Olde Ridge Village Shopping Center went to the dogs during the day on Halloween with a “Howloween Pawrade” aimed to raise money for Canine Partners for Life. Giggy Bites, a pet snack food bakery at Olde Ridge hosted the event. Dozens of dogs–and their humans–took part in Musical Chairs, Snoopy Says, Bobbing for Tennis balls and other games. There was also canine ...
Valuing a stock is one of the most demanding tasks in the investment business. Experienced analysts have a love-hate relationship with the task, they pull their hair out over it while also relishing the possibility of unearthing an investment gem. Many individuals who are not investment professionals get around the problem of valuing assets by hiring an advisor or ...
Frank Murphy, a Chadds Ford resident since August of last year defeated Gregg Lindner, a 10-year resident for the last two years of a school board seat vacated earlier this year by Ed Wandersee. The vote was 1038-899. Wandersee stepped down from seat on the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board this spring after moving out of the district. In August, the board ...
Like many other young girls, Judy Sapol spent her younger years playing with dolls, pretending to be a fashion designer and dreaming about becoming a nurse when she grew up. She followed her nursing dream for 40 years, but now she’s returned to the other dream of being involved in fashion. To that end, Sapol opened Sophisticated Ladies, what she terms an, “upscale” ...
When Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signed a proclamation making the week of Nov. 1-7 Grief Awareness Week, two Chadds Ford area psychologists gave, at least, a figurative thumbs up. Both Lee Anderson of Kennett Township and Kayta Gajdos of Chadds Ford Township are involved in grief counseling and they both view Grief Awareness Week as a way to get people to realize ...
My dilemma for this week: write about violent acts to dogs or to people? Or maybe not write about violence and cruelty at all. After all, despite the daily reports of horrific acts of domestic abuse, urban violence, international wars and bombings, most of us manage to put one foot in front of the other without demolishing each other. So, given how many billions of ...
I think this is going to be a first - a blog that creates magic. Read on Once upon a time, my sister and I would put our transistor radios (ask your parents –an old-fashioned iPod) under our pillows at night and listened to WIBG until Hy Lit signed off. Then we’d wait for the rock stations in Pittsburg and Cleveland to make those mysterious atmospheric leaps, ...
John McGettigan, 58, from Avondale, is accused of stealing money from a resident at a Painters Crossing condominium. According to a police report, McGettigan was to paint the interior of a condo, the residence of a 78-year-old woman. After the job was done, the report said, the resident noticed money was missing. The incident happened Oct. 27. • Pagano’s deli ...
Writing in the Nov. 3 edition of the Washington Times, conservative columnist Cal Thomas asks a significant question: Can the 10th Amendment save us? For those who don’t have a copy of the Constitution handy, the 10th Amendment reads: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states ...
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