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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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Efforts to thwart vote-by-mail expansion aren’t just dubious—they are despicable

07/06/2020 06:35PM ● By Steven Hoffman

Pennsylvania is among a number of states looking to expand vote-by-mail rules as a way to make sure residents can vote safely

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Editorial: America’s summer reading list

06/30/2020 05:25PM ● By Richard Gaw

'To those who wish to absorb the sound of Black America... they will be introduced to a literary diaspora of voice and sound, heartache and dignity, hope and tragedy'

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Editorial: ‘We are all brothers and sisters under the same sun’

06/14/2020 11:56AM ● By Richard Gaw

'...We proudly and without hesitation surrender this space to the words of a young woman who spoke at the Black Lives Matter protest in West Grove on June 7'

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