Local youth rowers compete at Indoor Championships

VILLANOVA — Twenty  Kennett/Unionville-area youth rowers from Newport Rowing Club (NRC) competed with a strong showing at the Mainline Slide, Philadelphia’s Indoor Rowing Championships at Villanova University.  The annual event drew more than 500 rowers with an age span of 12 to 89 years old.  Several area rowers brought home top honors and almost every NRC rower broke a personal record...

Unionville, Kennett to team up on MLK food drive

KENNETT SQUARE  —   A massive food collection for the benefit of the Kennett Area Community Service’s Food Cupboard is planned by the Martin Luther King, Jr. CommUNITY Breakfast Committee.  Committee organizers are reaching out for food donations and seek volunteers to assist with distribution and collection of the boxes and to organize the donations. Collection boxes will be placed in local...

Unionville dominates Kennett, 28-0

Indians clinch no. 3 seed in District 1, AAAA; Blue Demons have tough end to great season By Mike McGann, Editor, KennettTimes.com Kennett's Anthony Torello had a tough time finding running room, Friday night against Unionville. EAST MARLBOROUGH — It all comes down to timing. Lousy for Kennett and just about perfect for Unionville. Playing their most complete game of the season, the Indians...

Longwood Fire Co. celebrates 90th in style

With nearly a century of serving the Unionville and Kennett area, residents throng open house event By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com Local residents line up for a chance to get up close and personal with Longwood Fire Company's Ladder 25, as part of the fire company's 90th Anniversary Open House event. Longwood Fire Company’s annual open house opened with a ceremonial...

Area braces for Irene

The impending arrival of a category one hurricane has local government is preparing for the worst By P.J. D’Annunzio & Mike McGann, Staff Writers, KennettTimes.com Hurricane Irene could bring flooding, heavy rains and high winds this weekend to southern Chester County. First, an earthquake. Now Hurricane Irene. It might be hard to blame folks if they start worrying about a plague of locusts. Hurricane...

KAU Knights win District 28 title

Kennett, Unionville players spark win over Naamans; team advances to state tourney Winners! The KAU Knights won the District 28 Little League Senior title. KENNETT SQUARE — On a very sunny and hot Saturday afternoon, at the MacQueen tournament held at the NVF field in Kennett the KAU Knights had a 10-0 shut out over Naamans in six innings. James Chapman a rising senior at Unionville High School...

Area students debut on the big stage

Fifth-grader Kendra LeFave debuts June 8th at the American Music Theatre By Eddy K. Foster, Staff Writer, KennettTimes.com Unionville fifth grader Kendra LaFave and Octorara Elementary School fifth-grader Jeremy Beveridge are part of the youth cast of “Music of the Night: Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber” at The American Music Theatre LANCASTER — When the curtain goes up on June 8th, a new star...

Willowdale Steeplechase on tap for Sunday

This year's Willowdale Steeplechase looks to be as exciting as previous years' events. EAST MARLBOROUGH — It may be the event of the year in Unionville — and now for 19 years has offered thrills, chills and loads of fun. It is the Willowdale Steeplechase and it will be taking place Sunday. In addition to the classic steeplechase-style horse races on the custom-designed Willowdale...