Welcome to the holiday season when we are inundated with sales and sentimentality: Thanksgiving, parties, parades, lights, Santa, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Years. In my Catholic heritage, there is also Jan. 6, the “Epiphany” — the word meaning sudden realization. Maybe that feast gets short shrift because we can’t see or hear beyond the cacophony of the other holidays. This time of year can be anxiety…
We are accepting donations such as gently used/new clothes (children to adults), blankets, toiletries, socks, flip flops and under garments. We have people who donated cash and checks and what we are doing is using the money to buy what I mentioned above and give the receipts back to the people who are donating checks or cash. My wife and I will be handling the…
Discover the renowned O-gauge model train display of more than 1,000 pieces with trains running on nearly 2,000 feet of track and a special tribute to Trains of Spain; dozens of rare antique dolls, dressed in beautiful period clothing; and thousands of whimsical Critters (ornaments and decorations handcrafted by Brandywine Conservancy volunteers from natural materials) displayed on towering trees soaring up through the museum's three-story…
We are writing to ask for your help in preserving a local historic landmark, the Octagonal School House at Birmingham Friends Meeting, also known as Harmony Hall. Finished in December 1819, this historic building, used over the years as a school and polling place, by township planners and private organizations, and as a Sunday school, needs some immediate repairs. It is located on the Brandywine…
Dorothy (Dottie) Church Chandler, 89, of Jenner’s Pond, died Saturday, Nov. 16. She was the wife of Robert M. Chandler, with whom she shared 68 happy years of marriage. She was born in Melrose, Mass., the daughter of Harold Bowdoin Church and Hazel Rendall Church. Dorothy was raised in Buffalo, N.Y., graduating high school in 1942, and from Miami University (Ohio) where she was president…
Hershel D. “Sam” Jordan, 91, of Nottingham, died Thursday, Nov., 14, at Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester. He was the husband of Grace Wilson Jordan, who died in 1990, and with whom he shared 43 years of marriage. Born in Mountain City, Tenn., he was the son of the late Hedrick and Lily Bruce Smith Jordan. Sam was a carpenter working out of the United…
Helena Marie-Magdalena Stockar, 80, of Avondale, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, at her home. She was the wife of Ivo J. Stockar with whom she shared 54 years of a wonderful marriage. Born in Bratislava Slovakia, she was a daughter of the late Arnost Kubasek and Helena Strakova Kubasek. She called Rhode Island her home for 44 years before moving to the area last year to…
Formal budget talks are still months away, but Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors are already talking about money issues — including a possible multi-million dollar facilities project. Rick Hostetler, the director of buildings and grounds, told the board that the project — involving all school buildings, but focusing primarily on Patton Middle School and Hillendale Elementary School — could cost $17 million to $21 million.…
Republican Party women are lining up in support of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s bid for re-election. Corbett — along with his wife Susan — kicked off the 2014 campaign with a talk to about 30 women invited to the session by Chester County Sheriff Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh. “I’m excited to see Gov. Corbett,” said Chadds Ford Republican Party leader Mary Kot before the governor arrived…
It was a time to remember and honor US military veterans and the owners of the Pennsbury Inn did just that with a “Vets sleep for free” event at their Route 1 Bed & Breakfast. Cheryl and Chip Grono have been offering a free night to veterans on Veterans’ day for the past four years. It’s part of a nationwide program put on by the…
• Photo above: Riders and hounds parade on Nov. 10., as part of The Fox Chase at Radley Run. The event celebrated the fox chasing activities dating back to the 1600s. Dogs used in the chase are American foxhounds and the event is a chase, not a hunt. Foxes are not killed in the event. • The Kennett Symphony of Chester County will sponsor their…