Monthly Archives: May 2016

Tough Mudders returning to Chester County

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Participants in the 2015 Tough Mudder Philly pose for photos after completing the obstacle course at Plantation Field in West Marlborough Township.

Those Tough Mudders are returning to Chester County this weekend to display their prowess on a 10- to 12-mile course that includes obstacles such as Electroshock Therapy and Quagmire – and they will happily pay for the privilege. Tough Mudder Philly will take place on Saturday, May 21, and Sunday, May 22, at Plantation Field in West Marlborough Township. Participants will challenge their strength, grit,…

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Warning issued to motorists: Click It or Ticket

In 2015, 64 people died in 3,440 accidents in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties – fatalities that could have been reduced if the victims had been wearing seat belts, according to PennDOT. The effort to avoid those outcomes has prompted 87 municipal police departments across southeast Pennsylvania as well as the Pennsylvania State Police to conduct seat belt enforcement activities as part of…

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Tour boasts insiders’ view of artists’ milieu

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The colorful work of Kennett Square artist Robert Jackson will be featured during the Chester County Studio Tour, a two-day event that begins on Saturday, May 21.

Crates are stacked against the walls of Kennett Square painter Robert Jackson’s studio. He often uses them as props in his eclectic still lifes. In the historic West Chester house where Diane Cirafesi lives, paints, draws, and does mixed-media works, the interior design melds with the artwork. Visitors sometimes don’t know what is art and what is part of the décor. In East Coventry, sculptures…

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Longwood hailed as ‘extraordinary public garden’

Citing its special achievement in the field of botany, Longwood Gardens has been named the 2016 recipient of The Garden Club of America’s (GCA) Eloise Payne Luquer Medal. Longwood’s Executive Director Paul B. Redman will accept the the medal, which was designed by sculptor Chester Beach, on Sunday, May 22, during the GCA’s Annual Meeting at the Depot Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel in Minnesota, according to…

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Popular parade keeps focus on veterans

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The 2016 Kennett Square Memorial Day Parade kicks off at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 30.

At this time of year, it takes a large binder to contain all of the information relevant to the 2016 Kennett Square Memorial Day parade – details ranging from how many Scouts will participate to how many water bottles will be needed. According to Historic Kennett Square, Bill Taylor, the parade chairman and the owner of Taylor Oil & Propane, is seldom seen without the…

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Garage sale to benefit historic schoolhouse

During a time when Pocopson Township’s renovations of the Barnard House stirred rancor as the costs to restore the early 1800s Underground Railroad stop kept rising, another historic renovation project progressed without making headlines. Pocopson Township purchased the Locust Grove Schoolhouse, one of three one-room schoolhouses originally located in the township, in 2003 using state grant money. Since then, its preservation has been totally funded…

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Rabbinic Reflections: Grounding competitiveness

We are all coming up empty. Striving for success as measured by grades, degrees, and dollars has hollowed out our souls. We have taken to competing against our own limitations to feel accomplished. It is high time we looked down at the basis for our efforts. As an educator, I am keenly aware of the dangers of a school turning into a hamster-wheel of learning,…

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CFHS to reveal secrets of ‘Herbs and Potions’

What’s old is new again, and participants in the next installment of the Chadds Ford Historical Society’s popular “Tavern Talks” series will learn the details on Thursday, June 9. This month’s topic is “Herbs and Potions,” a program that will explore the many uses of herbs, such as in food, poisons, remedies, gardens and even cocktails. In fact, some of the herbs used to cure…

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Progressive rock act set for Kennett Flash

District 97, a Chicago-based, progressive rock act is coming to the Kennett Flash on Wednesday, May 18 – the acclaimed group’s only Philadelphia area show of its current tour. Featuring vocalist Leslie Hunt, a top 10 female finalist on American Idol in 2007, as well as drummer Jonathan Schang, who placed in Modern Drummers 2012 list of best up and coming drummers, District 97 is…

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‘Criminal’ convicted in armed robbery spree

More than three years after a spate of armed robberies terrified six residents in Kennett and New Garden Townships, a Chester County jury on Thursday, May 12, determined that one of the alleged defendants had lived up to his nickname: “Criminal.” After about six hours of deliberations, the panel convicted Emmanuel Renteria, 27, of West Grove, on 10 counts of robbery and related charges. Chester…

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