LONGWOOD _ The series of severe winter storms has kept the volunteers of Longwood Fire Company busy for more than a month. “Our fire company has responded to the emergency needs of the community during the recent times of severe weather,” said Chief A. J. McCarthy. “We’ve had 526 man hours of dedicated station staffing since the January 21 storm. They are all volunteers and…
CBNY Mellon Wealth Management will continue its generous support of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art's mission to protect open space as Presenting Sponsor for the 84th Radnor Hunt Races, Saturday, May 17, at the Radnor Hunt in Malvern, Pennsylavania."BNY Mellon Wealth Management has long been committed to our community and, as a firm that has served multiple generations of families for more than…
Chester County Department of Emergency Services encourages application for financial assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration West Chester, PA_The Chester County Department of Emergency Services is issuing a reminder to all small businesses in the region that have suffered economic loss due to the ice and snow storms in February: If your small business has sustained substantial economic injury, regardless of physical damage, you…
Esther Hopson Briggs, 87, of West Grove, died Saturday, Feb. 22, at Brandywine Assisted Living. She was the wife of Martin Briggs, who died in 2009, and with whom she shared 63 years of marriage. Born in North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Ervin Hopson and Delia Bailey Hopson. Esther worked for West Grove Knitting Mills for 25 years, retiring in 1987.…
Jessie Magda Tyson Oas Pennington, 99, of Summerville, S.C. and formerly of Pocopson, died Feb. 19, at home. Jessie was the wife of the late Maurice L. Pennington, Sr., with whom she shared 49 years of marriage until his death in May of 1982. Born in Chadds Ford, on Dec. 28, 1914, Jessie was the first of thirteen children born to the late Mary Marguerite…
Nikolas Toocheck likes to run, both for his own sake and for a good cause. He’s run five marathons on four continents so far and plans a minimum of three more in order to run on all seven. He could become the youngest person to run marathons on all the continents. He’s only 10 years old. Nikolas is a fifth-grade student at Hillendale Elementary School…
This is Snowdrop. She’s about 2-4 years old and came to the Chester County SPCA as a stray. We recently took her to the first annual Citizens For No Kill Philadelphia this past Saturday where she was a big hit. She craves attention and really loves belly rubs. She loves to cuddle and loves to be with people. Snowdrop is available for adoption at the…
An ice bridge spans the water fall at Newlin Park in Concord Township.
After five months of hearings and three more of waiting, the Chadds Ford Zoning Hearing Board ruled in favor of the township in its bid to prevent the owners of Stonebridge Mansion from hosting catered events for profit at their 681 Webb Road home. However, despite the ruling and all the time spent to date, the matter is still not settled. “We’re very disappointed in…
Contracts, communication matters and a rebuke highlighted the Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board meeting, with the board voting to renew its contract with school Superintendent John Sanville. The vote to renew the contract for another four years was unanimous, but the terms of the agreement were not. Director, and former board President Eileen Bushelow agreed to extend the contract through August of 2018, but voted no…
• Someone shattered windows on three vehicles and illegally entered without force a fourth vehicle, each of which were parked at the Best Western on Route 1 in Concord Township on Feb. 7. Two of the victims said they didn’t find anything missing, a third said she couldn’t find her insurance or registration cards and another said sunglasses and $10 in loose change was missing.…