PennDOT has announced the following road projects, which are weather-dependent and could affect residents in the greater Chadds Ford area during the week of March 8 through March 15. The department recommends that motorists allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Motorists on Route 926 in both directions in Birmingham, Westtown, and Thornbury townships, between Brandywine Creek Road and…
John Francis Forlino II, 65, of Oxford, died Tuesday, March 3, at Christiana Hospital in Newark. He was the husband of Nancy Galati Forlino, with whom he shared 41 years of marriage. Born in Chester, he was a son of the late John F. and the late Mildred Irene (Goodchild) Forlino. John was a 1971 graduate of West Chester University. He was an industrial designer…
The frantic parents of Cayman Naib, a 13-year-old eighth-grader from Newtown Square who has been missing since about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, are pleading for his safe return. They have set up a Facebook page called “Find Cayman,” circulated his photos, and organized searches. The Shipley School teenager was last seen walking west on Church Road around 6:45 p.m. on a cold, rainy,…
The 2015 West Chester Souperbowl was held on Jan. 30, hosted by the Westtown Goshen Rotary Club (WEGO) and the Greater West Chester Sunrise Rotary Club at the Good Will Fire Company in West Chester. To kick off the evening’s program, the West Chester Sunrise Rotary Club presented Friends Association for Care & Protection of Children with a check for $1,400. The grant will be used…
A rumble will rock Unionville High from Thursday, March 12, until Saturday, March 14, but it’s no cause for concern. Emboldened and inspired by the lyrics of Stephen Sondheim, a talented group of students will face off as Sharks and Jets in a production of “West Side Story.” Originally staged on Broadway in 1957, the award-winning musical focuses on the rivalry between the Jets and…
A 2007 Kennett High graduate will mark a serendipitous homecoming of sorts when an established downtown business celebrates a creative reincarnation on Friday, March 6. STATE & UNION, whose name identifies its location, represents a collaboration among Mike Cangi, the Kennett grad; Brian Linton, a classmate at Temple’s Fox School of Business; and Doug Harris, a leader in Kennett Square’s renaissance and the former proprietor…