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Good morning Kennett Square! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Want your art on a shirt thousands wear in Kennett Square?
  • What the new Kennett school budget could mean for your tax bill
  • Meet the Kennett Square student earning statewide honors and four internships.

Also on today's calendar: Aria Drip Lounge Grand Opening - $100 Signature IV Drip and 8 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 78 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Saturday: Pleasantly warm with some sun, temps: high: 75, low: 52.
  • Sunday: Windy and cooler with showers, with a high of 59 and low of 37 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Artists Invited to Design Mushroom Festival T-Shirt (chaddsfordlive.com) — Kennett Square’s Mushroom Festival is inviting artists now to design the official 2026 T‑shirt, with the winning artwork earning $500 and appearing on merchandise seen by thousands. The festival returns downtown September 12–13, celebrating mushrooms, local agriculture, and community while channeling proceeds into grants for Kennett Square nonprofits and mushroom-health research.
   

2. Kennett School Board approves preliminary budget (chestercounty.com) — Kennett-area homeowners face a proposed 3.7% school tax increase under a $112 million preliminary budget, with final approval expected in June. The Kennett school board also appointed a new Region A representative for Kennett Square Borough, advanced construction of two new elementary schools, and approved a school resource officer agreement, while celebrating student achievements and upcoming public tours of the new buildings in August.
   

3. Eight Delaware County Community College Students Named to 2026 All-Pennsylvania Academic Team (vista.today) — A Kennett Square resident, accounting and business student Diego Garcia-Cintora, has been named to the 2026 All-Pennsylvania Academic Team, highlighting local talent at Delaware County Community College. He’s already completed four internships, including volunteer tax work for low-income residents, and joins seven other standout DCCC students honored for academic excellence, leadership, and community service across the region.
   

4. Keystone Animal Diagnostic Center Opens at Penn State's Beaver Campus (pennwatch.org) — Kennett Square’s New Bolton Center is spotlighted as one of three existing state animal diagnostic labs now joined by a new Keystone Animal Diagnostic Center at Penn State Beaver Campus. This expanded four-lab network will speed disease testing for livestock, protect Pennsylvania’s food supply, and strengthen the state’s response to outbreaks like avian influenza that affect farms statewide.
   

5. Malvern School caregiver, 46, charged with assault of girl, 4, in Uwchlan (dailylocal.com) — A regional daycare-abuse case has a Kennett Square connection through a former Malvern School executive director who previously lived in the borough and was prosecuted for failing to promptly report suspected abuse. The new case involves a separate Malvern School employee in Uwchlan accused of roughly handling a 4-year-old, with the matter now headed to Chester County Court. The article also reviews prior prosecutions and ongoing concerns about daycare safety and mandated reporting.
   

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  • US Customs and Border Protection posted a job opening for Marine Interdiction Agent in Kennett Square. Apply here.
  • Genesis HealthCare Corporation posted a job opening for Reimbursement Coordinator in Kennett Square. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kennett Square here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Kennett Square

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Kennett Square

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.