Holiday events abound at The Market at Liberty Place
KENNETT SQUARE — The Market at Liberty Place will be hosting a number of events this holiday season, offering additional shopping and gift options — and fun events for the whole family.
Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday through Christmas holidays, The Market will play host to Popup Holiday Shopping. Unique, artisan vendors will be selling their non-food products in keeping with The Market’s...
Bountiful birthday wishes for beloved centenarian
About 100 gather to celebrate Kennett Square man’s 100th
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Mike DiPietro reads the many greetings that he received on his 100th birthday.
On Sunday, people celebrated from as far away as Italy – jubilantly singing birthday wishes on the computer. The more fortunate revelers traveled to Kennett Square from near and distant, including Boston....
Kennett Square declares: Let there be lights!
Annual parade on Friday to culminate with Santa’s arrival
Kennett Square will be aglow with festively lit floats on Friday during the annual Holiday Light Parade.
Historic Kennett Square is inviting area residents to see the light – actually lots of them – on Friday as the Annual Holiday Light Parade kicks off the season at 6:15 p.m.
Last year’s parade represented the debut of the illuminated...
New home decor shop on W. State St. in Kennett Square
Eclectic collection of vintage, turn-of-the-century furniture, decor, and gifts
By Rick Marts, Staff Writer, The Times
Featuring a wide range specialized, one of a kind home decor items, Home Decor by Terri offers furniture and accent pieces, perfect to complete any home’s look — or as a thoughtful gift.
KENNETT SQUARE — “Furniture and home decor have always been a love of mine,”...
New organic food market opens in Kennett Square
Terra Foods offers year round organic vegetables, produce, dairy, and more
By Suzanne Misciagna, Staff Writer, The Times
Terra Foods, located at the Market at Liberty Place in downtown Kennett Square, offers something for everyone including local organic vegetables and produce, cooking oils, dairy products, gluten free products, fresh breads and more.
KENNETT SQUARE – Take a stroll through the historic...
Political news and notes: 2014 legislative races kicking off
Final write-in results show poor turnout, participation in 2013
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
The political news cycle never seems to end these days, on the heels of the final write-in election results being posted Friday, we have a batch of new candidate announcements or pending announcements in 2014 state legislative races — and even, it seems — an early hint about a 2016 race.
First to the...
D.A.: Collaboration needed to end heroin threat
‘We can’t arrest this problem away,’ he said
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Andy Rumford, a grieving father who founded Kacie’s Cause in memory of his daughter, urges an audience in New Garden Township not to ignore the warning signs of heroin abuse.
The county’s chief law-enforcement officer had positive and negative updates on the heroin epidemic that has infiltrated...
County to smokers: Be a quitter
Free assistance being offered to help kick the habit
In observance of the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, Nov. 21, the Chester County Tobacco-Free Coalition will be distributing 1,000 free “quit kits” to work sites and community-based organizations in Chester County, a news release from the county Health Department said.
Quit kits, tobacco prevention information, and smoking cessation resources...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane: No, it’s a giant mushroom
700-pound spore to descend on Kennett Square for New Year’s Eve
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
A sketch shows the mushroom that is being fabricated for Kennett Square’s New Year’s Eve celebration.
Move over, Manhattan: Kennett Square is poised to supplant Times Square as the go-to destination for New Year’s Eve.
After all, who wants to watch a boring ball when the sky...
Big October schedule coming at The Flash
The Steve Pullara Cool Beans show kics off a series of family-oriented kids shows at The Flash, on Oct. 27.
Family fun, comedy and great local and regional music acts on the bill
KENNETT SQUARE — People are rediscovering The Flash and many are experiencing it for the first time — now more than a month since its reopening with a new mix of acts, refurbished venue and better food and if you haven’t...
