The annual Christmas Eve tradition, turning the service bay of a gas station into a buffet dining area has been going on since 1961, according to current station owner Jim Leader. Leader has been holding the event for 24 years now and is keeping the tradition set by his predecessor, Pete Ochmanowicz.
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Scarborough is final artist in demonstration series
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on December 31st, 2009
Two months of Sunday artist demonstrations at the Chadds Ford Gallery came to an end Dec. 27 with a demonstration by area favorite Paul Scarborough. Visitors to the gallery had the opportunity to see Scarborough create a watercolor image of the Brandywine River Museum at night after a snowfall. Scarborough began the scene with a sketch of the building which he then ...
Cattie Shack to change name
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on December 31st, 2009
It’s been an interesting two years for the convenience store site next to the U.S. Post Office in Chadds Ford Township. It was a small Wawa, but that closed for a year after Wawa pulled out in January 2008. Then it reopened a year later as The Cattie Shack Market and Deli, owned by Kevin Cattie. But only nine months in, Cattie sold out to Bill Bondarchuk and now ...
New Year’s wishes
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on December 31st, 2009
At the end of the year it’s traditional to look back at what was, look ahead to what may be and to offer a wish or two for a brighter tomorrow. This past year saw the end of a local newspaper and the start of a new online news service for the Chadds Ford area. The Post was good while ChaddsFordLive.com will be better. Also in 2009, the economic downturn continued ...
Blogging Along the Brandywine
Posted by Sally Denk Hoey on December 31st, 2009
When I taught at the Upland School (a private school north of Kennett Square) back in the ‘80s, the children in the lower and upper schools continued the old English custom of saying “Rabbit-Rabbit” upon waking on the first day of each new month to assure good luck. Even Robin Roberts on Good Morning America says “Rabbit-Rabbit.” And to utter Rabbit-Rabbit on the ...
Police log 12/31
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on December 31st, 2009
Pennsylvania State Police from Troop J, Avondale, report no injures following a one-car accident on Route 52 south of Parkersville Road in Pocopson Township. A report said the driver, 21-year-old Curtis Zebley, of Kennett Square lost control of a 1985 Mercedes-Benz after hitting a patch of snow while driving southbound about 2:20 p.m. Dec. 24. The car hit a ...
Edgard Howard Jr. of Crosslands
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on December 28th, 2009
Edgar Howard Jr., 87, died Dec. 23 at Crosslands Retirement Community in Kennett Square. Formerly of East Norriton, he was born in Bradford, R.I. the son of the late Irene (nee Wilks) and Edgar Howard. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from Brown University in 1943, a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry form University of Illinois in 1946 and was a Post Doctoral fellow at ...
Birmingham tax hike in effect for 2010
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on December 24th, 2009
Birmingham Township Supervisors’ Chairman John Conklin said he and the other supervisors didn’t want to raise taxes, but felt the increase was justified to offset a drop in revenue. The 2010 budget raises the property tax from 1.5 mills to 1.6 mills, roughly $.63 per week for average household, according to Supervisor Bill Kirkpatrick. A mill is a tax of $1 for ...
Family takes cruise for the century
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on December 24th, 2009
Elizabeth Price is a Wilmington native, a Concord Township resident and the oldest member of Brandywine Baptist Church in Chadds Ford, “But,” she said, “I’m the oldest of everything.” Price turned 100 on Dec. 1. Twenty-two members of her family took her on a cruise to celebrate her reaching the century mark. Price’s daughter, Pat Crozier, calls her mother an ...
Chadds Ford woman now a published author
Posted by Rich Schwartzman on December 24th, 2009
When talking with Jeanne-Marie Curtis, one gets the feeling that the Chadds Ford resident and single mother enjoys learning from life’s experiences. She’s taken that enthusiasm for life and parlayed it into a self-published book, “Junctions by Jeanne-Marie, (Every Woman’s Journey) and Journal.” The book includes two short stories and seven poems. There are also ...
Frugality for all
Posted by ChaddsFordLive on December 24th, 2009
If someone wanted to learn how to handle money responsibly, to whom should he or she go? The obvious answer is someone who understands frugality, budgeting and some level of self-control. Maybe that expert messed up earlier in life, but later learned his or her lessons well enough to help others avoid, or grow beyond, mistakes. One type of person who should not be ...
