Art Watch: Time for the Chadds Ford Art Show
Still going strong after 67 years, top local artists featured
By Lele Galer, Columnist, The Times
The highlight of art this week is the 67th Annual Chadds Ford Art Show this Friday and Saturday, March 11-12. Chadds Ford Elementary School will host the Chadds Ford Art Show and Sale which provides a unique platform for Chester County artists to show both traditional and contemporary art work that are...
AG Junior earns highest possible ACT score
Just 1% of students achieve this honor nationwide
WEST GROVE – Avon Grove High School Junior Noah Donten scored the highest possible ACT Composite Score of 36, an accomplishment that about one-tenth of 1% of students who take the ACT achieve each year.
The ACT consists of tests in English, math, reading and science, and a student’s score is the average of the four scores.
Fermentation for the health of it
Age old technique preserves foods, adds healthy live bateria to diet
By Matthew Lapp, Columnist, The Times
Fermenting is an age-old method used to preserve food. In fact, according to Robin Foroutan, MS, RD the earliest record of fermentation dates back as far as 6000 B.C. in the Fertile Crescent. Since then, nearly every civilization has included at least one fermented food in its culinary heritage....
Police: man emptied gun into E. Caln home
No injuries; police say man was trying to intimidate child victim in abuse case
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Douglas Kohen
EAST CALN — A township man is charged with firing a gun six times into a house in an apparent attempt to intimidate a child witness against him in a pending child abuse case, Sunday.
Douglas Kohen, 62, is charged with firing six rounds into a West Goshen home, where a...
Man slain in Coatesville robbery
COATESVILLE — A Philadelphia man attending Lincoln University was shot to death Saturday night after he and a companion were robbed by three masked men, city police said.
Christopher Robinson, 22, was reported killed at South Fifth Avenue and Olive Street during an alleged robbery. A city man, Evander Wilson, 24, is charged with coordinating a conspiracy to rob Robinson and another man. Authorities...
If Trump wins GOP nod, what happens in Chester County?
Party insiders worry Trump could cost state legislative candidates
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
We’ve survived Super Tuesday (and Thursday night’s PG-13 GOP debate) and the road the Pennsylvania primary elections gives us less than seven weeks to figure out what the heck is going on and what it might mean for November’s elections.
And while both parties have issues with insurgencies, angst...
What To Do: Spring comes into bloom at Flower Show
Also: Multiple options to enjoy March’s First Friday
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
A harbinger of the coming spring: the Philadelphia Flower Show at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, which opens Saturday.
Even though spring is almost a month away and snow keeps entering the forecast, you can get into a springtime mood by attending the 2016 PHS (Pennsylvania Horticultural Society)...
On Stage (Extra): All the world’s a stage
Local productions, shows have distinctly international flair this weekend
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Austrailia’s Tai Wilkenfeld comes to The Ardmore, Saturday.
If you look at the entertainment calendar for the next week, you’ll detect a very definite international vibe — musical acts from Italy and Australia, a ballet based on a Spanish novel, a musical built around the...
Commissioners salute Womens’ History Month
Chester County Commissioners Terence Farrell, Kathi Cozzone and Michelle Kichline with representatives from the “Your Vote is Your Voice! Empowered Women Vote” organization, along with Chester County employees, at the presentation of the Women’s History Month proclamation.
WEST CHESTER — The Chester County Commissioners proclaimed March as Women’s History Month at this week’s Commissioners’...
On Stage: Robust calendar of live music this weekend
From punk to jazz, there’s something for everyone
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Wolfmother
Area music fans who want to enjoy a live concert (or two…or three) are in for a treat this weekend. The calendar of live shows around the area features music in a large range of styles and genres by bands from very diverse locations.
Start with the list of some of the bands set to play the...
