The signs were placed on doors, walls and even a few trees. One sign listed the event schedule for Patriot’s Day at the Brandywine Battlefield Park Saturday, the other requested donations for a cannon fund to help replace the wheels on a cannon cart at the park. But there could have also been signs requesting donations for the park itself. George Thorpe, Chadds ...
It was all aboard for another Brandywine Christmas at the Brandywine River Museum Friday, Nov. 27. The day after Thanksgiving is the annual launch date for the yearly tradition, this year featuring illustrations for Alice in Wonderland, as well as the always popular model train display, and unique critter Christmas ornaments. The display runs through Jan. 10. This ...
Sadie is a spayed female beagle that is available for adoption through the Chester County SPCA. She is a very sweet and loving little girl who gets a long with cats and kids. Sadie is 5 years old and was brought to our shelter because her owner was having trouble housebreaking her. She would do well in a home with someone who has had experience with beagles or ...
The rhetorical question was asked in May: Is the state the best entity to own and operate the Brandywine Battlefield Park? That question arose during a public hearing on the fate of the 52-acre park along Route 1 in Chadds Ford Township even though virtually everyone knew what was going to happen–that members of the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission ...
Once again I channel Charles—Dickens, that is. It’s not hard to see the need for his form of muckraking while hearing or reading the news. The most recent story to raise my ire is about the Pennsylvania youth unjustly incarcerated in juvenile detention centers so that the judges that sentenced them could, apparently, get rich. These two judges were bribed by ...
Last Christmas, my Mother gave a family in Thailand a water buffalo. Really! My family is a little quirky that way. Many years ago, we asked my grandmother–who lived very comfortably and had absolutely everything–what she wanted for Christmas. “Oh Jane, I don’t need a thing,” she laughed to my mother, “All I need is toilet paper.” So my father went home, took a ...
A home on Tally Ho Drive in Chadds Ford Township was broken into sometime between Nov. 24 and Nov. 28, a state police report said. Numerous items, valued at $120, were reported taken. The burglar apparently used a ladder to get to a second floor sliding glass door, the report said, then forced that door open to enter a bedroom. • Someone broke into a ...
Sally from Arden asks… Can I make an IRA contribution if I no longer work but my husband still works? Yes you can Sally, provided you are not yet 70.5 years old! Well, technically your husband makes the contribution for you as a spousal IRA contribution. You and your husband must file a joint income tax return and your husband must have earned income ...
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