February 26, 2015 - Chadds Ford Live

Film and Longwood ‘Pulling Out All the Stops’

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on February 26, 2015

Benjamin Sheen, the winner of the inaugural Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition, gets ready to perform at the premiere of the 'Pulling Out All the Stops' documentary.

The masterminds behind the 2013 debut of the Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition – as well as the documentary that chronicles it – may have been channeling the gardens’ founder, Pierre S. du Pont. “Nothing here happens by chance,” Nathan Hayward III, who heads Longwood’s board of trustees, told the audience at the documentary’s premiere. It’s aptly titled “Pulling Out All the Stops.” Hayward joked…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on February 26, 2015

A former Kennett High football player who set school records in 2009 was arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 24, for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor he met at the Kennett YMCA, state police said in a press release. Tyrone A. Rochester, 23, of Kennett Square, an employee at the Y, is accused of establishing a relationship with the victim, who is now 15, and using…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on February 26, 2015

Read more about the article Remembering Mike Dipietro

Mike Dipietro with his daughter Lisa is on left, and wife Teresa is on right.

When a Kennett Square resident turned 100 in November 2013, an outpouring of birthday wishes came from around the world, even from the White House. On Tuesday, Feb. 24, Michele “Mike” DiPietro, a congenial, good-humored man who charmed everyone he met, passed away at the age of 101 at Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester. Despite his centenarian status, those who knew him marveled at this…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on February 26, 2015

Michele “Mike” DiPietro, 101, of Kennett Square, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester. He was the husband of Teresa D’Anastasio DiPietro, with whom he shared 49 years of marriage. Born in Cesa, Rocca St. Maria, Italy, he was the son of the late Girolamo and Antonietta DiMatteo DiPietro. Before Mike came to the U.S., he was enlisted in the Italian army…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on February 26, 2015

Shirley J. Mathias, 80, of Kennett Square,died Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester. She was the wife of Philip H. Mathias, with whom she shared 57 years of marriage. Born in Braddock, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Clara Bunt Fischer. She was a homemaker and also taught home economics at Penncrest High School in Media. She was…

Posted by Press Release on February 26, 2015

The Chester County Health Department and Neighborhood Health Agencies Senior HealthLink are looking for individuals to become coaches in the Matter of Balance (MOB) program. “A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls” is an eight-session program that uses group discussion, problem-solving strategies, videos and gentle physical exercise to help older adults learn positive coping methods to reduce fear of falling and remain active and…