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Editorial: An open letter to the Chester County Prison Board

09/27/2023 02:56PM ● By Richard Gaw

As each one of us -- every member of the Chester County community -- slowly begins to sift through the smoldering aftermath of the two-weeks when a convicted murderer attempted to slither his way to freedom past our homes and neighborhoods, the magnitude of Danelo Cavalcante’s escape from the Chester County Prison on Aug. 31 remains on the scale of an earthquake. The sky above us is still clouded with ash.

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Editorial: Heroes at Work

09/21/2023 11:49AM ● By Richard Gaw

When escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante was apprehended without incident by about two dozen members of a U.S. Customs Border Control Tactical Unit and the Pennsylvania State Police, as well as the assistance of a search canine, a nightmare that played out over 14 nerve-racking days was, indeed, finally over.

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Editorial: By the numbers

09/14/2023 11:47AM ● By Richard Gaw

Mushroom Festival, Unionville Community Fair, Penn Township's new sports park - by the numbers

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Editorial: The Herd Mentality of the Oblivious and the Defiant

10/14/2020 05:25PM

Still too cool for a mask? New coronavirus cases reported in Pennsylvania have tripled in one month, from 570 new cases reported on Sept. 9 to 1,568 new cases reported on Oct. 9

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Editorial: Harriet’s Sisters - A 116-mile journey to Honor the Memory and Work of Harriet Tubman

09/17/2020 12:22PM ● By Richard Gaw

At about 6 p.m. last Thursday evening, as the eight women who formed the “We Walk with Harriet” team turned on to Birch Street in Kennett Square to celebrate the end of their 116-mile journey along the Tubman Byway to honor the memory and work of Harriet Tubman, none of them had any idea what lay immediately ahead of them.

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Editorial: The Imprint of Our Definition - A Recent Example of the Impact from Social Media Platforms

07/16/2020 02:42PM ● By Richard Gaw

2020 has been the most powerful year for our accumulative voices, and it continues to be played out like a long narrative on social media. We must communicate our thoughts, feelings and emotions as if a small child is peering over our shoulder as we write.

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