A Gem of a season awaits at Longwood Gardens as the world-renowned attraction celebrates the holidays with decorations as radiant as jewels and gems. This Christmas, the Gardens are transformed into a ...
Kennett Square’s annual New Year’s Eve Mushroom Drop celebration met with widespread approval this year. Kathi Lafferty, who founded and continues to run the annual event, said it met with no serious ...
On January 10, 1776, Robert Bell did something that could have landed him in prison for treason against King George III of England. In his small shop on Third Street in downtown Philadelphia, Bell ...
Mary Frances Hemric, 89, formerly of Gap, Pa., passed away peacefully on Dec. 31, 2025. Born on June 12, 1936, in Boonville, North Carolina, Frances was the daughter of the late John Frank Trivette ...
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania heralds itself as the Mushroom Capital of the World, and in fact, nearly two-thirds of all fresh mushroom production happens in and directly around the unique and vibrant ...
At a little more than one square mile in size, Kennett Square Borough manages to stuff itself with all the ingredients that make up a generally accepted definition of a successful small town. From the ...
Libre’s Law, the anti-cruelty law (Act 10) that strengthened the protection of animals, went into effect in late August of 2017. Since then, over 52,000 animal abuse offenses have been filed statewide ...
For the past decades, whenever the London Britain Township Board of Supervisors gathered for their public meetings, they were accompanied not only by interested members of the municipality, but by ...
For more than two decades, the area known as White Clay Point along Route 41 in Landenberg has existed as both an eyesore of neglect and a goldmine of economic potential – a forlorn splotch of trees ...
In this week's edition of the Chester County Press: Updates from the New Garden Board of Supervisors, Kennett School Board presents next year's school calendar, La Verona Feast of the Seven Fishes ...
The gallery’s name honors the building’s former owners (the Hooks) and its mission is to embrace artistic risk and imperfection.