WEST CHESTER — The West Chester PlaySchool will hold its annual fund raising auction April 2. The fun event — which features both a silent and live auction — will be held at the West Chester Senior Center, 530 East Union Street, West Chester. The event will raise money to help support the PlaySchool — a co-operative, learning focused preschool for kids 2-5 that counts numerous current...

There will be a softball clinic for girls age 7 to 14, Sat. March 26 at Unionville High School. The clinic will be put on by the Indians’ players and coaching staff and run from 1 to 4 p.m. and will take place at the school’s softball field.    Send article as PDF   

KENNETT — Longwood Rotary Club will hold its annual Gala Dinner-Dance and Auction at Longwood Gardens. The event includes champagne service, a seated dinner, open bar and snacks, a dessert buffet, a silent auction and dancing. All proceeds are used to support causes in the Kennett Square area. This year’s event will also feature a “Chester County’s Got Talent” competition...

The Unionville Chadds Ford Education Foundation invites you to a Spring Jewelry Show on Friday, March 4th from 12:00-2:00 pm or 6:30-8:30 p.m. Please join us for our fund raising event on March 4th and enjoy an evening of jewelry, food, friends, and fun!  30% of all sales will go directly to the Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Foundation! The goal of the Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Foundation...

Over 70 local and regional professional artists will display and sell their art in an array of mediums to satisfy every taste and budget at the 62nd Annual Chadds Ford Art Sale & Show on Friday, March 25th from 7pm – 10pm and Saturday, March 26th from 10am – 4pm.  As in previous years, patrons can meet the artists on Friday evening while enjoying live music and complimentary hors d’oeuvres...

There will be a baseball clinic and home run derby on March 12 from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at the Unionville High School Baseball field.  This event will be held outside on the varsity field unless there is significant rain and we will then be in the high school gym.  The varsity players and  coaching staff will run the clinic and the derby.  We will have prizes for the derby, snacks and shirts...

The annual Unionville High School used book sale kicks off, Friday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. at Unionville High School. As usual, there will be thousands of books of virtually every description available for sale. The sale continues, Saturday, Feb. 26, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. followed by the highly popular Bag Sale, which runs from 3 to 5 p.m. The event raises money for the UHS PTO. for more information go the...

The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District will hold an informational session for parents of 4th to 8th graders regarding both the new Keystone Exams as well as an update on the Middle School Honors Task Force in the Patton Middle School Auditorium. The Keystone meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. The Keystone Exams are end-of-course assessments designed to assess proficiency in subject areas such as Algebra...

KENNETT — Mary Larkin Durgan be talking about the Underground Railroad in the Kennett area this Saturday, Feb. 12, at 11 a.m. at the Visitors Center of the Chester County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Many know the building as the old Longwood Progressive Meeting, just outside Longwood Gardens’ parking lot, 300 Greenwood Road. The talk will feature Larkin and talk about local stops on the path...

The Penn State Cooperative Extension – Chester County will hold an educational program on “Tree and Shrub Transplanting, Planting, Site Preparation, Mulching, Pruning, Total Care and Why”, on March 24, 2011 from  8:30 AM to 4:00 PM  at the Penn State Berks County Agricultural Center, 1238 County Welfare Road, Leesport, Pennsylvania  19533. Participants will learn through classroom lecture...