It’s been a fruitful 37 years for Jim Duff. He became the first fulltime director of the Brandywine River Museum in February 1973 and the executive director of the Brandywine Conservancy three years later. He will retire from those positions by the end of 2011. During Duff’s tenure, the museum’s art collection has grown to more than 3,500 pieces and more than 43,000 ...
The year began and ended with stories about deer hunting to help control Lyme disease in Chadds Ford Township. • In January, Peter Jesson, who heads the Lyme disease task force for the Chadds Ford Civic Association, proposed a study to determine the size of the deer population and to suggest a controlled hunt to cull the herd. In November, Jesson and deer control ...
Pernell is a 6-year-old spayed female Jack Russell Terrier that is available for adoption through the Chester County SPCA. Pernell was brought to the shelter in October because her previous owners were no longer able to keep her. A week after arriving at the shelter, Pernell gave birth to two puppies. She went right to work taking care of her puppies until they were ...
• State police from the Avondale barracks reported a case of criminal mischief in Pennsbury Township. Sometime between 8 p.m. on Dec. 23 and 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 24, someone broke the rear passenger window of a vehicle parked on Mount Vernon Place, police said. Nothing was reported stolen. The victim was a 72-year-old man from New Jersey. • Troopers from the Avondale ...
While some politicians have sullied the meaning of the word “change,” there is change in the atmosphere and it is for the best. After years of attack by myriad anti-firearms laws, advocates of a person’s right to keep and bear arms were supported by the U.S. Supreme Court. In striking down a Chicago anti-gun law, the court ruled, in June, that the Second Amendment ...
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