Live theatre coming to West Chester

If things go according to plan, the curtain will rise on live theatre in West Chester by this time next year. When it happens, it will be at the old National Guard Armory on High Street and RTC will be the Resident Theatre Company on stage. According to RTC’s Artistic Director Kristin McLaughlin Mitchell, West Chester and the armory are a perfect match for her…

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Using present to safeguard history for future

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A rendering shows how visitors to the Chester County Historical Society will be transported through 300 years of history in the new exhibition space, which will feature county notables such as pioneering industrialist Rebecca Lukens.

Marble, roses and mushrooms enjoy symbiotic Chester County connections that represent one of myriad insights available to visitors of the Chester County Historical Society (CCHS). Ellen Endslow, CCHS’s director of collections, promised to explain the relationship, but not until CCHS officials unveiled preliminary plans for a major makeover of its space that will alter the way such information is disseminated. Work has already begun on…

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Police identify body found in Tinicum

Tinicum Township Police and the District Attorney’s Criminal Investigation Division have identified the body of a white male found yesterday afternoon in a suitcase as 40-year-old Scott Stephen Bernheisel, 140 pounds, 5 feet 8 inches with a last known address in Philadelphia. Authorities discovered the body on Thursday, May 28, at approximately 1:50 p.m., after a man walking his dog on 2nd Street noticed a…

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Roadwork for week of May 31

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 May 31 through June 7. The department recommends that motorists allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Drivers on Route 1 in both directions will experience lane restrictions between Newark Road and East Baltimore Pike…

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Peeves to praise, roundabout comes full circle

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With the roundabout in the background, Pocopson Township Supervisors' Chairman Barney Leonard (from left), Supervisor Georgia Brutscher, former Supervisor Steve Conary, and Paul Linahan, the project manager, display the plaque from the Delaware Valley section of the American Society of Highway Engineers.

If sitting and watching traffic doesn’t sound like fun, then you probably weren’t involved in the construction of the roundabout in Pocopson Township – a process fraught with angst, delays, and complaints. Admittedly, the officials who gathered on Friday, May 29, on a hillside overlooking the intersection of Route 52 (Lenape Road), Wawaset Road, and Lenape Unionville Road, did not expect to be entertained. But…

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Taxes a major topic at town hall meeting

Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed budget calls for a $4.5 billion spending increase, raising the sales tax to 6.6 percent and income taxes to 3.7 percent, according to a presentation by state Rep. Stephen Barrar. “That’s a pretty dramatic tax increase,” said the 160th Legislative District’s Republican representative, now in his 10th term in office. He thinks the governor will not get what he wants. “My…

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Patton grows greener, gets new national award

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Patton Project Gardens creators Kim Hisler (left) and Betsy Ballard (right) display the school's Green Flag award with Principal Timothy Hoffman (fourth from left) and a group of students from the Family and Consumer Science program.

Fertilized by the Patton Project Gardens, the Charles F. Patton Middle School is continuing to cultivate national recognition – along with a plethora of fresh produce. On Wednesday, May 27, a representative from the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) visited the school to announce that Patton is the first school in Pennsylvania to achieve the NWF’s prestigious Green Flag award. Kim Martinez, NWF’s regional education manager…

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Police apprehend 2nd burglary suspect

Updated at 4:15 with apprehension of second suspect An investigation into a smash and grab burglary at the Classic Game Junkie store in the Parkway Shopping Center has resulted in the apprehension of two suspects, West Goshen Township Police said in a press release. Police said Michael J. Haffelfinger, 20, of West Chester, was taken into custody on Wednesday, May 27; he was charged with…

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Frank B. Weiland Jr. of West Chester

Frank B. Weiland Jr., 90, of West Chester, formerly of Wayne, died May 23. Born in Phoenixville, he was the son of the late Frank B. and Helen (nee Martin) Weiland. He served in the United States Marine Corps during WWII and the Korean Conflict. Frank was a financial controller for Weiland Packing Company and Plumb Hardware in Philadelphia. Frank was an avid Eagles fan…

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Dorothy E. Gilken (nee Algier) of West Chester

Dorothy E. Gilken (nee Algier), 94, of West Chester, died May 25. Born in 1921 in Casper, WY, she was the daughter of the late Margaret and Gilbert Algier. Dorothy loved to travel and spend her time outdoors. Dorothy was the beloved wife of the late Charles N. Gilken; the loving mother of Margaret Henderson (James) of Downingtown and Robert Gilken (the late Gina) of…

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Art Watch: Steeling the town in Kennett Square

Any casual strollers through Kennett Square in the past weeks would have been stopped in their tracks at the new public art sign for Philter coffee house in downtown Kennett Square located across from Talula's Table. It is a stunningly beautiful combination of welded and forged steel, which combines the artistic talents of local artists Rob Sigafoos and Katee Boyle. It is whimsical, and lovely,…

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