April 2016 - Page 8 of 17 - Chadds Ford Live

Molloy, Killion debate for Senate seat

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on April 18, 2016

Candidates for state Senate Marty Molly, center, and Tom Killion, right, debate at Riddle Village on Sunday, April 17. Susan Carty, the president of the Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, at far left, asked the questions.

They may be vying for the same Pennsylvania Senate seat, but Marty Molloy and Tom Killion have a lot in common. That’s what came out almost from the beginning of the April 17 debate held at Riddle Village in Middletown Township near Riddle Hospital. The two are running to fill the state’s 9th Senate District seat vacated when Dominic Pileggi was elected to the Court…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on April 18, 2016

To Neighbors, the Chadds Ford Community, the Businesses, and Friends: What was planned to be a beautiful unique spring event offering treasures, antiques and a beautiful spring day setting of food and music turned into a very, very unexpected amount of attendance, traffic issues and regrettable impact to the community. In the year past, there was nowhere near the attendance and we did not even…

Posted by Rich Schwartzman on April 18, 2016

Read more about the article Newlin vaccinating trees against beetles

Employees of Asplundh Tree Service inoculate one of the ash trees against the Emerald ash borer at Newlin Grist Mill .

Newlin Grist Mill in Concord Township is vaccinating trees on the property; some, anyway. About a dozen ash trees are being inoculated against the Emerald ash borer, a beetle-like pest that will kill the trees. “They’re already in Chester County and, if they’re not here, they’re coming here,” said park Director Tony Shahan. The Emerald ash borer — Agrilus planipennis — is a bright metallic green…

Posted by Morgan Carter on April 18, 2016

Read more about the article More than 500 gather to ‘Run for Our Sons’

Runners set their sights on helping to find a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy during the 2016 Unionville Run for Our Sons.

Children, parents pushing strollers, and even a few eager canines dashed across the finish line to resounding applause on Saturday, April 16, at Charles F. Patton Middle School. The event was the Seventh Annual Unionville Run for Our Sons 5-K, a race that raised more than $48,000 to fund research for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a debilitating disease that affects approximately one in every 3,500 boys…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on April 18, 2016

This year the primary election is on April 26. For those of us who live in Pennsylvania’s 9th State Senate District, there is also a special election to fill a vacant seat that day. All registered voters, regardless of party affiliation, will be able to vote in the special election. The winner will go immediately to Harrisburg to represent you for the remainder of 2016.…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on April 18, 2016

Read more about the article Infusion of salmon, soba, social networking

Aspiring chefs scurry to assemble winning ingredients for a Bento box during the Chester County Culinary Challenge, held last week at the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center.

The diverse ingredients included seared salmon, soba noodles, chocolate truffles, high-energy competitors, fledgling judges, and a drill sergeant. “Two minutes left,” shouted Christopher Calhoun, the Desmond Hotel and Conference Center’s executive chef, immediately eliciting a chorus of groans. The contestants couldn’t say they hadn’t been warned. Michael Chain, the Desmond’s general manager, had cautioned the audience of about 100 on Tuesday, April 12, not to…

Posted by Press Release on April 18, 2016

The theme of this year’s Annual Gala fundraiser at the American Helicopter Museum and Education Center (AHMEC) on Saturday, April 30, honors the men and women who served in the U.S. Army’s Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units that lasted from 1945 until 2006. The gala will also pay tribute to the long-standing television program, “M*A*S*H” (1972-1983), that depicted life in the 4077th MASH unit…

Posted by ChaddsFordLive on April 17, 2016

Read more about the article Massive Barn Market, equally giant traffic jams

From left CFHS President Kendal Reynolds, Office Manager Derek Larson, and Lisa Vonderstrick cut the ribbon.

A beautiful Saturday morning turned into one beaut of a traffic jam this weekend as thousands of people crowded onto Creek Road to attend the Second Annual Massive Barn Market held on the grounds of the Chadds Ford Historical Society. The crowds came to buy antiques and collectibles from more than 80 vendors. The convergence of old stuff and new social media apparently generated an…

Posted by Lora B. Englehart on April 17, 2016

Read more about the article Garden tour: Man cave to magazine showplace

The Kennett Public Library’s popular House and Garden Tour on Saturday, June 4, will feature eight properties in the Chadds Ford area this year. Tickets are limited and typically sell out.

What could be more beautiful than seeing exquisite private homes and gardens in full bloom on the Kennett Public Library’s House and Garden Tour? It’s the knowledge that the price of your admission ticket will help fund key library programs. “This year’s tour, scheduled for Saturday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., offers an amazing variety of homes and gardens with something of…

Posted by Press Release on April 17, 2016

Read more about the article Canine Partners celebrate The Art of the Bark

Canine Partners for Life fund raising event Art of the Bark

Come paint a perfect evening at Canine Partners for Life’s 'Art of the Bark!' Join Canine Partners for Life (CPL) for our next “canine chic” celebration, The Art of the Bark, on Saturday, May 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. It will be an evening of fantastic fare, friends -both the two-legged and four-legged variety - and FUNdraising. Service dogs in training will greet guests…

Posted by Rabbi Jeremy Winaker on April 17, 2016

Everyone votes at a Passover seder, the traditional formal meal on the first night of the holiday. Who will engage in lucid conversation about policy questions meant to advance the seder project and potentially advance the Jewish people? Who will play outsider and reject the rules and format, but nevertheless conform to the project simply by asking how nothing has changed? Who will sit and…