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Editorial: One small cup of water

10/28/2020 04:22PM

'A small whisper of hope that the raging flood tide of visceral indecency that now governs our national conversation eases both its fury and its influence'

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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: The Genius of Our Open Spaces

09/30/2020 05:27PM ● By Richard L. Gaw, Staff Writer

'Our township parks have become our new backyards and our town squares, and they become reflections of our best efforts to combine collaboration and vision'

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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: Along Thompson Road

09/02/2020 06:57PM ● By Richard Gaw

'As he drove, a terrible year not quite ended continued to wash over the reporter, but this time, he did not battle against it but vowed to simply endure it'

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Editorial: A Township With Its Eyes Wide Open

08/25/2020 04:05PM ● By Richard L. Gaw, Staff Writer

'That by this commitment, Kennett Township has shown its resiliency to join the conversation to end systemic racism in this country'

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Editorial: The Two Newspapermen - Irvin Lieberman and Pete Hamill

08/11/2020 04:25PM ● By Richard Gaw

While it was not likely that Irvin Lieberman and Pete Hamill would have agreed on much of anything, they did believe that it is the duty of the press to search for and document the truth.

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Editorial: The Symbol

07/30/2020 06:00AM ● By Richard Gaw

This past Sunday afternoon, the Chester County Press reporter went looking for a symbol prominently displayed at a home in southern Chester County.

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Mid-Summer Musings: Thoughts on Local Chester County News Items in July 2020

07/22/2020 10:15PM ● By Steven Hoffman

We're musing about Christianna Hannum taking helm of Oxford Mainstreet, Inc., the pandemic challenges that Avon Grove School is facing, the efforts being made to save the Brandywine Battlefield, and more.

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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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