Avid chocolate lovers being sought

The United Way of Southern Chester County is issuing a clarion call for chocoholics. Those with a taste for hundreds of delectable chocolate treats – an array that includes cakes, brownies, candies, cookies and cupcakes – should mark their calendars for Sunday, Feb. 21, this year’s date for the Kennett Chocolate Lovers Festival. This popular fundraiser, which benefits programs served by the United Way of…

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Mind Matters: Re-spect in the New Year?

Here it is: Winter solstice time, when the northern hemisphere faces the darkest days of the year with various celebrations of light. Meanwhile, I sit in Cambridge, Mass., awaiting the arrival of my first grandchild. When this column appears, hopefully she will have been born and we will all be headed into a new year. What sort of a new year will it portend for…

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