‘Taste the love’ at Cask Bistro & Tap

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Staff member Caitlin Milotte and Head Chef Phil Dersch are ready to greet and serve guests at Cask Bistro & Tap in the Concordville Town Centre.

According to Phil Dersch, “You can taste the love.” Dersch is the head chef at Cask Bistro & Tap in the Concordville Town Centre in Concord Township. The restaurant, across the driveway from the Acme, opened in February amid little to no fanfare. Dersch joined the team two months ago. Dersch — who has a background in fine dining — said what makes Cask different…

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Small plane crashes after takeoff; 2 injured

The New Garden Township Police Department responded on Wednesday, June 1, at 8:58 a.m. to the New Garden Flying Field located for a small plane crash that caused non-life-threatening injuries to its two male occupants. Upon arrival at the airport, located at 1235 Newark Road, police and emergency personnel from Avondale Fire and Ambulance Company and Medic 94 found that a small two-seater aircraft lost…

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Public invited to celebrate grant recipients

The Chester County Fund for Women and Girls wants area residents to get first-hand information about how it creates life-changing opportunities. On Tuesday, June 14, from 5 to 7 p.m., the Chester County Fund for Women and Girls will hold its Grants Celebration at The Gables at Chadds Ford. The free event is open to all Chester County agencies and the public. The 23 agencies…

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PECO: Summer storms merit preparation

With a potentially higher number of severe storms predicted this summer, PECO has been working to ensure safe, reliable, affordable and clean energy and energy services for customers. The company has invested more than $13 million in new technology and projects to prepare for heat and storms this summer, including upgraded substation equipment, new wires and poles and inspections, said a PECO press release. “Every…

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Lucy Belle (Mullin) Chambers, formerly of Chatham

Lucy Belle (Mullin) Chambers, 89, of Carmichael, Calif., formerly of Chatham, died Friday, May 13, at her residence in Carmichael, Calif. She was wife of late Robert L. Chambers, with whom she shared 40 years of marriage until his death in 1989. Born June 28, 1926 in Jennersville, she was a daughter of the late Clarence A. and the late Lilian A. (Wood) Mullin. She…

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Judith Brainerd Johnston of Oxford

Judith Brainerd Johnston, 83, of Oxford, died Saturday, May 28, at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford.  She was the wife of Murray V. Johnston Jr. with whom she shared 62 years of marriage. Born in Pittsburgh, she was a daughter of the late Harry H. and the late Marjorie L. (Johnston) Brainerd. In her early years, she worked for Lord and Taylor in Stamford, Conn.…

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Jeanne D. Connelly of West Chester

Jeanne D. Connelly, 85, of West Chester, formerly of Lansdowne, died Thursday, May 26. Born in 1930 in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Johanne (nee Nielsen) Dulin. Jeanne was the beloved wife of the late Robert J. Connelly; the loving mother of Patricia Scherf (John), Maureen Connelly (Allen Qualls), Robert Connelly, Theresa Rodriguez (Jeff), and Jeanne Connelly (Matt Dial); the grandmother…

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Police Log June 2: Truck slams antiques shop

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Crews try to extricate a truck that had slammed into the Springhouse Antiques store on Route 1 in Pennsbury Township.

Updated at 11:15 a.m. with more details on truck accident • A pickup truck ran off Route 1 Memorial Day morning and slammed into the Springhouse Antiques building just up from The Gables Restaurant at Brinton’s Bridge Road. (See photo.) Troop J, Avondale barracks, has not yet released any official report, but there is speculation that the driver had a medical situation, which caused him…

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