The winery tasting room – what exactly is that?

Note to readers: this is the first installment of what we expect to be a monthly column on wine — focusing on Chester County wineries, their products and offering a little guidance about wines, how they’re made, sold and differences between varieties.  By Lele Galer and Alicia Lyons, Special to The Times Most wineries around the world have tasting rooms which are designed for you to try a...

Letter: thanks Pitts for recommending Healthcare.gov

To The Editor, Thank you, Congressman Pitts, for recommending HealthCare.gov! Our Congressman Joe Pitts has been an outspoken critic of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and so I was wondering what he would advise a constituent who did not have health insurance. So I emailed him through his website and asked this question: ‘I do not have health insurance and I want to get it. I do not want...

KAU opens spring baseball, softball registration

KENNETT — Registration for the KAU Little League spring, 2014 baseball and softball season is now open and will continue through January 2014. KAU Little League is open to students ages 4 through 18 who attend any public or private school within the boundaries of both the Unionville-Chadds Ford and Kennett Consolidated School Districts or who live in the geographic boundaries of those districts....

Magness breaks national record in 200-meter freestyle

Patton 7th grader bursts record for 11 & 12 year olds LANCASTER — Unionville’s Matt Magness broke the national record for 11 & 12 year olds in  the 200-meter freestyle this past weekend competing at the TYR Cup at Franklin & Marshall College. Magness, a seventh grader at Charles F. Patton Middle School, broke the five-year old record of Nick Silverthorn’s 11-12 U.S. National...

Walker announces bid for 158th seat

Long-time supervisor hopes to follow the retiring Ross By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Cuyler Walker EAST MARLBOROUGH — A long-time township supervisor formally announced his bid to succeed State Rep. Chris Ross Monday — Cuyler Walker will seek the Republican nomination for the 158th District. Walker, currently the chair of the township’s Board of Supervisor, has been active in the community...

Art Watch: Glasslight

By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times This week’s ArtWatch focuses on the beautiful hand blown glass work of Glasslight Studios in St. Peters Pennsylvania. Joel Bless found his passion for glass back in the 1970s when he was a student at Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of American Craftsmen.  From the start, he was drawn to making lighting art , which won many awards and was exhibited...

For ex-NFL star, funding tumor research is heartfelt

Garo Yepremian seeking support for foundation honoring daughter-in-law By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Between 100,000 and 170,000 people across the country will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor this year, according to the American Brain Tumor Association. Reversing that disturbing statistic has been the goal of Garo Yepremian, a former NFL star and Avondale...

A beautiful way to fight gun violence

Liberty United turns illegal guns, bullets into jewelry By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times I know the holidays are a time to be joyful, but they are also a chance to take a moment and reflect on our troubles and tribulations over the past year.  Never has this been a more relevant concept than on the first anniversary of the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary.  I do not want to delve...

Ellison is out and so is the Tea Party

One — the former Democratic power-broker — knows he’s done, the other is oblivious By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times As we head into the holiday season — and hopefully, a couple of weeks of relative quiet — a few notes and thoughts on local political stuff and other news items. Maybe the topline item this morning is that James Ellison is out at Rhoads & Sinon — meaning he will no...

Porcelain laminate veneers – something to smile about

You can create an entirely new smile in just a few visits By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, The Times What is a veneer? For more than 20 years dentists have had the technology to create lifelike appearing veneers to give teeth a flawless appearance.  Also known as laminates, veneers are usually custom made from porcelain.  Porcelain veneers can make uneven or crooked teeth appear straight....