Chadds Ford Supervisors, Wednesday night, began taking steps to address some personnel changes in the township. With the departure of Maryann Furlong as township secretary and treasurer, the board made two temporary appointments. Judy Thorpe, wife of Supervisors’ Chairman George Thorpe, was appointed temporary secretary while Joe Barakat–the township manager, ...
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Furlong says so long to Chadds Ford
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on August 6th, 2009
After seven years as township secretary, Maryann Furlong has resigned. Her last day was July 30. The township does intend to find a replacement, but there is no timetable, according to Supervisors’ Chairman George Thorpe. According to Furlong, “It’s time for mom to take a break.” She said the job came at a good time for her. It helped pay the bills getting her two ...
Chadds Ford native turns 100
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on August 6th, 2009
Mary Beck has seen a lot in her life. And why not? That life has been going strong for 100 years. Beck lives in the same Chadds Ford house on Ring Road where she was born Aug. 1, 1909. She recalls things about Chadds Ford that most residents have only heard about. “But I don’t think I’m very interesting. I didn’t do very much,” she said four days after celebrating ...
Crowley was wrong
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on August 6th, 2009
Using history as a guide, one might expect conservative news sources and their contributors to routinely side with police when someone is arrested. Such has been the situation in many cases, but that is changing in the wake of the recent arrest in Cambridge, Mass. At least two contributors to conservative news organizations both agree that Cambridge Police Sgt. James ...
Police log fpr Aug. 6
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on August 6th, 2009
Four people were injured in a three-car accident on Route 1 near State Farm Drive on Aug. 3. According to a state police report, a Chevrolet Astro, driven by Rafael Rodgriguez Ramirez, 36, of Newark, was travelling south on Route 1. Ramirez failed to stop at a red light as two cars were turning left onto Route 1 from State Farm Drive, the report said. There was an ...
Mind Matters: Depression in Children
Posted by Dr. Kayta Gajdos on August 6th, 2009
Can pre-schoolers be depressed? “Yes,” comes the answer from the clinical research of the National Institute of Mental Health. Depressing news in itself, perhaps, but not necessarily shocking. While the researchers may contend there are genetic predispositions or biochemical factors afoot, we can also consider environmental and family influences as well. The common, ...
Blogging Along the Brandywine
Posted by Sally Denk Hoey on August 6th, 2009
Until recently, my mother would voice concern when I told her I would be driving on the Pennsylvania Turnpike or I-95 to get to one of my 18th century re-enactments. I always explained there was a much greater chance of being involved in a fender bender every morning while pulling into Chadds Ford Village to go to the post office, the Keystone Bank or the Wawa. It ...
Know Your Finances
Posted by Ellen Le on August 6th, 2009
You have heard it time and time again. We are living longer thanks to medical advancement and seniors’ healthier and more active lifestyles. We are living so long, in fact, that our health care system desperately cries out for an updated work-out regiment. How can you ensure that you won’t outlive your assets? Gone are the days of companies paternalistically ...
