Mary M. Scott of Kennett Square

Mary M. Scott, 96, of Kennett Square, died Sunday, June 12, at Linden Hall Nursing home in Kennett Square.  She was the wife of W. Robert Scott, her college sweetheart, who she married in 1945, and with whom she shared 57 years of marriage. He died in 2003. She was born March 28, 1920 to the late Nicholas and Mary Madden, in Philadelphia, where she…

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School board prepares for budget vote

Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors are preparing to vote next week on the final budget for the 2016-2017 school budget. Board members voted on a proposed final budget last month, a budget that would increase school taxes an average of 2.77 percent between Chester and Delaware County residents. However, during the June 13 work session, Business Manager Bob Cochran offered another option that would result…

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Ice-cream odyssey fulfills sweetest of dreams

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Noelia Scharon and her nephew, Tony Nieves, stand next to the brightly-colored mural that adorns a wall of Tropical Homemade Ice Cream, which just opened in West Chester and features ice cream from Kennett Square's La Michoacana.

Entrepreneurial dreams can come true: Just ask the co-owner of Tropical Homemade Ice Cream, a new shop that debuted in West Chester on Sunday, June 12. Noelia Scharon, who shares ownership of the store with her nephew, Tony Nieves, was one of the founders of La Michoacana Homemade Ice Cream, which opened in June 2003 in the 200 block of East State Street in Kennett…

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Police Log June 15: Domestic dispute, DUIs, dashboard love

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State police and Concordville Fire and Rescue respond to a two-car accident on Route 1 at Heyburn Road on Monday, June 13. State police have not yet issued a report on the accident, which happened about 9:30 a.m., but observers said they saw no one transported or treated for injuries at the scene.

• State police from the Media barracks responded to a June 5 roadside domestic dispute on Route 1 at Conchester Highway and wound up charging the 22-year-old woman with harassment and the 23-year-old man with disorderly conduct. Police also arrested the man after discovering there was an active warrant for him in Delaware. Police said minor injuries were reported. No other details were given other…

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