A Chadds Ford massage therapist was determined to be a sexually violent predator and ordered to spend 7 to 14 years in state prison. On Monday, July 28, Chester County Court Judge David Bortner imposed the sentence on William Eric Webb, 42, of Pennsbury Township, following testimony during a nearly four-hour hearing. A jury found Webb guilty in March of four counts of aggravated indecent…
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of July 28 through August 3. PennDOT recommends that motorists allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Lane closures will occur on Valley Brook Road in Concord and Aston Townships for milling…
Marian Fogg Reese, 94, of Kennett Square, died Thursday, July 24, at the Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester. She was the wife of Harry Eugene Reese, who died in 1973, and with whom she shared 31 years of marriage. Born in Kennett Square, she was the daughter of the late J. Clarence Fogg Sr. and Mabel Way Fogg. Mrs. Reese was co-owner and operator of…
Richard “Freckle” “Mack” McDonaugh, 83, of Elkton, Md., formerly of Kennett Square, died Thursday, July 24, at his residence, surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Delores Sluder McDonaugh, with whom he shared 57 years of marriage. Born in Kennett Square, he was the son of the late John J. and Edyth Fulton McDonaugh. He worked at Chrysler Corporation in Newark, Del. retiring…
The Chadds Ford Vietnam Memorial was stolen sometime in the overnight hours between Wednesday, July 23 to Thursday, July 24. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating, but there’s been no official word from the police as yet. The memorial, a cannon on a stone base, was dedicated on Nov. 11, 1966 and is believed to be the oldest monument to Vietnam veterans in the country. It…
Dolores (Dee) Jennings, 52, of Lincoln University, died Tuesday, July 22, at the Christiana Hospital in Newark. She was the beloved wife of James R. Jennings, with whom she shared 32 years of marriage. Born in Oceanside, Calif., she was the daughter of the late Ken and Joan Kuruc Weaverling of Landenberg. Dee graduated from Avon Grove High School in 1980. In addition to her…
The Chester County Intermediate Unit has found no fault with any current Unionville-Chadds Ford School District administrator or board member with regard to a residency issue that led to the early resignation of a board member in October. On July 22, the unit issued a report on its nearly five-month investigation of the matter, saying the residency issue goes back to 2004 — when Jack…
When Charles F. Patton retired in 1992 after 35 years in the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, officials concluded that the man who had served as principal of Unionville Middle School since its inception in 1973 deserved to have his name on the building. Thus, Patton became the first and only educator in the district to be honored eponymously at Charles F. Patton Middle School. At…
There is a place where yoga and wine come together, almost literally, in the Barn Shoppes of Chadds Ford. On the second floor of Transcend Yoga is the new wine boutique, brandyWINES. It’s the idea of Dorothy O’Connell, a 30-plus-year federal employee who loves the Chadds Ford area and wanted to sell wine. The little boutique opened just a week ago, on July 18, and…
History comes alive during the summer camp at the Brandywine Battlefield Park. Former battlefields turn into theaters of spirited reenactment and the museums double as classrooms. It's all in the name of preserving, teaching, and understanding American history as America fought to become a unified nation. The result is that campers between the grades of kindergarten through seven have the opportunity to assume the life…
Mike Robinson’s been coaching baseball for 20 years, 15 at KAU Little League. It’s taken him that long to reach his first World Series. Last year his District 28 All-Stars—comprised of the best 18-years-old and under baseball players from Chester County—fell one game short. But some of the young men he’s coaching on the 2014 District 28 All-Stars already are one up on their team…