Kennett Square News

We expect U.S.-based steel company service provider Phoenix Services International LLC to enjoy a relatively steady production environment with domestic capacity utilization holding in the mid-70% range in 2012.

After nearly 41/2 years of litigation triggered by a dispute over compensatory time, a former Kennett Square police chief reached a six-figure settlement with the borough this week.

Although it might seem counter-intuitive in this new digital age, use of local libraries continues on the upswing - especially at Bayard Taylor Memorial Library in Kennett Square.

An overturned tractor-trailer has spilled trash and diesel fuel on Route 1 in Chester County, jamming traffic for the morning rush.

Trying to get a rise out of me on a Monday morning, my fellow Daily Delco blogger, Bill Bender, sent me a story out of central Pennsylvania about a father who was arrested for driving under the influence of intoxicants after he went to the police station to pick up his son, who'd also been arrested for DUI.

A worker walks through the steam of compost being transfered into a compost tunnel.

The region remains cloudy this morning in the wake of last night's minor system that brought some light rain and light snow south and southwest of Philadelphia.

Exotic orchids, like this bloom seen in last year's show, are in the spotlight at "Orchid Mania: This Side of Paradise." The show runs through February at the Cleveland Botanical Garden.

Brown mushrooms - especially portabellas and baby portabellas - continue to gain ground on traditional white button mushrooms and actually outsell the whites in certain categories, grower-shippers say.

Ten more defendants ranging in age from 16 to 20 have been arrested in the allegedly gang-driven fatal stabbings of two men at an outdoor Avondale party on Dec.

If you like artists talented enough to win fine-arts competitions yet hip enough to be sought after for their tattoo work, you'll want to visit Willow on State during the First Friday Art Stroll, to be held on Feb.

Griby are mushrooms in Russian. They are a delicacy picked in the forest and eaten all over Russia.

Here is a list of recent incidents in Middletown and Edgmont townships reported by theA Pennsylvania State Police-Media Barracks .

Stalking: On Dec. 23, West Chester Police arrested Sewell, N.J., resident Jarrod Zemek for alleged stalking and harassment.A Police were dispatched to the 600 block of South High Street for a report of harassment.A Zemek was processed, arraigned and remanded to Chester County Prison.

At the end of January, the quietness which typically fills Unionville High School at A the end of the school day will be filled with the bustling activity of parents and students moving and sorting endless boxes of books.

On Tuesday, Feb.7, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., the New Bolton Center will present "Colic in 3D: The Glass Horse." The lecture is part of the First Tuesdays Lecture Series at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine at New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa.

The St. Vincent Gallery will present works by regional artists in the free exhibit, "2 x 20: Twenty Regional Artists Everyone Should Know," from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to Sundays beginning Feb.

Restaurant patrons, many of them clad in pajamas, wait in line in bitter cold Sunday for a last meal at Buckley's Tavern in Centreville.