Monthly Archives: June 2016

Ice-cream odyssey fulfills sweetest of dreams

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Noelia Scharon and her nephew, Tony Nieves, stand next to the brightly-colored mural that adorns a wall of Tropical Homemade Ice Cream, which just opened in West Chester and features ice cream from Kennett Square's La Michoacana.

Entrepreneurial dreams can come true: Just ask the co-owner of Tropical Homemade Ice Cream, a new shop that debuted in West Chester on Sunday, June 12. Noelia Scharon, who shares ownership of the store with her nephew, Tony Nieves, was one of the founders of La Michoacana Homemade Ice Cream, which opened in June 2003 in the 200 block of East State Street in Kennett…

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Police Log June 15: Domestic dispute, DUIs, dashboard love

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State police and Concordville Fire and Rescue respond to a two-car accident on Route 1 at Heyburn Road on Monday, June 13. State police have not yet issued a report on the accident, which happened about 9:30 a.m., but observers said they saw no one transported or treated for injuries at the scene.

• State police from the Media barracks responded to a June 5 roadside domestic dispute on Route 1 at Conchester Highway and wound up charging the 22-year-old woman with harassment and the 23-year-old man with disorderly conduct. Police also arrested the man after discovering there was an active warrant for him in Delaware. Police said minor injuries were reported. No other details were given other…

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Loop road plan still contested

Plans for the proposed Hillman Drive extension — the last leg of the loop road around the intersection of Routes 1 and 202 — continue to be developed, debated and contested. The latest meeting of the Chadds Ford Township Planning Commission showed that some elements of the proposal are pitting neighbor against neighbor. In this case, it’s a matter of Painters Crossing Condominium residents v.…

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Mexican indie icon to perform at Longwood

Mexican singer and songwriter Natalia Lafourcade will bring her experimental sound of acoustic, jazz and pop to Longwood Gardens on Wednesday, July 6, at 7:30 pm. Natalia Lafourcade Lafourcade, expected to charm audiences with her intimate new album “Hasta la Raíz,” is one of Latin America’s leading indie pop artists, and was the biggest award winner at the 2016 Latin Grammys, according to a Longwood…

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PECO lauded for June 2015 storm response

PECO has received national recognition for its dedication to restoring electric service to more than 260,000 customers impacted by a severe summer storm in June 2015. The company received the Emergency Recovery Award at the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) annual convention in Chicago on Tuesday, June 14. “We invest each year in innovative projects and programs to help prevent those outages that can be prevented,”…

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Daycare center, Barnard House beg questions

Snags sent a number of agenda items back to the drawing board at the Pocopson Township Board of Supervisors’ meeting on Monday, June 13. An expected vote on the preliminary land development plan for the Riverside Daycare Partnership’s proposal for a Ducklings Early Learning Center on Winston Lane in the Riverside at Chadds Ford community did not occur. “There’s still minor tweaking that we need…

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Kennett Brewfest expecting another sellout

Tickets are on sale for the 19th Annual Kennett Brewfest, a fundraiser designed to quench participants’ thirst for craft beers. However, prospective attendees who prefer the event’s higher-priced Connoisseur Tasting, which includes food and runs longer than the regular event, are out of luck. Those tickets sold out within a couple of hours, said Mary Hutchins, executive director of Historic Kennett Square, the Brewfest sponsor.…

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For Chesco sheriff K-9s, doggone great results

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Three of top dogs from the Chester County Sheriff's Office K-9 Unit are Don (from left), Yukon, and Jessie.

Chester County Deputy Sheriff Paul Bryant acknowledged that he had a good feeling when he and his K-9 partner Don completed the cadaver competition at the National Detector Dog Certification and Field Trials on Tuesday, June 7, in Philadelphia. For decades, Bryant, a master K-9 trainer and national U.S. Police Canine Association (USPCA) judge, had shared the joy of victory with countless trainees as they…

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Nancy Anne Martin

Nancy Anne Martin, a kind and beautiful soul, departed this life too soon at the age of 54. Born July 7, 1961 in Wilmington,  he was the daughter of Hazel C. Martin (deceased) and Donnan  Martin of Kennett Square. She was a graduate of Tower Hill School, Tulane University in New Orleans and Penn State University. She is survived by her sisters;  Marilyn  M. McGee of…

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Crowds turn out to savor Twisted Vintner

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From the vast selection of silent auction items to a dizzying array of culinary and beverage offerings, attendees at the Sixth Annual Twisted Vintner revel in the myriad choices.

The main objective of the Concordville-Chadds Ford Rotary is performing community service, but that doesn’t preclude it from having fun at the same time. Such double duty occurred on Thursday, June 9. In a mega-tent erected in the parking lot of the Concordville Towne Center, the Sixth Annual Twisted Vintner® did not disappoint. Rotary Club President Dominic Cappelli, joined by incoming president Bill Bertolet, took…

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