What To Do: Holiday season gets rolling with Kennett Holiday Light Parade

By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times Kennett Holiday Light Parade The holiday season will officially arrive in Kennett Square on November 26 when Downtown Kennett Square hosts the town’s annual Holiday Light Parade (Downtown Kennett Square, 610-444-8188, www.historickennettsquare.com). The bright lights of Kennett’s Holiday Light Parade the day after Thanksgiving will shine even brighter...

What Do To: A holiday season like no other

By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times This is a December like no other. Normally, this is the time of year that your brain gets battered into submission by being exposed to an endless array of men and women ringing bells while standing next to donation baskets, traffic jams caused by mall-bound shoppers and the non-stop playing of Christmas carols everywhere. In 2020, your brain is also getting...

What To Do: Many new holiday attractions to enjoy from your car

By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times If you’re looking for holiday-themed activities where you can remain socially distanced safe and stay warm without having to be indoors, drive-through lights events provide a good option. The Domestic Violence Center of Chester County (www.dvcccpa.org ) invites you to bundle up the kids and enjoy a night out while in the warmth of your car…no social...

What To Do: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times The March to Valley Forge The Christmas season is in full swing. The holiday spirit is in the air, traffic around malls and shopping centers is almost impassable and Christmas events are everywhere. Over the next week or so, you can head in any direction and find a holiday event to attend — and maybe even a few events that are not holiday-related. On December...

What To Do: Events fun and solemn to celebrate the holidays

By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times The March to Valley Forge. The holiday spirit is in the air and Christmas events are everywhere. Over the next week or so, you can head in any direction and find a holiday event to attend — and maybe even a few events that are not holiday-related. On December 19 from 6-8 p.m., Valley Forge National Historical Park (Route 23, Valley Forge, 610-783-1099,...

What To Do: Happy New Year!

From Mummers to first day celebrations, ring in 2016 By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times The annual Mummers Parade is a Philadelphia New year’s Day staple. The biggest attractions in the upcoming week are New Year’s Day events and New Year’s Day in Philadelphia is all about the Mummers Parade (21-336-3050, www.phillymummers.com) — a festive celebration featuring string bands,...

What To Do: Downingtown’s Good Neighbor Christmas

Also: Santa makes many, many appearances in and around Chester County By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times Santa and Mrs. Claus will be on hand for Downingtown’s Good Neighbor Christmas, Saturday. For as long as anyone around here can remember, Downingtown has had a reputation as a neighborly town — especially with an annual event schedule that includes Good Neighbor Day each summer...

Herr’s again offers special pretzels to battle breast cancer

NOTTINGHAM — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Herr’s® is partnering with the American Cancer Society’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.” The company is filling store shelves with its limited edition, ribbon-shaped Whole Grain Pretzels with Flax Seed & Honey in a specially designed pink bag in support of breast cancer awareness. For every bag sold, Herr’s will make...

Farm Bureau aims to stay grounded

Annual banquet topics run gamut from chips to ticks By Kathleen Brady Shea, Special to UnionvilleTimes.com Joe Fecondo, the local Farm Bureau's vice president (from left); Ed Herr, president of Herr's; Thomas Matthews, a Farm Bureau board member; and Dan Miller, the bureau's board president, display a donation check for the Lighthouse in Oxford. WEST CHESTER – When the original...