Lawrence, Hennessey choosing extreme politics over Chester County women’s lives
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
In the middle of the night, Pennsylvania’s legislators pushed through an amendment to the state Constitution removing any protection for abortion and women’s health services — along with a number of anti-democratic measures that could make it harder for minorities to vote.
There are massive issues with morality and democracy here, but the fact...
The lies that kill
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgannpa
The lies are killing people.
Thankfully, the open deception about COVID-19 has been of limited impact here in Chester County, save the odd spittle-flecked angry email or comment claiming the virus is fake, masking is a plot against freedom, the election was rigged and that Donald Trump would be reinstated on Aug. 13.
None of that is true, of course,...
Symbolic wreaths will pay tribute to veterans
Ceremony to take place at Oxford Cemetery on Saturday
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
On Saturday, Dec. 14, wreaths will be placed on veterans’ graves in more than 850 communities across the country as part of the Wreaths Across America project. In Chester County, a ceremony will be held at Oxford Cemetery.
Ask yourself what your life would be like were it not for the...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane: No, it’s a giant mushroom
700-pound spore to descend on borough for New Year’s Eve
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A sketch shows the mushroom that is being fabricated for Kennett Square’s New Year’s Eve celebration.
Move over, Manhattan: Kennett Square is poised to supplant Times Square as the go-to destination for New Year’s Eve.
After all, who wants to watch a boring ball when the...
Lies, damn lies and talk about Common Core
Kennett event drifted into propaganda, rather than a clear-eyed look at the facts
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
KENNETT — I came, I saw, and frankly, I left scratching my head.
Setting aside the oddity of complaining about the teaching of global warming on a day that four-plus inches of rain fell on the southern part of the county, closing roads and bridges, it was a complicated night of...
