America’s most promising young scientists, including a Unionville High School senior, were celebrated last week in the nation’s capital as they received a total of more than $1 million in awards through the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search. Shashwat Kishore, 18, of Birmingham Township, one of 40 students nationwide and the only Pennsylvania resident in the finals, won the $35,000 Third Place Medal of Distinction…
The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department is seeking assistance from the public with locating a white pick-up truck that was involved in a hit-and-run accident on Monday, March 16, at 6:22 a.m., a press release said. Police said the crash occurred on Manley Road at the intersection of Diane Drive in Westtown Township. A westbound white pick-up truck, possibly a Ford, with a snowplow set-up,…
Get your nose as close to the painting as the museum guard will allow, “scooch down and look up.” That’s just some of the advice that surfaced during a presentation at the Brandywine River Museum of Art entitled "Wyeth on Wyeth: A Family Perspective." The program featured Victoria Browning Wyeth’s take on her uncle Jamie Wyeth’s retrospective, a sweeping show that spans his six-decade career.…
Three tractors were destroyed and a fourth damaged in a fire at Conway Freight on La Crue Avenue in Concord Township Saturday afternoon. The cause of the fire was not immediately known, but there were no injuries reported. Conway is located diagonally across from The Oasis Family Fun Center and Plumbmaster. Firefighters from Concordville, Longwood, Chester Heights and Bethel responded to the blaze.
Dave Kelleher, the owner of David Dodge on Route 202 in Chadds Ford Township, celebrated the completion of the renovation project of his dealership with a big bash last Thursday. An estimated 150 people — including state and local politicians —showed up for food, music and socializing. According to Kelleher, the project added 9,600 square feet of showroom space making room for five more vehicles…
Safe Harbor, a Chester County homeless shelter whose mission extends far beyond providing a place to sleep, is commemorating its 20th anniversary next month. The nonprofit will celebrate two decades of providing community services with a fundraising event on Saturday, April 25, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Mendenhall Inn, and it’s looking for sponsors as well as attendees. Safe Harbor’s goals reach beyond…
Salvatore DiBenedetto, 95, of Toughkenamon, died Thursday, March 12, at the Jennersville Regional Hospital. He was the husband of Jessie DeLaurentis DiBenedetto, with whom he shared 70 years of marriage. Born in Salle, Italy, he was the son of the late Pantelone and Loretta Lattanzio DiBenedetto He was a self employed mushroom grower and owned and operated Magnolia Farms in Toughkenamon, with his family until…
The Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board and the teachers’ union are about three percentage points away from each other in their contract talks. That’s the primary take-away from a March 13 press briefing. School Board Directors Gregg Lindner and Keith Knauss and Superintendent John Sanville conducted the briefing. Director Vic Dupuis is also on the negotiating team, but he was out of town. According to the…
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 15 through March 22. The department recommends that motorists allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Spray-patching is scheduled on Route 202 in both directions in Birmingham, Thornbury, Westtown, East Goshen, West Goshen and…
The Hadley Memorial Fund, now in its 52nd season, will present “Pillow Play” a Wilmington Drama League performance on Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m. at Kennett Friends Meeting, 125 W. Sickle St. in Kennett Square. The Chrysalis Players’ Pillow Plays series brings great theatre to our youngest audience, ages 10 and under. Pillow Plays has become a local phenomenon as these short plays have been taken…
When it comes to meteoric growth, “Jack and the Beanstalk” has nothing on the Patton Project Gardens, even though both share inspiration consistent with a fairy tale. The project took root in 2010 through the wishful musings of Charles F. Patton Middle School teachers Betsy Ballard and Kim Hisler. The pair, who work in the Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Department, combined a what-if mentality…