Nancy Lou Sheppard Griffith, 83, of West Grove, formerly of Kennett Square, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, at Seasons Hospice at Christiana Hospital in Newark. She was the wife of the late Charles G. Griffith Jr. who died in 1986 and with whom she shared 34 years of marriage. Born in Wilmington, she was a daughter of the late Raymond and the late Mary (Richardson) Sheppard.…
Chadds Ford Township’s brand new Supervisor Frank Murphy wound up advocating a plan objected to by a longstanding supervisor. And he has another proposal in the wings. Judge Linda Cartisano conducted the swearing in ceremony during the Jan. 6 organization meeting. Murphy’s wife, Anna Marie, held the bible and his daughters were in the audience as Murphy swore to uphold and protect the US and…
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Despite the ice, some water still trickles through the rocks along the Brandywine Creek beneath Route 1 in Chadds Ford Township.
• John Conklin and Bill Kirkpatrick were again elected as chairman and vice chairman of the Birmingham Township Board of Supervisors. • In Pennsbury Township, Charles “Scotty” Scottoline and Wendell Fenton were also renamed as chair and vice chair. • Concord Township supervisors Dominic Pileggi and John Gillespie were also re-appointed chairman and vice chairman. • Chester County Commissioner Ryan Costello was re-appointed to serve…
• Pennsylvania State Police from Troop K, Media barracks, found a missing 15-year-old boy on the ground at Concord Country Club. The youth was suffering from hypothermia and early stages of frostbite to his feet. According to a report, the youth was intoxicated when he walked out of a movie at the AMC Theater in Painters Crossing at 11:30 p.m. on Jan. 3. The temperature…
• Punk’d Pineapple, a soft serve ice cream shop is holding a grand opening in the Market at Liberty Place in Kennett Square on Friday, Jan. 10. From noon to 9 p.m. On Saturday, Jan. 11, the Juggling Hoffmans will perform at 12:30 p.m. Themed toppings are being offered. “Ode to the Pineapple” with macadamia nuts, toasted coconut, chocolate sauce, vanilla cashews are available. •…
John Stookey of Chadds Ford was awarded Scouting’s highest rank, the Eagle Scout award, at the Troop 93 Court of Honor held at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Jan. 4. Scoutmaster Tim Jaques made the award. Achieving the Eagle rank caps Stookey’s scouting career, which he began as a Tiger Cub in Chadds Ford Pack 31 in 2004. In 2009, he was awarded the Arrow of…
• Brenda Biesenthal and Peter Brookes, of Chadds Ford, were named to the fall semester 2013 at Widener University in Chester. Biesenthal is a senior with a political science major and Brookes is a sophomore biology major. • Alex Schwendeman, of Chadds Ford, has been named to Millersville University of Pennsylvania's Dean's List for the fall 2013 semester. • Alicia Adams and Kelsey Bernstein, of…
According to American Medical Association statistics, 50 percent of adults have not had a procedure that takes 15 minutes, is 100 percent painless and can save you from the second leading cancer killer in the world. I had it at the Fern Hill Medical Campus in West Chester on Monday, Jan. 6, and it was a breeze. It’s a five-syllable word with the accent on…
It’s early December 2013 and another year draws to a close here in Chadds Ford Township. I’m attending what is probably my sixth or seventh Board of Supervisors meeting this year and I’m prepared for business as usual. That’s the way it goes through most of the evening but this secession is, at last, a little different. It’s easy to think of our newly elected…