Patton students build chairs for kindergarteners
Year-long project culminates in a series of in-person deliveries
Kindergarten students from Hillendale Elementary School with the new chairs, hand-made by seventh and eighth grade students at Patton Middle School, after the older students delivered them in person earlier this month.
PENNSBURY — It was a special, end of the year, chance for some Patton Middle School students to give back — to other,...
Op/Ed: Time to fix Special Ed. funding
It’s time for a funding system based on actual needs
By Lisa Lightner, Special to The Times
Lisa Lightner, as seen with her special needs son at The White House, recently.
The time is now to reform Pennsylvania’s special education funding
Based on broad, bi-partisan support, the Pennsylvania General Assembly has introduced companion special education funding reform bills: HB 2138 and SB...
Anytime Fitness plans grand opening
Anytime Fitness, opening on U.S. 202 in Chadds Ford, will celebrate its grand opening next month.
CHADDS FORD — Anytime Fitness, the world’s largest and fastest growing 24-hour co-ed fitness franchise, is pleased to announce it’s Grand Opening in the Garnet Valley Plaza in Chadds Ford, PA next to Firebirds Restaurant and Sache` Boutique! The gym is staffed roughly 10 hours a day, but members...
So, how cool is your Dad?
A fun little quiz to see exactly how ‘with-it’ the Dad in your life is
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
In honor of Father’s Day, here is a quiz to test your “Daddy Coolness Factor”. Be honest. NO cheating.
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Nixon Park concert series kicks off June 25
Last years Wednesday concert series at Anson B. Nixon Park, as seen here, was a big success. The new season kicks off June 25.
KENNETT — Once again, Anson B. Nixon Park is gearing up for another exciting outdoor summer concert series, starting Wednesday, June 25.
Each Wednesday evening throughout the summer, the Kennett Area Park Authority (KAPA) hosts free concerts Families and friends gather...
What To Do: Balloon Fest, Father Fest & more
Whether looking for fun with Dad or just cool music, there are events for you
By Denny Dyroff, Correspondent, The Times
The eighth Annual Chester County Balloon Festival kicks off Friday night in Unionville and continues Saturday.
There are some things that can happen in the sky above you and compel you to look up. It’s almost certain that if there is a hot air balloon in the sky above you, you’re...
Obituary: Margaret Sedilko Ruman
Margaret Sedilko Ruman
Margaret Sedilko Ruman, 80, beloved mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully at her home in Litchfield on June 9, 2014, attended by loving family. Margaret was born on October 1, 1933, in Dilltown, PA, daughter of the late John and Helen (Simchock) Sedilko. She was raised in the coal mining towns of PA and W.Va. where her father and brothers worked in the mines.
She is...
Roger McGuinn headlines at Colonial tonight
Grace & Tony at World Cafe Sat., Kenny Wayne Shepherd at The Keswick Fri.
By Denny Dyroff, Correspondent, The Times
The legendary Roger McGuinn of The Byrds helps kick off a stellar weekend of local music performances, playing tonight at The Colonial Theater in Phoenixville.
A concert performance by Roger McGuinn is more than just a music concert. It is a history lesson in the evolutionary development...
CrossFit hosts benefit BBQ/Workout June 28
CrossFit Kennett Square will host a benefit to help find a cure for Diamond Blackfan Anemia, which Milledge Estes, a son of one of CrossFit’s members current suffers from.
KENNETT SQUARE — Crossfit Kennett Square is holding Mighty Milledge, a charity workout and BBQ to find a cure for the rare disease that Milledge Estes, the son of one of their members, has. Milledge was diagnosed with Diamond...
