Henry’s Helping Paws Program delivers to additional senior centers
State Senator Andy Dinniman (center) and Dr. Tom Garg of Hope Veterinary Specialists (left) deliver pet food to the Coatesville Area Senior Center as part of the Henry’s Helping Paws Program. Also, pictured is Nancy Althouse (right) of Caln who frequents the Coatesville Area Senior Center.
COATESVILLE — Henry’s Helping Paws Program, the initiative founded by state Senator Andy Dinniman and his...
UCF named to College Board AP Honor Roll
EAST MARLBOROUGH — Unionville-Chadds Ford is one of 373 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 9th Annual AP® District Honor Roll. To be included on the 9th Annual Honor Roll, Unionville-Chadds Ford had to, since 2016, increase the number of students participating in AP while also increasing or maintaining the percentage of students...
West Grove United Methodist Church Offers Five Christmas Eve Services
WEST GROVE – As we move through the Holiday Season and Advent, may we also move closer to Christ the Lord and to one another. We invite you to join us throughout this blessed season as we anticipate the birth and second coming of Christ. Our Sunday services are at 8:30 a.m. (Contemporary) and 11 a.m. (Traditional) and we have nursery care for both services. We joyfully invite you to join us...
How being vegan can affect your teeth
By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, The Times
As the year comes to a close many people are considering changes to make for the new year. I was recently asked if there were any dental concerns with being vegan. Does the vegan diet have an impact on dental health? There is no doubt that plant-based food sources can be a healthy choice. Even meat eaters benefit from the nutrients found...
Brandywine SPCA: 1,181 pet adoptions at Mega Adoption Event
The Brandywine Valley SPCA announced Monday that the weekend’s Mega Adoption Event resulted in 1181 adoptions. The event held at the Delaware State Fairgrounds brought in families from across the tri-state area who adopted a total of 716 dogs and 465 cats.
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Kennett Democrats to offer buses to 2019 Women’s March
Join the Kennett Area Democrats (KAD) for the THIRD ANNUAL WOMEN’S MARCH on Washington. KAD has buses going to Washington DC on January 19, 2019.
The mission of Women’s March is to harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change. Women’s March is a women-led movement providing intersectional education on a diverse range of issues and...
On Stage: Modern day minstrels take their art to the people
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
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Europe in medieval times had minstrels.
A minstrel was an entertainer. Originally describing any type of entertainer such as a musician, juggler, acrobat, singer or fool, the term later, from the 16th century, came to mean a specialist entertainer who sang songs and played musical instruments.
From the 14th century until the present...
On Stage: Intense is how Ministry likes it
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
People may disagree about what kind of band Ministry is – industrial, metal, rock, goth. But they all have to agree that Ministry is one of the most intense bands they’ve ever heard – lyrically and sonically.
Ministry has been making music that rattles your bones, challenges your brain and touches a need for rebellion for almost four decades –...
What To Do: A Good neighbor Christmas, a century of steel
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Downingtown Good Neighbor Christmas
Downingtown has always been a neighborly town – so neighborly that it has an annual event schedule that includes Good Neighbor Day each summer and Good Neighbor Christmas (downtown Downingtown, http://www.dtownchristmas.com) every winter.
On December 8, Downingtown will host its annual Good Neighbor Christmas event...
Chester Co. students take on the lanternfly in competition
1st place winners Chriaag Chakravarthy, Udit Subramanya and William Liao of Downingtown STEM Academy.
DOWNINGTOWN – This November, intermediate units in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties collaborated to hold the first Spotted Lanternfly Hackathon, inviting high school students to design unique platforms or applications capable of identifying, detecting and tracking the spotted lanternfly....
