Alex is an adult male rabbit that is available for adoption through the Chester County SPCA. He came to the shelter on Sept. 23 as a stray. Alex is a very sweet rabbit and would make a great pet for a first time rabbit owner. He keeps his cage very tidy and seems to be litter box trained. Alex loves his treats of carrots and lettuce. Did you know that rabbits are ...
Chadds Ford Township supervisors held their first public workshop, but no residents attended the 5:30 p.m. session. It was held in the conference room at the township building. The workshops were announced during the Jan. 4 organizational meeting. Supervisors’ Chairman Deborah Love said she hopes that having the workshops will help streamline the regular monthly ...
All is not rosy with the Brandywine Battlefield Park, but George Thorpe isn’t throwing in the towel just yet. He still needs to know whether any entity in Chester County is willing to help the park financially. Chester County commissioners have been silent, he said. The Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission stopped funding the park operation in August. Since ...
State police are looking for a man identified as Kevin Michael Cox for a series of robberies in which he threatened retail employees with hypodermic needles he said were infected with HIV. A police report said that, on Jan. 24, Cox robbed the Cameo Water Wear store in Glen Eagle Square and a day later did the same at the California Sun Mega Salon on West ...
Two stories ripped through the American political world last week, stories that pleased Republicans and some other conservatives, but that frightened the Democrats. On Tuesday of that week, Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by the late Ted Kennedy. Pundits and politicians alike ...
“Written 11:20, Sunday night. Aug. 9, 1942. The day of the great Chadds Ford flood. One that will go down in history.” So wrote Chadds Ford resident, Chris Sanderson from his home on Creek Road, more than 68 years ago. As I crossed the Brandywine on my way to work during Monday morning’s torrential rains, I looked over the bridge noticing that the rushing ...
Pennsylvania State Police now are using computer technology to issue electronic traffic citations, a step that Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski today said makes troopers more efficient and safer. “The system cuts in half the amount of time a trooper needs to issue a citation, allowing the officer to get back on the road more quickly to resume patrol duties,” ...
Carroll Howard Pratt passed away Jan. 24 at home at the age of 83. He was born at the West Grove Hospital on April 13, 1926. The son of Howard Thompson Pratt and Viola Spencer Pratt, Carroll lived in the same house all his life in New Garden Township. The farm, “Hillcrest Farm”, is a Century Farm. Carroll was married to June Kemery Pratt, formerly from ...
Erminia Theresa Odorisio, 89, of West Grove, formerly of Kennett Square, died Saturday, Jan. 23, at her residence. She was the wife of Anthony J. Odorisio, who died in 1970, and with whom she shared 22 years of marriage. Born in Henry Clay, Del, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Maria Bonifacino Ferraro. She worked at Johnson’s Catering in Kennett Square, ...
Longwood Gardens transforms its majestic conservatory into an Orchid Extravaganza January 23-March 31. The horticultural showplace near Kennett Square, celebrates the “divas” of the plant world with thousands of orchid blooms, displays and special exhibits throughout its famed 4- acre conservatory. The award-winning Orchid Curtain returns, fashioned this year with ...
The trail is cold in the Emma and Luna case, according to Linda Kaat, the development director for the Chester County SPCA. Emma and Luna were the two dogs found shot to death along the railroad tracks near Brinton’s Bridge road in Pennsbury Township in October. To help bring attention to the situation, the Chester County SPCA will hold a town hall meeting at the ...
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