• Chadds Ford Township received a $13,000 dollar grant from
Delaware County lighting improvements and energy saving. Township Manager Joe
Barakat said the plan is to change lighting in the parking lot to LED. Lights
inside the township building will also be changed to either compact fluorescent
or to LED, he said.
• The Concord Township Board of Supervisors will hold two
public hearings, beginning 7 p.m. on Aug. 23, for Buffalo Wild Wings and Whole
Foods Market Group. Both businesses are requesting approval for outdoor
seating. Whole Foods is also requesting a liquor license to operate a
restaurant within the store. Buffalo Wild Wings is located at 920 Baltimore
Pike. Whole Foods is moving into the former Genuardi’s location in Glen Eagle
Square.
• Pennsylvania’s Civil War Road Show will be at the Garnet
Valley Middle School Aug. 12-14, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. The event is
free.
• Visitors to the Brandywine River Museum can escape the
summer heat and enjoy Farm Work by
Jamie Wyeth, an exhibition that surveys five decades of the artist's
lively depictions of farm animals, equipment and the surrounding landscape.
The Museum offers free admission on Sunday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Visitors can also enjoy breakfast with a view in the museum's cafeteria-style
restaurant, with floor-to-ceiling windows and breathtaking views of
the Brandywine River. The cost of $5 per person includes juice and coffee, tea
or milk. A child's breakfast is also available for $3.50.
• Every Tuesday in August, the Delaware Museum of Natural
History is partnering with Artisans' Bank to lower admission prices to just $1
per person during August Dollar Tuesdays. Visitors are invited to explore the
wonders of the natural world at the Museum for just $1 on Aug. 9, 16, 23, and
30, courtesy of Artisans' Bank.
Admission includes entry to the special exhibit, Turtle
Travels, where families can experience the world from a turtle's perspective.
Elsewhere in the Museum, galleries showcase Delaware's only dinosaurs on
permanent display, a life-sized model of a giant squid, a coral reef walkover,
an African watering hole, and exotic mollusk and bird collections
• The host of My Classic Car television series, Dennis Gage,
will attend the 2011 Hagley Car Show on Sunday, Sept. 18, a press release said.
Gage and his crew will film the car show and interview car owners for a program
that will air in 2012. The Hagley Car Show, which runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
will feature automobiles with rumble seats, in addition to the more than 500
cars, trucks, and motorcycles that illustrate American automotive history.
Parking for the Car Show is on site. Advance wristbands at a discount may be
purchased in the Hagley Store or www.hagley.org,
beginning Aug. 15. Pre-event wristbands are $8 adults and $4 children six
through fourteen. Wristbands purchased at the Car Show will be $10 adults and
$5 children six through fourteen. Admission is free for Hagley members and
children five and under. The event will be held rain or shine.
• Pennsylvania’s Civil War Road Show will be at the Garnet
Valley Middle School Aug. 12-14, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. The event is
free.
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