Strawberry Festival takes the cake — the shortcake

Annual four-day festival starts May 31, has rides, music, food and, of course, its famous strawberry shortcake By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com The midway will once again be abuzz, as the Strawberry festival kicks off Thursday, May 31 on the campus of Brandywine Hospital in Caln. CALN — It may have started as small, one-day event to raise money for a nursing scholarship, but the Strawberry...

Mom, do I have to brush AGAIN?

By Dr. Stephanie McGann, DMD FAGD, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com As a dentist, I am obsessive about oral hygiene, as a mom I fight the same fight as everyone else I know.  My kids are just like yours.   I’m sure my son isn’t the only kid to swear up and down he brushed his teeth but somehow the toothbrush is still dry.  Really? February is national children’s dental health month.  So this...

Lots of unique experiences for the kids at 2011 Unionville Fair

Carved pumpkins on display during the 2010 Unionville Fair. Ahhh.. to be a kid again! What could be more fun than a scavenger hunt? Exploring a Native American tipi?  Watching a baby chick break through the shell? Carving a pumpkin?  All these experiences and more will be available to the young, and the young at heart, at the Unionville Community Fair, Friday, September 30 through Sunday, October...

Ring that school bell!

We’re just weeks away from the daily battle between moms and kids over what to wear By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com It’s a magical time of year! The air is starting to get crisp in the evenings. The sky gets darker earlier and earlier. And, the collective whine heard from children all over Chester County is mingled by their parents toasting and cheering to a rapidly approaching...

Kids’ cross country race, Aug. 4

KENNETT SQUARE — The Kennett Area Park and Recreation Kids Cross Country Race is scheduled for Thursday,  Aug. 4.  Free training will also be provided at Anson B. Nixon park from 8 a.m.-9 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays leading up to race day. This fun event is scheduled at 7 pm, with registration opening at 6pm. Children will run a 1.5 mile race course.  The event is free to any child ages 14...

Aunt Kel’s guide to happy life

Celebrating the birth of her new niece, Kelly offers some advice for our younger readers By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, UnionvilleTimes.com As I write this article, I am LITERALLY, anxiously awaiting the birth of my niece. She is my second niece by blood and fourth by marriage. (Editor’s note: she was born some three hours after this was written. Mom and baby are doing well, Kelly reports). I,...

Radley Run Country Club becomes an Official PGA Family Course

Each hole at Radley Run now has additional tees closer to the green designated specifically for kids. Kids of all ages now can enjoy the Radley Run Country Club Golf Course, thanks to new, closer tees for kids. BIRMINGHAM —Young golfers now get their own tees and a better chance to have a fun day on the links, thanks to some new improvements to the Radley Run Country Club Golf Course. The PGA of...

Progress seen in Unionville teacher talks

Sources say talks more productive, as students, parents express worries about potential strike By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com EAST MARLBOROUGH — After a stormy start, negotiations between the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District and its teachers union are said to be moving in a productive direction, with the pace of meetings picking up and progress being made toward a new agreement,...

School officials working to balance student, family needs on activity fee policy

Focus groups, continued data mining likely until formal recommendation made in January By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Girls' rugby, a club sport at Unionville, already sees its participants paying fairly high activity fees. District officials are working to balance fees to keep them fair, while still generating additional revenue for the district. EAST MARLBOROUGH — The question...

Get your little ghouls and goblins ready for Halloween

Most local towns limit trick or treating to between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. By Mike McGann, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com Pocopson Elementary principal Dr. Andrew McLaughlin (dressed as a very cold Fred Flinstone) leads the 2010 Halloween Parade at the school, Friday morning. Using common sense, we can help make this a safe and happy Halloween for all. It’s the time of year where ghosts, goblins and superheroes...