On Your Table: The Country Butcher keeps it local
Locally sourced foods and old-fashioned service make for a Kennett standout
By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times
Dan Boxler of the Country Butcher in Kennett shows off his case of dry aged beef. The shop has been a staple in southern Chester County for a generation and features locally grown and raised foods combined with attentive customer service.
KENNETT — Stepping into the...
Update: Coatesville police nab ‘extremely dangerous’ gunman
Jamil Battle
Updated 4:10 p.m. with Battle’s arrest
COATESVILLE — A manhunt for an individual they describe as “armed and extremely dangerous” ended Tuesday afternoon after city police said they apprehended a man wanted following a shooting, Jan. 30 at North 8th Avenue and East Diamond Streets.
Police police said they took Jamil Battle into custody Tuesday afternoon in connection...
Op/Ed: A tale of two high schools
Growing gap between urban, suburban schools is unconscionable
By Sen. Andrew E. Dinniman, State Senator, 19th District
Sen. Andrew E. Dinniman
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
It’s almost like Charles Dickens was describing public education in Pennsylvania.
Today, the disparity between the academic services, technology and basic resources available to students in inner...
SuperSix: Way more interesting than some game
New looks, tastes for February to keep you in the know
By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times
This is an EXCITING day! It sure is! It’s time for my February Super Six!
What? You thought I would be talking Super Bowl? If I hear talk of deflated balls for one more second, I’m going to scream. Let’s keep it girlie for today, shall we?
1. Pina Lace Top from Anthropologie: This blouse has...
What To Do: Celebrating Jamie Wyeth
Also: More art in Malvern, hot cars in Philly and wine and chocolate
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The works of famed local artist Jamie Wyeth are now being featured at The Brandywine River Museum of art. Above: Wyeth’s “A Murder of Crows.”
Chadds Ford is home to the Wyeth family and the Wyeth family is home to a number of highly talented painters. The Wyeth family’s...
Good Stuff: From Oxford to Downingtown, people-powered news
The fun & popular Good Stuff Column is here delivering you a week-ending smile! Got ‘good stuff’ you’d like to share? Email kim@chescotimes.com (submissions are subject to editorial review.)
Power of the Pen…Patton Middle School’s Julie Griswold takes home FIRST place (6th grade division) in the Daughters of the American Revolution – Chester County Chapter,...
On Stage: Pocopson’s Trombetta breaks out in Young Frankenstein
Also: Jack Hanna gets wild in Del., and for duo it is all about the bass
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Chris Trombetta, far left, of Pocopson enjoys a star turn as Igor in the production of Young Frankenstein at The Candlelight Theater
“The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” is a very funny show.
It is a Broadway musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan and music...
Art Watch: The Delaware Valley Art League
Be a part of a creative community…Get out your paints!
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
Last week I wrote a bit about the life-changing power of one teacher to inspire hundreds of adults to get out and create and exhibit their work. We all have oil paints or pastels in a drawer somewhere, maybe it is the time to take them out and rekindle that creative flame? Sometimes it takes the community...
Blizzard? Not ‘snow’ much
Although New England appears to have been hit hard, a more easterly than predicted path of Monday’s snowstorm appears to have spared Chester County, as snowfall counts amounted to less than an inch in some parts of the county.
Although light snow was falling Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service (NWS) is not predicting much in the way of additional accumulations and roads are generally...
Shanahan girls hold off Coatesville, 51-49
ChesMont powerhouses leave it until late at CASH on Thursday night
By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times
Nafisa Saunders drives to the hoop in the second quarter.
CALN – In a clash of two of the ChesMont’s strongest teams, the Bishop Shanahan girls basketball team eked out a 51-49 victory at Coatesville on Thursday night.
In what would become the night’s theme, Shanahan jumped out to...
