Visitors to the Brandywine Valley know that the region holds many treasures, including its historic houses: long-standing structures many with rustic springhouses, some of which date back over 300 years. Driving the countryside, you can see these old friends on back country roads, where intersections are marked by the end of a stone wall built many decades ago, still standing as they signify a property…
Most of us remember: “I want an official Red-Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time!” How many times did we all hear Ralphie in “A Christmas Story” plead to his mother, his teacher, Santa, anyone who would listen? And the inevitable: “You’ll shoot your eye out.” You may be smiling at the innocence…
I remember my mother managing to do it all for the holidays — from Halloween to Thanksgiving to Christmas. She loved to decorate her little dress shop windows — autumn leaves to fake snow (the itchy fiberglass stuff). Living in the cramped rooms behind the store, we made do with a cardboard “fireplace” for the holidays. My little grade school imagination allowed that hearth to…
• State police are investigating a hit and run accident that happened 10:35 p.m. on Nov. 13 on Route 202 in Concord Township. According to a report, two vehicles were traveling north on 202 at Naaman’s Creek Road when one of the vehicles passed the other on the right hand side, sideswiping the lead car. The unknown suspect fled the scene. No injuries were reported.…
Students Run Philly Style, a Philadelphia program that uses marathon training to help young people succeed in life, held its fourth annual Extra Mile Celebration earlier this month, and a Chadds Ford entrepreneur was one of the honorees. As part of its 10thanniversary, Students Run Philly Style recognized a group of individuals who have facilitated the organization’s success at 10 milestone moments since its founding.…
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Nov. 21 affirmed the order of Delaware County Common Pleas Judge Frank T. Hazel, issued on Sept. 4, 2012, which denied the Post Conviction Relief Act petition of Arthur Bomar. Bomar was sentenced to death in 1998 for the brutal kidnapping, rape and first-degree murder of 22 year old college athlete Aimee Willard, daughter of former Chester police officer, Paul…
Lydia F. Haggerty, 74, of New London, died Sunday, Nov. 23, at her residence. She was the wife of Edward F. Haggerty Sr., with whom she shared 53 years of marriage. Born in Unionville, she was the daughter of the late Thomas F. and Edith Best Russell. Lydia was a homemaker. She was an avid Dallas Cowboys fans, and enjoyed traveling and genealogy. In addition…
A new state law set to go into effect on Nov. 29 allows police to carry the drug Narcan, also known as nasal naloxone, and Delaware County police will be the first in the state to do so. According to the Delaware County District Attorney’s office, the drug reverses an opiate overdose — from heroin or OxyContin — and brings an unresponsive person back to…
Jane Craig Morrison, 92, of Kennett Square, died Saturday, Nov. 22. She was the wife of Albert B. Morrison who died in 1997. Born in Birmingham Ala., she was the daughter of the late Hugh and Ethel Woods Craig. Mrs. Morrison was a homemaker, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church of West Chester. She received her bachelor’s degree from Mary Baldwin College in…
With weather forecasts calling for potential wintry mixes or accumulating snow on Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is urging drivers to be prepared and change travel plans if necessary. The National Weather Service has extended the winter storm watch for Wednesday, Nov. 26, and it now includes all of southeastern Pennsylvania and the northern half of New Jersey, warning that land and air…
It may sound like Armageddon, but the blaring sirens and flashing lights that will resonate from West Chester to Kennett Square on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 6, will have a more uplifting explanation. For many years, Chester County Sheriff Carolyn “Bunny” Welsh and a passel of her deputies have participated in the Coatesville Police Department’s “Shop with a Cop,” a heart-warming, popular event pairing…