Mushroom Festival – 29 Years Strong and Growing
By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times
Gov. Tom Corbett and his wife Susan were among a large number of dignitaries to join the local community for The Mushroom Festival this past weekend.
KENNETT – Delighted festival-goers were treated to a home-town parade, dining and dancing in the streets, tasting events, great shopping and mushroom exhibits this weekend.
Dignitaries — including...
What To Do: Mushroom Fest, Chadds Ford Days
Plus: two brew fests, the Brandywine Festival of the Arts and more
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Featuring parades, music — and yes food, much of it revolving around the beloved mushroom — are all just a part of this year’s Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square.
There is a good reason that Kennett Square is called “The Mushroom Capital of the World.” The saying —...
Mushroom Festival remains a labor of love
A behind the scenes look: Bringing charitable support & family fun to the community
By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times
Working to make the 2014 Mushroom Festival the best ever: 2014 Mushroom Festival Festival Director, Kathi Lafferty and Honorary Chair Terry Forte as they work on this year’s event.
KENNETT –Terry Forte knows mushrooms. Her dad, Peter Alonzo Sr., and grandfather,...
Kennett Brewing Company opening this fall
New brew pub to merge craft beer, local flare and whimsy
By Kim Chiomento, Staff Writer, The Times
KENNETT SQUARE – Tucked away on the lower level of 109 S. South Broad Street, the Kennett Brewing Company (KBC) expects to combine innovative craft beer, local artists and a healthy dose of whimsy to create the Borough’s newest destination, when it opens its doors.
Scheduled to open in September,...
Suspect sought after bank robbery in Kennett Sq.
Authorities seeking this man, who they say robbed a Kennett Square bank Friday morning.
KENNETT SQUARE — Authorities are seeking a man thought to have robbed a borough bank Friday morning, escaping on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said in a statement Friday that a bank robbery took place at approximately 8:50 A.M at the Santander Bank, on...
State House recognizes Kennett Sq. for recycling event
Stenning Hill residents want stop sign to protect children on skate boards
By Rick Marts, Correspondent, The Times
Karen Sherer, Kennett Square Borough secretary, and Borough Council member Dan Maffei display the recognition for the borough receiving an award from the Pennsylvania state House of Representatives for electronics recycling.
The highlight of Monday night’s Borough Council meeting...
Aguilera hired as LCH receptionist
Yasbeth Aguilera
KENNETT SQUARE — La Comunidad Hispana has hired Yasbeth Aguilera of West Grove as front office receptionist.
Aguilera is attending West Chester University and is studying business management. She previously was employed as member of member services representative for the YMCA of the Brandywine Valley in Kennett Square.
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...
Borough adopts ordinance to manage chickens
Flurry of complaints about neighborhood deterioration, YMCA, and Council unresponsiveness
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere hulas hoop,
But there is no joy in Kennett – the haughty chicken has been cooped.
(Apologies to Ernest Thayer, author of “Casey at the Bat”)
Rusty Drumheller, the Borough’s Codes Department director, summarizes the proposed ordinance on “keeping fowl”...
Steady progress continues on Magnolia Place
Townhouses, apartments, Victory Brewing rising in Kennett Square
By Kim Chiomento, Correspondent, The Times
Townhouse are among the first buildings completed as part of the Magnolia Place development on the site for the NVF facility in Kennett Square near West Cypress Street. The project has a mix of townhomes, apartments and retail spaces.
KENNETT SQUARE — Just off of W. Cypress Street and...
