Many area nonprofits depend on donations to survive, a fiscal precariousness that has been exacerbated this year by ripple effects from the state budget impasse. As a result, institutions that typically benefit from state grants, either directly or indirectly, are hoping that the public will help fill the gap this year on Tuesday, Dec. 1, also known as ...
Archive for November, 2015
Darlington Arts Center to host holiday party
Darlington Arts Center in Concord Township invites the community to a free Holiday Arts Party on Sunday, Dec. 6. The party will display music, art, dance, and drama and celebrate Darlington’s mission – "Every Art for Everyone," according to a Darlington press release. The party kicks off with an art gallery and reception at 2:30 p.m. for local artist Lauren Litwa ...
Movie Tavern Exton debuts with glitterati

Hollywood came to Chester County on Sunday night, Nov. 29, as hundreds of regional cast and crew members for "Creed," the latest installment of the Rocky Balboa series, celebrated the opening of the film – as well as Movie Tavern Exton. Stretch limos pulled up to the dine-in theater, located within Main Street at Exton on Route 100. Most of the glittering dresses and ...
Frances Brown Wisdom of Media
Frances Brown Wisdom, 76, of Media, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Wesley Enhanced Living Retirement Home in Media. She was the wife of the late Dr. William A. Wisdom who died on Dec. 13, 2013, and with whom she shared 30 years of marriage. She was preceded in death by her son Timothy Brown, step son Robert Wisdom, and her siblings Horace Lanan, Esther Lanan, Fred ...
Franklin H. Kurr of West Grove,
Franklin H. Kurr, 89, of West Grove, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, at the Jennersville Regional Hospital. He was the husband of Nancy J. Kurr, with whom he shared 69 years of marriage. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Franklin H. and Mamie Reinert Kurr. Mr. Kurr served our country in the Marine Corp during WWII. Frank was an accountant for Wilson of ...
Barbara “Babs” Lucas Cocks of Kennett Square
Barbara “Babs” Lucas Cocks, 96, of Kennett Square, died peacefully in the company of her family on Thursday, Nov. 26, at Linden Hall of the Kennett Friends Home after a full and vibrant life. She was the wife of the late Racing Hall of Fame trainer W. Burling “Burley” Cocks of Old Westbury, Long Island who died in 1998 and with whom she shared 58 years of marriage. ...
Grace Beverly Neidlein DiFilippo of Kennett Square
Grace Beverly Neidlein DiFilippo, 86, of Kennett Square, died Saturday, Nov. 28, at the Friends Home in Kennett Square. She was the wife of Michael Joseph DiFilippo Jr. who died in 2011, and with whom she shared 64 years of marriage. Born in Wilmington, she was the daughter of the late Albert F. and Catherine Shane Neidlein. Mrs. DiFilippo was a homemaker. She ...
Christiana Care doctors reach out to needy
Christiana Care Health System’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is celebrating the holiday season with outreach, according to a press release. The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is providing new shoes, socks and foot exams for free to nearly 100 people — many of them homeless — on Tuesday, Dec. 1, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., at the Sunday Breakfast Mission, a ...
Roadwork for week of Nov. 28
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 Nov. 28 through Dec. 5. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Drivers on northbound Route 1 in Concord Township will experience lane restrictions ...
Letter: New solicitor in Chadds Ford long overdue
I have actively tracked proceedings in Concord Township for the past 2 ½ years because pro-development actions there have increasingly threatened the quality of life and property values that I enjoy as a Chadds Ford resident. Indeed, Concord’s actions threaten the new national park in Delaware and the entire Brandywine Valley. Concord just released a report showing ...
Ex-Delco constable facing theft charges
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan announced in a press release that a former Delaware County constable is facing felony charges for submitting false payment sheets for services that were never performed, for more than 600 Delaware County cases totaling $22,996.70. Peter A. Innaurato, 60, of the 500 block of Achille Road in Havertown, is charged with ...