For the most part, residents in Chester and Delaware counties were in step with statewide Pennsylvania results in the races for president, U.S. Senator, and attorney general in Tuesday’s primary election. In Chester County, Hillary Clinton got the nod for president on the Democratic side with 32,985 votes, or 55.2 percent, over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who received 26,046 votes representing 43.5 percent. Business mogul…
For years, a former psychology teacher at Unionville High School kept a searing secret – a skill that at one time probably saved his life. Decades after escaping unspeakable atrocities at Auschwitz, a notorious Nazi death camp during World War II, Joseph B. Hirt, 91, maintained his silence. Leary of broaching subjects that would generate pain for himself as well as others, he worked as…
There’s going to be a new government in Concord Township and a new senator in Harrisburg. Beginning Jan. 1, Concord Township will no longer be operating under Pennsylvania’s Second Class Township Code. Township voters, including at least one incumbent supervisor, voted to have the township operate under a new Home Rule Charter. The vote was 2,674 for the charter, 1,833 against. While waiting for the…
Richard S. "Dick" Shoemaker, 84, of Westtown Township, died April 25. He was born in 1932 in Canton, Ohio to the late Carl and Esther (Mathias) Shoemaker. Richard was predeceased by his loving wife, Marian (Stauffer) Shoemaker. Richard and Marian were longtime residents of Chester County, living in Westtown for nearly 60 years. He retired from Boeing Aircraft Co. to become national service manager for…
• An April 19, three-vehicle accident in Concord Township left one driver injured and cited for careless droving. A police report said Steven K. Steel, 28, of Elkton, Md., suffered a medical condition that left him unable to stop before striking a vehicle that was already stopped for a red light at Route 202 and Naaman’s Creek Road. That second vehicle hit another vehicle in…
The big news for art events this week is happening in Kennett Square with two community art shows this weekend that will delight the whole family. Art on the Square is a large annual outdoor art show and sale with over 35 participating artists and craftspeople exhibiting their work this Saturday April 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. A portion of Broad Street will…
After nearly a half-hour of spirited discussion, the Pocopson Township Board of Supervisors voted unanimously at its meeting on Monday, April 25, to approve a preliminary land development plan for a daycare center in the Riverside at Chadds Ford subdivision. At two previous meetings, the supervisors heard a host of concerns, mainly centered on parking and traffic, from residents of Riverside. The 10,000-square-foot center is…
Just in time for purchasing Mother’s Day gifts, Pocopson Elementary School is hosting its annual Art & Garden Event. Months in the making, this year’s fundraiser will be held Saturday, April 30, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the school, 1105 Pocopson Road. The day will begin with Fun Run registration (pre-registration is preferred) at 9 a.m. at www.pes.ucfsd.org, click on the Art and…
Oxford Mainstreet, Inc. and Oxford Area Chamber of Commerce Support Oxford Borough’s Efforts to Construct a New Parking and Multimodal Transit Garage in Downtown Oxford Our organizations would like to express our enthusiastic support for the construction of a new parking and multimodal transit garage in Downtown Oxford. We also encourage and support the efforts of the Borough Council to pursue grant funding to help…
Two chimneys and a couple of pieces of stonewall are all that remain of a home on Dogwood Hill Lane in Chadds Ford after an overnight fire on April 26. No injuries were reported. According to Township Manager Amanda Serock, the fire broke out about 2:30 a.m. Several have suspected that the home was struck by lightening, but Fire Marshall Tom Nelling said it was…
Pink spring blossoms and fresh green grass shine under the clear blues skies of an April afternoon.