Letter: Toomey doesn’t get it when it comes to student debt
To the Editor:
Senator Toomey doesn’t get it. For most hardworking Americans it’s no secret that student loan debt is becoming one of our nation’s most pressing national crises. Americans now suffer approximately 1.2 trillion dollars in student loan debt. This is significantly higher than either auto loan or credit card debt.
In particular it has affected the millennial generation to such an...
Chesco, put some ‘spring’ in your step with Good Stuff!
Businesses, Kids & Organizations doing Good Stuff…Who do YOU know below?
Got ‘good stuff’ to share? Send it to kim@chescotimes.com, submissions due by the 15th & 30th monthly and are subject to editorial review.
Keep on Truckin’…SPOTTED: Trio Excavating’s latest fleet addition – a giant aqua dump truck promoting ovarian cancer awareness. Look for owners Charley...
Library friends booksale kicks off April 10
EXTON — The Chester County Library Friends book sale is right around the corner, starting April 10. Thousands of titles will be sold at incredibly deep discounts. More than 30,000 books on a variety of subjects— from sciences to humanities to fiction and poetry—will be available for purchase at bargain prices along with current and out-of-print hardback and paperback novels, first editions,...
Pratolas, Hopkins named Grand Marshall for Memorial Day Parade
Fred Patrola, pictured in the years just after World War II, is one of three local residents named as Grand Marshall of the annual Memorial Day Parade in Kennett Square.
KENNETT — World War II veterans Michael B. Pratola, Jr., Fred Patrola, Sr., and Robert Hopkins, Sr. were selected as this year’s Grand Marshals for the Kennett Square Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 25. They will lead the...
Time to ring in the scents of spring
Embrace some new, fresh fragrances to kick off the new season
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
Now that Spring has officially arrived, it is time to transition your closet, pack away the winter boots and switch up your fragrance for warm weather. I know that for some women wearing the same perfume year after year can make it a signature, which is lovely. However, it is nice to make a change...
Potholes are as inevitable as death and taxes
If you damage your car in one, your options are limited
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
If you’re one of the many folks who’ve hit pot holes and seen damage to your car in recent weeks, I feel your pain — literally.
Both my wife and I have suffered pot hole damage this year — although mine was much more serious and is climbing past $3,000 in costs without being fully resolved.
While driving...
What To Do: Easter Weekend offers lots of activities
Brunch, zombies, point-to-point and more for your holiday fun
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
This is Easter Weekend.
Ride the rails with the Easter Bunny this weekend on the West Chester Railroad.
But, you don’t need to be told that because every store has an abundance of Easter candy displays, markets are touting sale prices on Easter hams and department stores are hawking Easter outfits...
Chadds Ford supervisors take up busy agenda
Senior townhouse project, changes to Wegman’s plan weighed
By Kris Firey-Poling, Correspondent, The Times
Developer Ed Morris presents his plan for an assisted living facility at Wednesday’s Board of Supervisor’s meeting in Chadds Ford.
CHADDS FORD — Creating ordinances and granting requests is tough work, as demonstrated by the Board of Supervisors at Wednesday’s long township...
Sanderson to display Lincoln Assassination exhibit
The front page of The Philadelphia Inquirer following Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Courtesy the Sanderson Museum.
CHADDS FORD — Two years after the speech in Gettysburg that touched the nation, President Abraham Lincoln died at the hands of John Wilkes Booth.
This important statesman was assassinated in 1865, 150 years ago, while watching “Our American Cousins” with his wife, Mary Todd...
LCH’s Bixby selected as advanced practice nurse
Rebecca Bixby, Medical Director of La Comunidad Hispana
KENNETT — Rebecca Bixby, medical director of La Comunidad Hispana, has been selected as one of 30 advanced practice nurses in the country as a fellow for the Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership program.
Bixby was also selected as one of 30 clinicians making a difference by the Migrant Clinicians Network.
“Rebecca is a top professional...
