For the first time in its history, the annual Kennett Square Mushroom Festival, originally scheduled this year for Sept. 12-13, 2020, will be canceled, due to increasing safety concerns expressed by its Board of Directors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The board’s decision to cancel this year’s festival dovetails with the nearly global cancellation of nearly ...

Details are not yet available but reports are Route 1 is closed in both directions between Route 52 and Parkersville Road because of downed wires. State police don't know when the road will reopen. The downed wires are not related to work on the bridge near Longwood Gardens, police said.

And just like that.... Mother Nature redeems herself tonight as the back edge of the cold front passed at sunset. Photo submitted by Above Ground Level Droneworks

Sunrise over the lower pond of our Chadds Peak Farm. Submitted by Vince Moro

Flood photo of Chadds Ford. Submitted by Above Ground Level Droneworks.

Q: What made you interested in Ernest Hemingway? A: Hemingway was the author who inspired me to start my writing career. I first read Hemingway’s novella “The Old Man and the Sea” in High School, then later got “hooked” when I read “For Whom the Bell Tolls” many years later. Q: Are you familiar with most of his works? A: Yes, I’ve read nearly all of his works and ...

We decided to celebrate the snow by building a 12 foot tall snowman with the neighborhood kids. We then put red lights on it at night for fun. It's since been taken down, but here is a picture of the children's creation. Creighton Anderson

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Thank you so much. Our beloved Jinx returned home.