Unionville Community Fair & Farm Show ‘Harvests the Fun’ this weekend
Giddyap!..Rodeo, contests, food, livestock, entertainment & more…
By Kim Chiomento, News Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH – The first weekend of October is here, and that means it’s time for the 91st annual Unionville Community Fair and Farm Show. The historic fair has grown from its modest 1924 ‘corn show’ roots to the largest display of community agricultural, home products,...
La Comunidad Hispana expanding health services to Oxford
KENNETT SQUARE – La Comunidad Hispana will open a new community health center in the Oxford area in December 2015. This second full-service health center represents a major expansion of services to Southern Chester County for LCH, the more than 40-year-old organization based in Kennett Square. The LCH Oxford Health Center will be located in the Oxford Professional Center at 301...
Downingtown showcases growth, economic development & vitality
Progress, prosperity & quality of life remain key focus
By Kim Chiomento, News Editor, The Times
Downingtown Mayor, Josh Maxwell, discusses revitalization initiatives with meeting attendees
DOWNINGTOWN – Chester County business and political leaders, non-profit organizations and interested community members packed Victory Brewing Company Friday morning to learn more about major economic development...
What To Do: Kick off Autumn at Fall Fest in Downingtown
First weekend of Fall overs a myriad of events
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Things will be lively in Downingtown on September 27 when the Victory Brewing Company, the Downingtown-Thorndale Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Borough of Downingtown team up to present the Ninth Annual Downingtown Fall Fest (East Lancaster Avenue between Wallace Avenue and Green Street, Downingtown, 610-514-7000,...
Free cat, dog vaccine clinic, Sept. 26
WEST BRANDYWINE — DogsHome is hosting a free pet vaccine clinic Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Hibernia Park, Coatesville. Free dog and cat food will also be handed out while supplies last.
Dogs and cats will receive free rabies and distemper/parvo vaccines, as well as dewormers.
What To Do: Harvest Festival season a harbinger of fall
Also: West Chester Restaurant Festival and much, much more
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The leaves will be starting to change color soon and that means that the season of harvest festivals has arrived. One of the first will be the Chaddsford Winery Harvest Festival which will be held September 19 and 20 at the Chaddsford Winery (632 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford, 610-388-6221, http://www.chaddsford.com).
The...
What To Do: Mushroom Fest and Chadds Ford Days kick off fall
Also: Barclay Friends Gardens and Radnor Concours D’Elgance & more
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
The return of Fun Gus is just one of the exciting signs that the Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square is at hand, kicking off Friday night with the annual parade.
Kennett Square and mushrooms are linked together so much that it would seem fitting if the Kennett High sports teams were...
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Whip & ‘Neigh-neighhhh’… Be sure to catch The Plantation Field International Horse Trials...
Downingtown eateries dishing up for Fallfest
DOWNINGTOWN — Participating Downingtown restaurants are offering two unique dishes from September 19 to September 26 to celebrate the fall harvest season.
FallFeast will emphasize the culinary creativity and diversity of the restaurants in the Downingtown community. Each restaurant will have to incorporate a mandated ingredient in one of the dishes and the other will be a “Chef’s Choice.”
Rotary goes to ‘new heights’ Thursday for Phila. Outward Bound School
West Chester rappelling event raises funds for local youth
By Kim Chiomento, News Editor, The Times
West Chester’s Mayor Carolyn Comitta rappels down the side of One Logan Square.
WEST CHESTER – When Philadelphia’s Mayor Nutter invited West Chester’s Mayor Carolyn Comitta to rapel down the side of the 31 story One Logan Square to fundraise for the Philadelphia Outward Bound School; Comitta...
