Architect focusing on Baby Boomer options

The program is free, but the advice is priceless, promises an area architect. Dennis C. Melton of Melton Associates in Kennett Square says that a series of presentations on what he terms “Intergenerational Design for Comfortable Living,” which concludes on Tuesday, June 28, has proven so popular that he plans to schedule another set of sessions, probably in the fall. The concept gets its genesis…

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Funds sought for wounded Delco officer

Updated at 1 p.m. with information on the officer's hospital release On the morning of Friday, June 24, a Delaware County police officer responding to a routine report of drug activity ended up getting shot seven times. Within the next several days, Officer Chris Dorman of the Folcroft Borough Police Department would make an amazing recovery, be erroneously declared dead by country singer Kenny Chesney…

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Balchunis aims to turn the House blue

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Mary Ellen Balchunis talks with supporter John Bury, of Media, during a fundraiser in Kennett Township.

With a major focus on gun control, Mary Ellen Balchunis wants to turn the U.S, House of Representatives over to the Democrats. Balchunis is, once again, challenging Republican Pat Meehan for the Pennsylvania’s 7th District seat. In 2014, Balchunis lost to Meehan by 24 percentage points, 143,265 votes to 87,783. She said in a brief interview during a fundraising event in a private home in…

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Longwood taps into diverse summer array

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Longwood Gardens is offering a diverse slate of programs as well as horticultural displays this summer.

Longwood Gardens is inviting area residents to celebrate summer by experiencing attractions that range from its Waterlily Display – more than 100 types of colorful day- and night-blooming species – to the expansive, sunny Meadow Garden to the shady groves of Peirce’s Woods. In addition to the horticultural splendor, Longwood’s “Summer Spectacular” programming offers numerous other reasons to visit, according to a gardens’ press release.…

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