It’s almost harvest time, but don’t worry, I’ll be better soon. Nothing ruins a good night’s sleep, makes my skin itch or aggravates my allergies and generally gives me the jitters like the beginning of another new harvest. Most people think this is when all the excitement happens at a winery, but in some ways, it’s the most boring time of the year. Checking ...
Archive for October, 2009
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Blogging Along the Brandywine
Posted by Sally Denk Hoey on October 29th, 2009
I know, I know, I’m supposed to write about all things Chadds Ford. But I’ve discovered something much too exciting to keep to myself. My significant other and I spent last week at The Main Stay Inn, an elegant bed and breakfast in old Cape May. We strolled along quiet tree-lined streets of beautifully restored Victorian homes; walked the beaches and nature ...
UPDATE: Reward for dog killer now at $30,000
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 29th, 2009
Update:The rward for information leading to tha arrest and conviction of the person responsible for shooting two dogs is now $30,000. End of update. The Chester County SPCA is continuing its investigation into two dogs found shot to death, then laid out tail-to-tail along the railroad tracks near Brintons Bridge Road in Pennsbury Township. A woman ...
Pumpkin carve brings out the crowds
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on October 29th, 2009
Sixty-six pumpkins met their ultimate artistic fate at the hands of 66 carvers last Thursday night during the annual Great Pumpkin Carve, a fund-raiser for the Chadds Ford Historical Society. An estimated 6,000 people watched the transformation of gourd to artwork during a balmy October evening. Perennial carver Chuck Feld was on hand, as he has been since the ...
Anger in perspective
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 29th, 2009
The killing of the two dogs found in Pennsbury Township last weekend has raised the emotional fury of many. In less than a week, contributions for a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer or killers reached $15,000. Most of the money has come form private donations including $500 from WMGK radio personality John DeBella and then ...
Police log for Oct. 29
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 29th, 2009
Chadds Ford residents Angela Gillespie, 42, and Katie Loyer, 37, will be cited for harassment following an incident at Webb and Atwater roads, a state police press release said. According to the report, the two got into a verbal argument over parking at their children’s bus stop. The argument led to pushing and shoving. The incident occurred at 4:15 p.m. on Oct. ...
Richard “Richie” Joseph Stansberry (Stronz)
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 28th, 2009
Richard “Richie” Joseph Stansberry (Stronz), 63, died Sunday, Oct. 25, at Chester County Hospital after a long battle with lung cancer. Born and raised in Kennett Square, he was the son of the late Joseph V. and Alta Norris Stansberry. Richard graduated from Kennett High School in 1964. He was employed in Maintenance for the past 9-and-a-half years at St. ...
News Briefs
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 26th, 2009
Exhibit extended In response to the overwhelmingly positive public response to Jamie Wyeth--Seven Deadly Sins, the Brandywine River Museum will extend the exhibition through Nov. 29. The exhibition includes seven paintings of sin and a group of eight related works and studies. The sinful series culminates in the painting, Inferno, Monhegan (2005), which depicts a ...
Richard Wickersham Barnard of Pocopson
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 24th, 2009
Richard Wickersham Barnard, 94, died on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Pocopson Home in Pocopson Township. Richard Wickersham Barnard, 94, died on Saturday, Oct. 17 at the Pocopson Home in Pocopson Township. Born May 21, 1915 in West Chester, he was the son of the late C. Percy Barnard and Jane Wickersham Barnard. Mr. Barnard graduated from Unionville School in 1933 and ...
John (Jack) H. Boyce
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 23rd, 2009
John H. Boyce (Jack) died peacefully on Oct. 21. He was 76 years old. Jack was born in Chillicothe, Ohio where he met Sharon Timmons, his surviving and loving wife of 55 years. Jack served in the U.S. Air Force for four years from 1953-1957 during which time he was stationed in High Wycombe, England. Jack graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in ...
The administration gets one right
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on October 22nd, 2009
There is much that is wrong with the Obama administration. As with presidents that have preceded him, Mr. Obama is keeping U.S. military forces spread out all over the world, maintaining the U.S. as the 800-pound gorilla in international affairs. (And that’s even with a Nobel Prize for peace. Go figure that one.) The Obama people still don’t know what a free market ...
