNETT – The unassuming Wings for Success office, situated quietly at 457 Birch Street, has an amazing story to tell. For disadvantaged women of Southern Chester County, it is a life-line; a place to regain confidence, find unwavering respect, and begin well guided steps toward professional success...
