Updated at 9:45 p.m. with employment status A longtime Ridley High School physics teacher and track coach waived his preliminary hearing on Monday, March 28, on a charge of institutional sexual assault, said Delaware County Deputy District Attorney Michael R. Galantino. Gregory A. Stanczuk, 52, of Birmingham Township, appeared before Magisterial District Judge Jack D. Lippart, who set a formal arraignment date of April 27.…
William “Bill” Paul Rhodes III, 61, of Kennett Square, died Friday March 25, at Neighborhood Hospice in West Chester. He was the loving husband of Kathleen Root Rhodes, with whom he shared 19 years of marriage. Born in Wilmington, and raised in New Castle, he was a son of the late William and the late Jane (Marshall) Rhodes. Bill worked for Stonegates retirement community in…
Most area residents can only imagine the disadvantages of being unable to speak, read, and write in English; however, for many, that inability threatens their chance to live a productive, independent life. Nearly half of the Kennett Square Borough population is Hispanic or Latino with the vast majority having emigrated from Mexico, according the 2010 U.S. census. And many have struggled with the language barrier.…
"The Poetry of Nature: A Golden Age of American Landscape Painting" exhibit opened March 19 at Brandywine River Museum of Art. The exhibit highlights the works from the New York Hudson River School of the 1800s. Virginia O'Hara, Curator of Collections, will give a gallery tour Wednesday March 30 at 2 p.m. at the museum. Forty paintings, including works by Thomas Cole, Asher B. Durand…
In celebration of the exhibition "Our America: The Latino Presence in American Art," the Delaware Art Museum is hosting "My America, My Journey." This powerful storytelling performance on Thursday, March 31, will feature seven Delawareans with roots in Latin America, including Wilmington City Councilwoman Maria Cabrera, who will share their experiences and personal stories of migration, family, community, identity, and culture. "My America, My Journey" is…
The Chester County Antiques Show is being chaired this year by four family members and longtime supporters of the event, according to the Chester County Historical Society. The theme of the 34th Annual Chester County Antiques Show may be “Tomfoolery,” but its chairs – Dale and Susan Frens and Basel and Colleen Frens – are taking their responsibilities quite seriously. The show, a major fundraiser…
For nearly 50 years, the Stroud Water Research Center has been working to protect the health of the world’s fresh water. On Thursday, March 24, members of the Southern Chester County Chamber of Commerce received an overview of that ambitious initiative during “Business After Hours,” a SCCCC networking event that was hosted by the center. Bernard W. Sweeney, president, director, and senior research scientist at…
You may recall that the last Mind Matters column was a review of Amy Cuddy’s book, “Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges.” As promised, here is part 2 of the discussion. Presence abides when an individual is not paralyzed by fear and has a sense of trust in oneself. Its counter, according to Cuddy, is “impostorism.” At first, researchers Pauline Clance and…
What does the New York Botanical Garden have that Longwood Gardens lacks? Perhaps its surrounding neighbors. The New York site’s 250 acres lie within the Bronx, one of the nation’s densest, greenery-starved locales. How else to explain the fact that the New York attraction keeps grabbing the lead from Longwood in the 2016 USA Today Readers’ Choice Travel Awards? Certainly, it’s not a question of…
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 26 through April 2. Motorists are urged to allow extra time if they are traveling through one of the construction zones. Route 202 in both directions in Birmingham, East Goshen, West Goshen, Westtown, East Whiteland and West Whiteland townships between…
The federal government has granted disaster assistance to reimburse Chester County and Chester County municipalities for costs associated with the response to the winter storm of Jan. 22 and 23, according to a county press release. Chester County submitted a request for $3,553,431, which included the cost estimated to deal with the snow removal from municipalities and other government agencies. The federal disaster assistance will…