The crowd was excited, sales were brisk and the Chadds Ford Gallery maintained one tradition while forging ahead with plans for others. And so it was as the annual Christmas in Miniature art exhibit got up and running full stream ahead at the little gallery on Route 1 in the heart of Chadds Ford Village. This is the 28th year for the event that features miniature ...
The Concordville-Chadds Ford Rotary honored both a police officer and a firefighter during the group’s annual holiday lunch meeting at Maris Grove Dec. 9. Policeman of the Year honors went to Pennsylvania State Police Tpr. Joseph Yingling, of Troop K, Media. Rotary past president Ike Watkin said Yingling has “repeatedly proven himself to be an addition to the ...
Zakara is a 1-year-old spayed female tortoise shell cat that is available for adoption through the Chester County SPCA. She came to the shelter with her kittens on September 19, because their owner could no longer take care of them. Most likely one of Zakara’s lovely kittens happened to scratch her eye while they were playing. She was given pain medication and ...
Wireless broadband service could be improving along the Route 202 corridor sometime soon. Birmingham Township supervisors granted conditional use approval for new dishes and antennas on an already existing tower at 1335 Wilmington Pike. The two new microwave dishes and three panel antennas will belong to Clear Wire, the broadband division of Sprint Nextel. ...
State Sen. Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-9, of Chester, reminds senior citizens and other residents who are eligible for the state’s Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program that the deadline for submitting an application for this year’s program is Dec. 31. Those who have already completed an application do not need to apply again. The Pennsylvania Property ...
It can rightfully be said that the only thing that differentiates the United States from any other country has been the extent to which government–federal, state and local–adhered to the Bill of Rights. Those first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution explicitly prohibit some governmental action and they were the first in history to do so. They even go so far as ...
A report from Pennsylvania State Police Troop K, Media said four people, three men and one woman, are suspects in a case of retail theft at the Wawa on Route 202 in Chadds Ford Township. The report said the four people, each described as black and in their early 20s, consumed several food products worth $30, then left the store without paying. They fled in a late ...
A few years ago, Bill Bunch held a local edition of “Antiques Road Show” at his large auction house on Route 202 just south of the Route 1 intersection, for the members of the Chadds Ford Business Association. As my mother had been collecting antiques since the early 1950s, I thought, I’d bring in one of her large paintings–a mid 19th century oil on canvas ...
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