Information on a historical survey and deer management dominated the Pocopson Township Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, Oct. 12. Jane E. Dorchester, a historic preservationist, explained that she would be conducting a survey that would augment an inventory of historic places done by the Pocopson Township Historical Committee about a decade ago. Dorchester explained that she would be driving around to identify historic buildings…
After nearly a week of unsuccessfully searching for a 15-year-old girl who ran away with an accused felon, New Garden Township Police are seeking the public’s help to locate her. Police said they were contacted on Wednesday, Oct. 7, by the mother of Wanda Michell Henriquez-Molina, who reported that her daughter had left home with Walter Morales-Lopez, 29, of Kennett Square. According to court records,…
Manly “Nick” J. Hendrickson, 89, of Landenberg, died Sunday, Oct. 11, at Heartland Hospice House in Wilmington. He was the husband of the late Betty Mae George Hendrickson who passed in 2012 and with whom he shared 67 years of marriage. Born in New Castle, he was a son of the late Manly M. and the late Henrietta (Lucus) Hendrickson. He served our country in…
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library welcomed Catharine Dann Roeber to the Research Division at Winterthur in August as the Assistant Professor of Decorative Arts and Material Culture in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture . Gregory J. Landrey, Director of Academic Affairs, was pleased to make the announcement, the result of a nation-wide search. A committee composed of WPAMC faculty members and executive committee…
Explaining the 1931 genesis of the Chester County Art Association (CCAA), Christian Brinton, one of its founders, wrote: "The association merely wishes to acknowledge a sense of sincere obligation upon assuming the task of making Chester County more actively, and courageously, art conscious…” Eighty-four years later, the great-granddaughter of another founder, Newell Convers Wyeth, is energetically perpetuating that mission. On Monday, Oct. 12, Victoria Browning…
Bertha Gallagher Fabiuccci, 97, of Hockessin, formerly of Toughkenamon, died Saturday, Oct.10, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Michael Fabiucci, who died in 1997, and with whom she shared 59 years of marriage. Born in Kennett Square, she was the daughter of the late George G. and Mayme Nelson Gallagher. She worked as a mushroom packer for Phillips Mushroom Co. for…
Oscar “Monk” John Crosson Jr., 71, of Oxford, died Saturday, Oct. 10, at his residence. He was the husband of Maryetta Plebani Crosson, with whom he shared 48 years of marriage. Born in West Chester, he was the son of Elizabeth Hickman Crosson of Newark, Del. and the late Oscar John Crosson Sr. Monk was horseman/equestrian at Cheshire Hunt inj Unionville. He was the whipper-in…
A 25-year-old East Marlborough Township man has been charged with robbing his local Dunkin’ Donuts on Monday, Oct. 12, said state police. Troopers from the Avondale barracks, who responded at 12:07 p.m. to the Dunkin’ Donuts in the 900 block of East Baltimore Pike, took Stephen Matthew Cote into custody within 30 minutes of the alleged crime, said a state police press release. The release…
Patricia (Trish) Antonia Leach, 56, of Landenberg, died Saturday, Oct. 10, at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia,. Born in Rockville Centre, New York, she was the daughter of the late Anton J. Juras and the late Helen Mollenhauer Juras. Trish graduated from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in social work and psychology. She received her master’s degree in…