County leader elected to regional post for statewide advocacy group

Commissioner Kathi Cozzone will represent District Five of the Pa. County Commissioners Association  By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone said she is pleased and honored to represent District Five of the state County Commissioners Association. When local officials grapple with the aftershocks of state and federal mandates, the County Commissioners Association...

Tickets on sale for Kennett Brewfest 2012

Approximately 70 breweries expected for area’s premier beer-bash on Sept. 29 By P.J. D’Annunzio, Staff Writer, The Times KENNETT SQUARE — Historic Kennett Square has something special brewing for late September: Kennett Square’s foremost potent-potable celebration, Brewfest. “Brewfest is a fundraiser for Historic Kennett Square,” Event Chairman Jeff Norman said. “It’s a...

Some issues are just skin deep

You may be out of your teens, but your skin doesn’t always notice By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times I think that it is some cruel cosmic joke that I suffer from acne prone skin at age 40.  (So, I’m 41…I like saying that I’m still 40, OK?) Let’s focus on the real problem. I am breaking out like a 14-year-old boy.  How do I know this?  Because I HAVE a 14-year-old boy and we...

KAU fall ball registration gets underway

Registration open for KAU Fall Baseball Registration continues through September 1 for the KAU 2012 Fall Ball Baseball and Softball season. KAU’s programs are open to residents and students in both the Kennett Consolidated and Unionville-Chadds Ford School Districts. Registration may be completed at www.kaulittleleague.org by using the program registration tab. The player’s age as of April 30,...

Newlin Green residents owe a lot of apologies

Behavior at Newlin Zoning Hearing Board was an embarrassment to Unionville By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times I didn’t know what else to say, so I apologized. Not that I’d done anything wrong, mind you, but watching the shameful and clueless behavior of some of the residents of Newlin Green Wednesday night at a Newlin Zoning Hearing Board hearing to determine whether a property meets zoning requirements...

Dishing out homemade Hispanic flavors with dollop of conviviality

From fish tacos to corn ice cream,  customers warm up to Michoacana’s Mexican fare By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Noelia Scharon, a co-owner known by some customers as Ms. Sunshine, stands behind the counter of the ice-cream store with her son, Andres, who is one of nearly 20 workers at the two businesses. A Kennett Square entrepreneur remembers the day more than 10 years...

Weer says there’s opposition to Unionville bike path

E. Marlborough supervisor argues that a majority of residents don’t support Rt. 82 plan By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times EAST MARLBOROUGH — While the township is in line to get some $1.4 million in state and federal funding to build a bike path — and has spent more than $200,000 of township money on the project — at least one Township Supervisor is arguing that a majority of township residents...

Living History: A tale of two names, Marshallton and the Marshalton Inn

By Gene Pisasale, Special to The Times Martin’s Tavern played a key role in the Revolutionary War and went on to become a central location in Marshallton for almost 200 years. Visitors to Chester County know the area for its rolling hills and a kaleidoscope of colors in the Fall, but few are deeply familiar with its rich heritage dating back well over 300 years. William Penn made the first land...

Inaugural Veterans Court graduation draws crowd

‘It saved my life,’ a graduate of the new diversionary program said By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times State Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery, (left) who served in the Marines and Air Force, and lawyer James E. McErlane, a Navy veteran, chat with officials after the program. The Vietnam veteran warned the audience in advance that he wasn’t “an elegant speaker,”...

Tourism officials welcome all to renovated info center

After months of renovations, historic building in Longwood Gardens’ shadow has reopened By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Home of the former Longwood Progressive Meeting, the visitors’ center has reopened after several months of renovations to preserve its history. No wonder local tourism officials are excited: new digs on the grounds of Longwood Gardens in a building steeped...