SCCSA still accepting fall registration
The Southern Chester County Soccer Association is still accepting registrations for it’s Fall Recreational Soccer program. The program is open to all children between the age of 4 and 17. Registration deadline is August 1st. The season starts Sunday September 12th. More information and on-line registration is available at www.sccsasoccer.com”
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An overdue, but well-deserved honor
Chester County’s Mike Piazza enters baseball’s Hall of Fame today
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Today, the best baseball player ever to come out of Chester County will finally get his due.
Mike Piazza of Phoenixville will be enshrined in baseball’s Hall of Fame today along with Ken Griffey Jr.
Some of you may want to argue that Kennett Square’s Herb Pennock was a better player —...
Obituaries: Roland H. Wetzel
Roland H. Wetzel
Roland H. Wetzel, age 93, died peacefully at home on July 20, 2016 after a slow decline following surgery. He was born April 29, 1923 in Hartford, Wisconsin, to William Wetzel and Bertha (Uber) Wetzel. He grew up in Hartford and moved to Milwaukee where he graduated from Shorewood High School, where he met his wife of 71 years, Muriel E. Auler. After two years attending the University...
What To Do: 88th Kimberton Fair keeps on rolling
Also: The Democrats come to Philly, PoliticalFest events planned
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The Kimberton Fair is one of the state’s oldest free admission fairs.
This is the time of the year for outdoor festivals. Every summer, this area is a hotbed for festivals — blueberry festivals, peach festivals, county fairs, firemen’s festivals, state fairs and plain old country...
Op/Ed: Don’t despair, volunteer
By Kathleen Meehan Do, Executive Director Kennett After-School Association/After-The-Bell
After The Bell in Kennett Square keeps middle school kids engaged and safe after school. But the program depends on local volunteers to make it a success.
It’s hard to turn the television or computer on these days without hearing more bad news. Reports about shootings, riots, and acts of terrorism can leave...
Kennett supervisors salute township police
New firetruck highlighted along with multiple projects
By Kelly O’Hara, Staff Writer, The Times
Kennett Township’s Board of Supervisors discuss a potential zoning change during Wednesday night’s meeting.
KENNETT — Township officials took time during the Chief of Police report to express their thanks and pledge their support to the Kennett Township Police Department during Wednesday...
On Stage: Duran Duran still hungry
Ex ‘Men At Work’ frontman back from ‘Down Under’
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Duran Duran
MTV hit the airwaves in America in 1981. Right around the same time, Duran Duran was beginning its long musical career across the ocean in Birmingham, England in 1978.
A lot has changed since then. MTV is no longer a video-driven cable channel and synth-pop no longer rules....
Art Watch: Chester County schools make art to beautify their schools
Parents, artists working together to enhance schools
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
At the end of the school year, several Chester County schools completed huge beautification art projects that have transformed areas of their school environments into vibrant, joyful creative spaces. Greenwood Elementary School, in Kennett Square, just finished a large mosaic mural project for their lobby entrance,...
Obituaries: John W. Paisley
John W. Paisley
John W. Paisley, age 36, of Landenberg, PA, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 17, 2016. He was the husband of Melissa Mehlbaum Paisley, with whom he shared 10 years of marriage.
Born in Tyler, Texas, he was the son of Rev. Marvin L. Paisley and Marcia Kaufman Paisley.
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