Easy to dress right for Halloween
Go easy on the provocative, but keep it fun and easy
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
I love Halloween! I mean, what’s not to love about a holiday where you transform into someone/something else for a night AND eat tons of candy without remorse? While I’m sad that I don’t have little ones to take trickortreating anymore, I still enjoy finding cute and creative costumes to pass...
What To Do: Beer and wine lovers rejoice
Also: a ‘scary’ number of Halloween-themed events to enjoy
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The 18th annual Kennett Brewfest is this weekend.
This is a weekend for beer lovers and wine aficionados to celebrate because there are two wine festivals and a beer festival on the calendar.
The 18th Annual Kennett Brewfest (600 S. Broad Street, Kennett Square, 610-444-8188, http://kennettbrewfest.com),...
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...
The tricks of treats
Yes, even dentists (some of us) eat candy, here’s how to minimize the damage
By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, The Times
It’s that time again. The onslaught of orange and black packaging and the mountains of Halloween candy awaiting purchase. One would think those of us in the dental profession have a vendetta against this sort of thing. Here’s the inside scoop – every...
Scaring up some Halloween safety tips
County Health Department offers frighteningly good advice
To keep a scary holiday safe, the Chester County Health Department is offering the following tips:
Walk Safely
Cross the street at corners, using traffic signals and crosswalks.
Look left, right and left again when crossing and keep looking as you cross.
Put away cell phones, iPods and other distracting devices and stay focused on your...
At Kennett Y, forego candy in favor of fun
Public invited to free healthy Halloween festivities on Saturday
A healthy Halloween bash? Although it may sound impossible, the Kennett Area YMCA is promising just such a fre event on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Come dressed in costume for an evening of haunted fun, games, crafts and healthy snacks. The free is open to the public at the Kennett Area YMCA in Kennett Square.
In addition...
Does finding the right Halloween costume have to be scary?
Who has time (or the ability) to sew a costume?
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
Halloween can be stressful.
The temptation to consume ridiculously huge amounts of candy coupled with the added pressure of finding costumes that are age appropriate and don’t cost $125 is a real challenge.
And, although I profess my love (almost weekly) for Pinterest, it is super annoying to see what crafty...
Halloween, trick-o-treating a ‘Go’
Local towns allow Trick-or-treating as Sandy cleanup progresses
Although New Jersey and New York were forced to delay Halloween and trick-or-treating, local towns have given the green light to those little ghosts and goblins to hit the streets in search of candy in southern Chester County.
Typically, hours are limited to some range between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. As an example, New Garden permits trick...
Don’t be a fashion terror
Halloween isn’t a good reason to get scary with fashion
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
Halloween can be one VERY scary holiday.
