KAU team returns home to rousing reception
Kennett Kings earn fans – and memories – with series of achievements
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Members of the KAU team – the U.S. Senior League Baseball champs – line up for an appreciative crowd at their field on Leslie Road in Kennett Square.
Sandwiched between nearly a dozen emergency vehicles with lights flashing and sirens blaring in downtown Kennett Square,...
Borough plans royal welcome home for Kings
Officials want to celebrate KAU’s amazing run at World Series
5:30 p.m. update: Team not expected to arrive in area until 7 p.m. due to New York traffic
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
After the World Series ended, players from various teams united for a wiffle ball game in the hotel courtyard, an impromptu outing that eventually attracted about 50 players.
The Kennett...
Borough police probe theft from vehicle
Owner reports broken door lock, missing registration sticker
Kennett Square Police said they are investigating a theft reported on Aug. 2 that allegedly occurred sometime between July 12 and Aug. 2 when a vehicle’s lock mechanism was broken on the driver’s side while it was parked in the 700 block of South Washington Street. In addition, police said a 2014 registration sticker was stolen.
Borough...
Borough Council gets dirt on Public Works Garage
Facility’s new location could sprout community garden
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Resident John Thomas (left) listens as Chris Stejskal, an intern at Maffei Landscape Design, LLC., provides Borough Council with an exterior vision for the new Public Works Garage, a plan that incorporates a community garden into the landscape.
A request for gardening space in Kennett...
The Flash offers live music on First Friday
Pocopson natives Glenn and Brad McNemar perform an acoustic music set as part of First Friday in Kennett Square.
KENNETT SQUARE — First Friday saw what is becoming the familiar Flash tent at the entrance to Sycamore Alley, the footpath from State Street to the live concert and entertainment venue.
With a warm welcome from Flash neighbor La Verona Italian Restaurant owners, The Flash tent was...
Happy travelers lead to hotel accolades
Kennett Square’s Fairfield Inn & Suites earns honors
The staff at the Brandywine Valley Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Kennett Square is celebrating its recent awards for superior hospitality.
The smiles on the staff at the Brandywine Valley Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott in Kennett Square are even wider now, having contributed to back-to-back awards for the hotel,...
Upscale brewpub coming to Kennett Square
Victory Brewing Co. said borough facility will also boast on-premise production
Victory Brewing Company’s Kennett Square brewpub will be located in Magnolia Place, a mixed-use development under construction at Mill Road and West Cypress Street. An architect’s rendering shows what the brewpub should look like when it opens in 2014.
A win for local craft beer lovers: Victory Brewing...
Demon Lights Committee edges closer to goal
With expected revenue from Carnival and Mushroom Festival, the committee hopes to purchase stadium lights by 2014
By Nicole Brown, Staff Writer, The Times
Dark no more after 2013? If fundraising continues on pace, the 2013 football season will be the last at Kennett High School played only daylight — as a new lighting system could be ready for the 2014 season.
KENNETT SQUARE — The Demon Lights...
Enjoy musical perks of signing up as volunteer
Brandywine Folk Festival recruiting for next month’s event in Kennett Square
Eager to experience the sights and sounds of a folk festival but short on cash? Organizers of the Second Annual Brandywine Folk Festival have a solution: Volunteer.
The three-day event, presented by the Brandywine Folk Collective, Historic Kennett Square Society, and WXPN, is seeking volunteers for the festival,...
W. Chester man allegedly earns passel of charges
Kennett Square police accuse him of offenses that include assault
In hindsight, a 44-year-old West Chester resident may wish he hadn’t visited Kennett Square on July 5 at 8:37 p.m. Police said an incident in the 200 block of East State Street led to charges against Jeffrey Hallman that include simple assault, possessing instruments of crime, recklessly endangering another person, terroristic...
