Many area nonprofits depend on donations to survive, a fiscal precariousness that has been exacerbated this year by ripple effects from the state budget impasse. As a result, institutions that typically benefit from state grants, either directly or indirectly, are hoping that the public will help fill the gap this year on Tuesday, Dec. 1, also known as #GivingTuesday. Designed as a prelude to the…
Darlington Arts Center in Concord Township invites the community to a free Holiday Arts Party on Sunday, Dec. 6. The party will display music, art, dance, and drama and celebrate Darlington’s mission – "Every Art for Everyone," according to a Darlington press release. The party kicks off with an art gallery and reception at 2:30 p.m. for local artist Lauren Litwa Holden, a longtime resident of Wawa.…
Hollywood came to Chester County on Sunday night, Nov. 29, as hundreds of regional cast and crew members for "Creed," the latest installment of the Rocky Balboa series, celebrated the opening of the film – as well as Movie Tavern Exton. Stretch limos pulled up to the dine-in theater, located within Main Street at Exton on Route 100. Most of the glittering dresses and tuxes…
Frances Brown Wisdom, 76, of Media, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Wesley Enhanced Living Retirement Home in Media. She was the wife of the late Dr. William A. Wisdom who died on Dec. 13, 2013, and with whom she shared 30 years of marriage. She was preceded in death by her son Timothy Brown, step son Robert Wisdom, and her siblings Horace Lanan, Esther Lanan,…
Franklin H. Kurr, 89, of West Grove, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the Jennersville Regional Hospital. He was the husband of Nancy J. Kurr, with whom he shared 69 years of marriage. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Franklin H. and Mamie Reinert Kurr. Mr. Kurr served our country in the Marine Corp during WWII. Frank was an accountant for Wilson…
Barbara “Babs” Lucas Cocks, 96, of Kennett Square, died peacefully in the company of her family on Thursday, Nov. 26, at Linden Hall of the Kennett Friends Home after a full and vibrant life. She was the wife of the late Racing Hall of Fame trainer W. Burling “Burley” Cocks of Old Westbury, Long Island who died in 1998 and with whom she shared 58…
Grace Beverly Neidlein DiFilippo, 86, of Kennett Square, died Saturday, Nov. 28, at the Friends Home in Kennett Square. She was the wife of Michael Joseph DiFilippo Jr. who died in 2011, and with whom she shared 64 years of marriage. Born in Wilmington, she was the daughter of the late Albert F. and Catherine Shane Neidlein. Mrs. DiFilippo was a homemaker. She enjoyed going…
Christiana Care Health System’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is celebrating the holiday season with outreach, according to a press release. The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is providing new shoes, socks and foot exams for free to nearly 100 people — many of them homeless — on Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the Sunday Breakfast Mission, a homeless shelter in Wilmington.…
PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of Nov. 28 through Dec. 5. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Drivers on northbound Route 1 in Concord Township will experience lane restrictions between Applied Card Way and Brinton Lake…
I have actively tracked proceedings in Concord Township for the past 2 ½ years because pro-development actions there have increasingly threatened the quality of life and property values that I enjoy as a Chadds Ford resident. Indeed, Concord’s actions threaten the new national park in Delaware and the entire Brandywine Valley. Concord just released a report showing that from 2000 to 2013 they approved over…
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan announced in a press release that a former Delaware County constable is facing felony charges for submitting false payment sheets for services that were never performed, for more than 600 Delaware County cases totaling $22,996.70. Peter A. Innaurato, 60, of the 500 block of Achille Road in Havertown, is charged with theft by unlawful taking or disposition, receiving stolen…