Kennett Square to commemorate Juneteenth, June 8 through 27
The 2024 Kennett Square Juneteenth Planning Committee is proud to announce a multitude of programs throughout June to celebrate Juneteenth. The committee has been hard at work since January, organizing, manifesting, and planning these events that aim to unite the community.
On June 19th, 1865, the last group of enslaved Black Americans were freed by the Union in Galveston, Texas. White enslavers and...
What To Do: Music fests kick off Summer outdoor season
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Tom Wang will kick off the Turks Head Music Festival.
Summer arrived unofficially last weekend and will officially get underway three weeks from now. The weather is warm (or hot), school is almost done for the year and municipal and private pools are open.
This means that it’s time for outdoor music events.
Kennett Flash will begin its rooftop series...
Kennett Library announces Summer programs
Kennett Library is ready for summer! June, July, and August are filled with programs and events centered around Summer Reading, inspired by STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) programming.
Chris Manna, Executive Director, said, “Our summer is filled with a mix of returning favorites and new experiences. Whether you explore the makerspace, join a book group, or bring your lunch on...
On Stage: Copely brings multimedia harp show to Philly
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Kirsten Agresta Copely
The show on May 30 at the World Café Live (3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, www.worldcafelive.com) will be a little different than usual – in several ways.
The headliner will be a solo artist. The main instrument will be a harp — which is more common with a classical concert and less common on the stage of a rock music...
Local Black Veterans of the Civil War remembered
Black veterans were honored with headstone posters representing their removed grave markers. Photo credit: Shirley Jones White.
It was probably the first time in more than a century that United States Colored Troops veterans buried in unmarked graves in an abandoned cemetery in Westtown Township were honored.
A ceremony was held May 25 on the steps of the courthouse in downtown West Chester, PA to...
Middle schoolers compete in county Knowledge Bowl
Sixth grade Knowledge Bowl winners, Peirce Middle School’s 6B Team, pose with their award ribbons. Pictured from left to right: Bruce Laster, Kira Rodriguez, Mustafa Topiwala, and Siri Chodapaneedi.
On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, middle school students from across Chester County gathered at the Technical College High School (TCHS) Brandywine Campus to test their academic prowess in the 2024 Chester County...
355 volunteer first responders qualify for county property tax rebate
Chester County first responder leadership, lauded the volunteer first responder county real estate tax rebate program: Matt Eick, President, Chester County EMS Council.
Six months after the Chester County Commissioners enacted a County Real Estate Tax Rebate ordinance for volunteer fire company and EMS agency members, 355 qualified volunteer first responders and administrative members have successfully...
Coatesville, city firefighters reach deal on new three-year contract
Linda Lavender Norris (City Council President) and Michael Boub (Union President and City Firefighter)
The City of Coatesville and Coatesville Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 3790 reached terms for a three-year agreement covering the period from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026. The contract, which was signed during the May 13, 2024 City Council meeting, comes on the heels of a recent...
Inner Nature: The current understanding of the nature of our universe
By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times
The Big Bang was an explosion of immense power at a point in space about 13.7 billion years ago; the singularity from which everything in this universe – energy, space, time, matter – originated. Consensus on the universe’s origins from a fiery explosion emerged because of one incontrovertible signature that it left behind: a little bit of the heat from the...
Remembering what really built this country: immigrants