Setting aside fashion for one week
(Editor’s Note: today’s column is a reprise of one we ran five years ago today. It is no less relevant — but does add a bit of new detail on something you can do to help the families of the victims).
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
I can’t write a fashion article today.
Instead, I’d like to honor my cousin, Michael Horrocks, who perished in the horrific attacks on September...
Unionville overpowers Avon Grove, 20-0
Indians get running game going to knock off Red Devils
By Al Tustin, Staff Writer, The Times
Unionville’s Joe Zubilaga goes up over Avon Grove defenders (2) Tyler Barton and (4) Tyler Boyd for a touchdown. Jim Gill photo.
WEST GROVE — It was a Friday night, but for Unionville High School’s football team, it sure seemed a lot more like Turnback Thursday, as the Indians went back to their roots,...
It’s not just Coatesville: funding crisis coming to your school, too
As poorer districts struggle, they are everyone’s future without state action
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
If you’ve been in and around Coatesville recently, you may have seen picketing teachers — as was the case at the district’s three middle schools Thursday night. The contract between the district and the Coatesville Area Teachers Association expired in late August and there has...
What To Do: Its Kennett Mushroom Fest time!
Also: Chadds Ford Days, Secret Garden and much, much more
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
If you love mushrooms — or just a good time — then you need to be in Kennett Square this weekend.
Across America, certain towns are irrevocably linked to produce grown in their area — towns such as Gilroy (California) with garlic; St. John’s (Michigan) with mint; Vidalia (Georgia) with onions;...
On Stage: Skatalites still have the beat
Ska legends hit Philly with new album, show this weekend
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The Skatalites
In the 1970s, ska music became very popular in the United Kingdom with the emergence of the 2 Tone scene — a movement that included popular bands such as the Specials, the Beat and The Selecter. That was the second wave of ska.
Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the...
DEP expands drought watch to Chester County
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has extended a formal Drought Warning to Chester and Delaware counties, meaning now 38 of the state’s 67 counties are under the watch.
The watch means that officials are asking for 5% reduction of non-essential water use by residents and businesses.
Accordingly, local water companies, including Pennsylvania American Water is asking their...
Obituaries: Kenneth Scott
Kenneth Scott
Kenneth Scott, of Unionville, Pennsylvania, formerly of Moorestown, New Jersey, passed away September 4, 2016 after a long illness. He was 69. Born in Kearny, New Jersey; Beloved husband of Paula and cherished father of Allyson (Christopher) Donato and Melissa (Christopher) Teal and grandfather to Judah and Micah Teal. Son of the late John and Agnes Scott (nee Irwin), brother to Eileen...
Obituaries: Freddie Lee Hampton Jr
Freddie Lee Hampton Jr`., age 39, of Avondale, PA, died suddenly Sunday September 4, 2016.
Born in Newark, DE, he was the son of the late Fred L. Hampton who died in 2003 and Deborah (McLimans) Hampton of Avondale.
Freddie was a 1995 graduate of AvonGrove High School. He attended Hagerstown College where he played baseball.
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Obituaries: Concetta ‘Connie’ Perrone
Concetta “Connie” Perrone, age 87, of Spring Hill, FL, formerly of Avondale, PA, passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at the Spring Hill Health & Rehabiltaion Center. She was the wife of Edward J. Perrone, who passed away in 2002, and with whom she shared 49 years of marriage.
Connie was born in Wilmington, DE, on January 18, 1929, to the late Giuseppe and Rosa Rollo Giliberto .
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Chester County: all quiet on the presidential front