Letter: Barrar ‘forgot’ to mention his Tea Party award

To The Editor: Stephen Barrar, PA Representative, House District 160 (parts of Delaware and Chester Counties) sent out a campaign mailer this week which touted his many awards.  There was one very significant award he received late last year which was not mentioned in that mailer. An extremely conservative Tea Party group presented Representative Barrar with their “2013 Legislator of the Year”...

Ellison is out and so is the Tea Party

One — the former Democratic power-broker — knows he’s done, the other is oblivious By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times As we head into the holiday season — and hopefully, a couple of weeks of relative quiet — a few notes and thoughts on local political stuff and other news items. Maybe the topline item this morning is that James Ellison is out at Rhoads & Sinon — meaning he will...

Upcoming Kennett Senior Center events

The Kennett Area Senior Center sponsors a Book Talk by Donna Murray (from the Bayard Taylor Library) on Wednesday, October 5 at 12:30 p.m. Mrs. Murray will be reviewing the book “Persuasion” by Jane Austen. The Kennett Area Senior Center sponsors a Health Workshop on Thursday, October 6 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Dr. Chad Laurence will be providing information on back safety, posture and injury...

Op-Ed: Choices Ideological Not Budgetary

Tom Houghton In The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof writes “the United States supports schools in Afghanistan because we know that education is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to build a country. Alas, we’ve forgotten that lesson at home. All across America, school budgets are being cut, teachers laid off and education programs dismantled”. Kristof refers to education...