Rhona Klein kicked off her campaign for Chadds Ford supervisor with a fund-raiser plus meet and greet at her home on May 29. Among the roughly two-dozen attendees was former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak who is looking to challenge U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey in the 2016 senatorial election. Klein will face Republican Frank Murphy in the November general election. One of the themes brought up…
Brandywine Baptist Church, on Route 1 in Chadds Ford Township, kept its decades-long tradition Monday when it hosted the annual Memorial Day ceremony. The simple ceremony, with veterans and Boy Scouts serving as honor and color guards, includes placing flowers at the graves of U.S. military veterans in the church cemetery. This year’s speaker was Ray Coe, scoutmaster for BSA Troop 31 of Chadds Ford.…
Part of the Memorial Day weekend tradition in Chadds Ford is the annual Antiques Show at the Brandywine River Museum. More than 30 exhibitors displayed their wares over the weekend. They came from as far away as Michigan, Maine and Virginia. Many of the exhibitors have coming to the Antiques show for years. Ed Weissman, of Ed Weissman Antiques from Portsmouth, N.H., has been showing at…
Benson is a sweet and cuddly young adult in search of a family to love. This happy-go-lucky dog was lost and came to CCSPCA in March. It was immediately apparent to staff and volunteers that Benson is a special boy. He has the right stuff to complete a family with kids and other animals, and he couldn’t be cuter! If you are able to provide…
• Chadds Ford’s Martha King took part in the Stihl Timbersports Competition in Hanover, Germany. King placed second in the May 9 event and is preparing for her next completion scheduled for June 29. Martha is doing a practical year of work in Germany in the agriculture industry, and trying to perfect her German. She is the daughter of Rob and Katharine King, who operate Chadds Ford…
• The 17-year-old driver of a 2002 Toyota Camry was pronounced dead at the scene of a two-car accident after he lost control of his car on a right hand curve on Smithbridge Road in Concord Township. A police report said he was traveling westbound when he crossed into the path of oncoming traffic and was struck on the front passenger side by a 2008…
Chester County has received a perfect score of 100 on the 2013 Federal Technical Assistance Review (TAR). The TAR is an annual assessment by the Centers for Disease Control supported by the PA Department of Health of the overall county Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) program. This represents the third consecutive year that Chester County has achieved a perfect rating and endorses the SNS plan that…
When I was 16 I knew way way more than my mother. When I was 30, a young mother myself, I realized how much I owed my mom, who was always there when I needed her. To help pack and move, to cook and bake for special occasions, to babysit so we could get away and travel to exotic places. In my 40s and 50s,…
