Editorial: The Genius of Our Open Spaces

'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' Read More »

In Effort to Stop Spread of Coronavirus, Pa. Launches COVID Alert PA App

Free application can detect if a user has been in close contact with another user who later tested positive for COVID-19 by sending an exposure alert notification to the user’s phone Read More »

New Garden Hosts ‘Open House’ at St. Anthony in the Hills

On Sept. 23, the township opened the gates to St. Anthony in the Hills to more than 200 local residents, and invited all of them to share their creative vision for the future of this well-worn yet stunning crevice of township land. Read More »

Mario Basciani: His Life, Well Lived

A special tribute from the Chester County Press to a community leader Read More »

Township to Partner with Borough on Improvements to Kennett Greenway

Kennett Township and the Kennett Borough will a file grant application which, if awarded, will fund improvements to Birch Street and the construction of Magnolia Underpass. Read More »

Report: Economic Impact of New Library Projected to Redirect Millions to Kennett

During a recent meeting by the Historic Kennett Square Economic Development Council, the library was introduced as a potentially major economic driver for the Kennett Square community. They anticipate the new library will go from 120,000 visitors a year to nearly one quarter of a million visitors. Read More »

A Spike in COVID-19 Cases Doesn’t Bode Well for In-Person Return to Schools

For parents of children in the Kennett Consolidated School District hoping for a return to in-person instruction, the news was not good at the Sept. 14 school board meeting that was live-streamed. Read More »

Occupation Day commemorates the Battle of the Brandywine

The Kennett Heritage Center, in partnership with the Chadds Ford Historical Society, commemorated the 243rd anniversary of The Battle of Brandywine, which was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington and the British Army on Sept. 11, 1777. Read More »

‘We Walk With Harriet’ Journey Ends Triumphantly in Kennett Square

In an emotional welcoming that renewed their weary bodies and reignited their spirits, the eight women who recently embarked on a 116-mile walk to raise awareness of the world’s most famous abolitionist, finished their six-day journey on Sept. 10 at The Creamery of Kennett Square, before about 150 exuberant supporters. Read More »

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

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. Read More »